Description
FTSE Russell is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join the team building the Real Time Framework (RTF), a low-latency, cloud-native platform for calculating, managing and distributing FTSE Russell's real-time indices at global scale.
The ideal candidate is a self-sufficient, technically excellent engineer who can lead through architectural clarity, thorough code review, and hands-on delivery. The role involves building low-latency, event-driven calculation engines, operating a cloud-native platform, and delivering secure APIs and streaming distribution.
Responsibilities:
- Build low-latency, event-driven calculation engines that price indices accurately through market events.
- Operate a cloud-native, horizontally scalable, always-on platform, built as resilient and managed through infrastructure as code.
- Own data foundations for real-time market and reference data, with strong modelling, quality and auditability.
- Deliver secure APIs and streaming, event-driven distribution that make real-time index data easy to consume.
- Help bring advanced and multi-asset methodologies to market.
- Modernise the operations experience: replace manual workflows with intuitive tooling and observability.
- Lead through architecture, code review and test strategy, partnering across product, operations and client-facing teams.
Tech Stack:
- Development: Java, C#, Python, SQL, OpenAPI
- Cloud: AWS (Lambda, API Gateway, S3, SQS, SNS, Aurora, and others as required)
- Databases: Sybase ASE, Sybase IQ, Aurora Postgres
- IaC and CI/CD: Terraform, AWS CLI, GitLab
- AI Development: Agentic AI tooling (e.g. GitHub Copilot, Claude Code)
Experience We Value:
- 9+ years of professional software engineering experience.
- Strong expertise in system design, distributed and event-driven systems, and relational data modelling.
- Solid experience building and operating cloud-native applications on AWS.
- Ability to write and maintain infrastructure as code (Terraform or equivalent).
- Experience designing test strategies at multiple levels of the testing pyramid.
- Proficiency with AI development tooling and a clear understanding of how to use AI to accelerate delivery while maintaining quality.
- Strong debugging skills across distributed systems.
- Basic understanding of financial services or capital markets.
- Effective collaboration and the ability to communicate technical decisions to non-technical audiences.
Benefits: LSEG offers a range of tailored benefits and support, including healthcare, retirement planning, paid volunteering days and wellbeing initiatives.
Location: Bengaluru (Hybrid, 3 days/week in office)