Junior Full Stack Developer - Issuer Services

Role Description:

Issuer & Member Services IT is a growing team that supports the expansion (of users and functionality) of one of the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) key strategic web services. The platform is running on AWS cloud and uses a number of modern technologies (ie serverless, NoSQL, containers, etc). The Software Developer will play a central role in developing the platform’s functionality (both front-end and back-end) and engineering changes and enhancements to the underlying system components and toolsets.

Key Responsibilities:

Objectives

• Delivery of front and back-end solutions
• Designing and delivering solutions in accordance with team and organisational standards
• Collaborating with peers on code reviews and QA
• Supporting diagnosis and resolution of production issues
• Identifying and overcoming/working around obstacles, challenges and impediments to progress
• Contributing to the development of team standards and service improvements

Scope

• Participation in agile development, ceremonies – backlog refinement, sprint planning, retrospectives, stand-ups, demos
• Use of an automated CI/CD workflow – using Jira, Gitlab/Bitbucket, Jenkins, etc
• Code management – branching, commits, merges in accordance with team standards
• Set up and management of personal development environment.
• Managing service improvement activities alongside development and support activities
• Collaboration with a cross section of technology and business stakeholders as needed
• Other ad hoc duties that may be required to support the team mission and goals from time to time
• Release and change management events may be scheduled outside of normal UK working hours. The FS Devs maybe call upon to be available to support these events from time to time
• Production incidents can be reported at any time. The FS Dev will participate in a rota for Level 3 support of problems outside of normal UK working hours

Candidate Profile / Key Skills:

Key Person Traits

• Responsibility & accountability – taking ownership
• Taking initiative – working autonomously
• Creativity – problem solving and overcoming obstacles
• Quality & integrity – ensuring accuracy and completeness
• Data driven – applying quantification and qualification in decision making
• Compassion and collaboration – working with a broad range of collaborators

Desirable Knowledge & Skills

• Business level proficiency in the English language – written and verbal
• Detailed knowledge and experience of software development
• Detailed knowledge and experience of object-oriented programming
• Detailed knowledge and experience with HTML and CSS
• Detailed knowledge and experience design and coding in Typescript or Javascript
• Working knowledge of other AWS cloud services (DynamoDB, Redis, CloudFront, etc)
• A good working knowledge of git (via GitLab and/or Bitbucket) Optional, but preferred
• Knowledge and experience designing and coding with AWS Lambda
• Knowledge and experience designing and coding with AWS API Gateway
• Experience working with a modern web application framework (preferably Angular)
• Prior experience of Agile project management practices
• Prior experience of CI/CD
• Prior experience of source code control and branching/merging practices
• Prior experience of working within a web development environment
• Prior experience of working in large corporate enterprises

Optional, but preferred
Experience working with AI for software development and service delivery.

Career Stage:

London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) Information:

Join us and be part of a team that values innovation, quality, and continuous improvement. If you're ready to take your career to the next level and make a significant impact, we'd love to hear from you.

LSEG is a leading global financial markets infrastructure and data provider. Our purpose is driving financial stability, empowering economies and enabling customers to create sustainable growth.

Our purpose is the foundation on which our culture is built. Our values of Integrity, Partnership, Excellence and Change underpin our purpose and set the standard for everything we do, every day. They go to the heart of who we are and guide our decision making and everyday actions.

Working with us means that you will be part of a dynamic organisation of 25,000 people across 65 countries. However, we will value your individuality and enable you to bring your true self to work so you can help enrich our diverse workforce.

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You will be part of a collaborative and creative culture where we encourage new ideas. We are committed to sustainability across our global business and we are proud to partner with our customers to help them meet their sustainability objectives. Our charity, the LSEG Foundation provides charitable grants to community groups that help people access economic opportunities and build a secure future with financial independence. Colleagues can get involved through fundraising and volunteering.

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