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About the Role

We are seeking a Senior Associate Software & Platform Engineer to join our FX Engineering group as an individual contributor. This role focuses on developing, testing, deploying, and supporting microservices and platform components within a large-scale trading technology environment, collaborating with senior engineers, technical leads, and DevOps/SRE teams to deliver secure, reliable, and maintainable software solutions.

Responsibilities

Develop and maintain Java-based applications and microservices using Spring Boot.
Build clean, efficient, testable, and maintainable code aligned with engineering standards.
Work with build systems such as Maven or Gradle to compile, package, test, and manage application dependencies.
Create and maintain unit tests and integration tests to ensure software quality and reduce production risk.
Support application build, deployment, and release activities using CI/CD platforms.
Contribute to automation of development, testing, deployment, and operational workflows.
Work with public cloud platforms such as Azure, AWS, or GCP to support application deployment and runtime operations.
Assist with troubleshooting application issues across code, configuration, build, deployment, and cloud environments.
Collaborate with senior engineers and platform teams to improve reliability, observability, and operational readiness.
Participate in Agile ceremonies, sprint planning, backlog refinement, and regular engineering discussions.
Contribute to technical documentation, runbooks, troubleshooting guides, and knowledge-base updates.
Learn and apply DevOps/SRE principles including automation, monitoring, incident awareness, and production support practices.
Support continuous improvement across code quality, testing coverage, deployment reliability, and developer productivity.
Use AI-assisted engineering tools where appropriate to help with code analysis, test generation, documentation, troubleshooting, and workflow automation.

Requirements

Hands-on experience with Java development.
Experience building applications or services using Spring Boot.
Experience with Java build tools such as Maven or Gradle.
Strong understanding of software development fundamentals, including clean coding, debugging, source control, and code reviews.
Experience writing and maintaining unit tests and integration tests.
Knowledge of CI/CD concepts and experience working with CI/CD platforms such as GitLab CI/CD, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Azure DevOps, or similar tools.
Experience with at least one public cloud platform such as Azure, AWS, or GCP.
Familiarity with microservices concepts, REST APIs, application configuration, logging, and service deployment.
Basic understanding of containerization and cloud-native application practices.
Ability to troubleshoot technical issues using logs, metrics, build output, test results, and application behavior.
Good understanding of Agile software delivery practices.
Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate effectively with globally distributed teams.
Ability to work as an individual contributor while taking ownership of assigned development, testing, and support tasks.
Engineers who think critically, ask thoughtful questions, challenge assumptions respectfully, and use data to understand problems before proposing solutions.
Experience using data-driven insights and AI-assisted tools to improve observability, automate operational workflows, accelerate incident diagnosis, generate tests, support code analysis, or improve developer productivity is highly valued.
Curiosity, a learning mindset, and the practical application of AI-enabled engineering practices are most important.

Skills

Java
Spring Boot
Maven
Gradle
Unit Testing
Integration Testing
CI/CD
GitLab CI/CD
GitHub Actions
Jenkins
Azure DevOps
Azure
AWS
GCP
Microservices
REST APIs
Containerization
Agile
Kubernetes
Docker
Helm
DataDog
Grafana
Prometheus
Splunk
ELK/OpenSearch
Python
AI Agents
Prompt Design
Tool/Function Calling
Guardrails
Observability
AI-enabled engineering tools

Location

Global

Work Type

Full-time

Experience Level

Senior Associate

Salary/Compensations

$100,200 - $167,000

Benefits

Annual Incentive Plan (bonus plan)
Annual Wellness Allowance
Paid time-off
Medical
Dental
Vision
Flex Spending & Health Savings Options
Prescription Drug plan
401(K) Savings Plan and Company match
Basic life insurance
Disability benefits
Emergency backup dependent care
Adoption assistance
Commuter assistance
Healthcare
Retirement planning
Paid volunteering days
Wellbeing initiatives

About the Company

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 culture of connecting, creating opportunity and delivering excellence shapes how we think, how we do things and how we help our people fulfil their potential.
Our Data & Analytics, Capital Markets and Post Trade divisions have a combined power that provides a comprehensive, integrated suite of trusted financial market infrastructure services to help our customers pursue their ambitions.
LSEG is headquartered in the United Kingdom, with significant operations in 70 countries across Europe, the Middle East, Africa, North America, Latin America and Asia Pacific.
We value individuality and enable employees to bring their true selves to work to enrich our diverse workforce.
We are committed to sustainability across our global business and partner with customers to help them meet their sustainability objectives.
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.

Equal Opportunity

We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer.
This means that we do not discriminate on the basis of anyone’s race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law.
Conforming with applicable law, we can reasonably accommodate applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs.