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About the Role
We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Principal Technical Engineer with deep experience in Kubernetes and the CNCF landscape to join our growing team. In this role, you will be a key contributor to the design, implementation, and maintenance of our Kubernetes infrastructure, ensuring its scalability, reliability, and security. You will provide technical leadership and mentorship to other engineers, driving best practices and fostering a culture of continuous improvement. This is a hands-on role with significant opportunities to impact our technical strategy and influence the direction of our platform. We are looking for a Principal Engineer with experience building cloud platforms and leading software engineering teams that support critical applications at scale in the cloud.
Responsibilities
- Lead the design, implementation, and maintenance of Kubernetes clusters and associated infrastructure components.
- Provide technical guidance and mentorship to team members, fostering a culture of collaboration and continuous learning.
- Drive innovation and best practices in cloud infrastructure design and implementation.
- Develops a team of Agile delivery leads, cloud engineers & consulting partners that design and build platform shared services and secure landing zones.
- Ensures software engineering standards and modern SDLC practises are maintained.
- Is required to be a technical authority for Kubernetes.
- Understand security, risk and compliance frameworks, disaster recovery, high availability architectures, hardware, operating systems, and networking connectivity.
- Collaborates with internal teams (including Product Owners).
- Provide solutions/guidance on Cloud budget management and optimisation.
- Is responsible for the backlog of delivery for the Kubernetes container team.
- Identify areas for improvement in existing processes, tools and workflows, and drive initiatives to enhance efficiency and reliability.
- Stay current with industry trends and emerging technologies, evaluating their potential impact on our infrastructure.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including developers, DevOps engineers, and system administrators, to support their needs and align infrastructure initiatives with business goals.
- Communicate effectively with stakeholders at all levels, providing updates on project status and key initiatives.
Requirements
- People management experience and experience building strong teams and leading engineers.
- Show a passion for people management and mentorship.
- Hands on experience in software development methodologies and Agile based delivery.
- Proven experience with Cloud Native technologies on at least one of the major cloud services providers (AWS preferred).
- Experience designing and delivering production cloud solutions at scale.
- Extensive experience designing, implementing, and managing Kubernetes-based cloud infrastructure.
- Strong leadership and team management skills, with a consistent record of leading technical teams to success.
- Deep understanding of cloud computing principles and technologies, with experience working with major cloud providers (AWS, Azure, GCP).
- Proficiency in infrastructure as code tools and practices (Terraform etc.).
- Excellent problem-solving and troubleshooting skills.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively collaborate with application teams at all levels.
Skills
- Kubernetes
- CNCF landscape
- Cloud Native technologies
- AWS
- Azure
- GCP
- Infrastructure as code
- Terraform
Location
- London
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Principal Engineer
- Manager
Education Level
- Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience)
- CKA, CKAD and CKS qualifications preferred
Benefits
- Healthcare
- Retirement planning
- Paid volunteering days
- Wellbeing initiatives
About the Company
- LSEG (London Stock Exchange Group) is a diversified global financial markets infrastructure and data business.
- We are dedicated, open-access partners with a dedication to excellence in delivering the services our customers expect.
- We enable businesses and economies around the world to fund innovation, manage risk and create jobs.
- We have contributed to supporting the financial stability and growth of communities and economies globally for more than 300 years.
- LSEG is headquartered in the United Kingdom, with significant operations in 70 countries across EMEA, North America, Latin America and Asia Pacific.
- We employ 25,000 people globally.
- 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.
- We embrace diversity and actively seek to attract individuals with unique backgrounds and perspectives.
- Our vision is to build an inclusive culture in which everyone feels encouraged to fulfil their potential.
- LSEG is a place where everyone can grow, develop and fulfil your potential with meaningful careers.
- 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 values of Integrity, Partnership, Excellence and Change underpin our purpose and set the standard for everything we do.
- We are committed to sustainability across our global business.
- 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.
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.