C++ Senior Software Engineer

You will collaborate with colleagues across the organisation to build and implement the technical strategy for a set of Engineering Products within our FX group.

As a C++ Senior Software Engineer, you will play a crucial role in our organisation, working as part of the Workflows Engineering team.

Responsibilities:

• Act as a subject matter expert, advising on design, development, and implementation
• Deliver high-quality solutions through expert coding and tooling
• Own workload while fostering an open, inclusive team culture
• Serve as a domain point of contact, with deep expertise and awareness of cross-domain dependencies
• Align work to technology/domain strategy, contributing where relevant
• Build understanding of the market and LSEG's commercial position
• Lead projects with minimal direction, supporting team delivery and delegating as needed
• Partner with architects to design and implement solutions
• Lead design and Epic planning, breaking work into stories with Product and QA
• Apply and adapt engineering patterns to deliver robust solutions
• Build strong stakeholder relationships across teams and external partners
• Communicate complex technical concepts clearly to different audiences
• Continuously develop technical and industry expertise (e.g. certifications)

Requirements:

• Strong proficiency in C++
• Experience in at least 3 of the following: REST / WebSocket and Kafka (event-driven messaging), SQL (Oracle / SQL Server), Redis, Azure PaaS (Event Hub, Azure SQL, Kubernetes, Azure Cache, etc.), Terraform / Helm, GitLab CI (or AWS equivalents)
• Strong experience in software development and delivery
• Basic understanding of trading systems and financial markets
• Familiarity with financial messaging protocols (preferably FIX)

Benefits:

• Healthcare
• Retirement planning
• Paid volunteering days
• Wellbeing initiatives