# Senior Software Engineer - News Engineering (Elasticsearch)

**Company**: London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG)
**Location**: New York
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $113,900 - $189,900
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Finance

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## Description

We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join our News Engineering group at LSEG. You will help evolve our News platform, delivering enriched breaking news to customers worldwide in sub-second time.

As a senior software engineer in the News team at LSEG, you will build and evolve services, primarily in Java and Python, with a strong emphasis on performance, observability, and continuous improvement in a cloud-native environment.

Responsibilities:

- Build and evolve services, primarily in Java and Python

- Emphasis on performance, observability, and continuous improvement

- Collaborate in a scrum team, crafting solutions and delivering new features

- Own the design and delivery of critical services, from architecture decisions through to production support

- Automate deployment, upgrades, and maintenance using modern DevOps techniques

Requirements:

- Solid experience with Java and Python on Linux and real-time systems

- Practical experience in using IP-based protocols (TCP/IP, UDP, HTTPS, etc)

- Familiarity with unit testing and test-driven development

- Understanding of search technology such as Elasticsearch

- Experience with cloud infrastructure and container orchestration

- Strong problem-solving skills

- Ability to work independently and communicate clearly

Nice to Have:

- Hands-on experience with GitLab CI/CD, Kubernetes, or Terraform

- Experience with GitHub Copilot to aid in the engineering process

- Knowledge of NewsMLG2 or similar standards and experience implementing a standard format at speed

Benefits:

- Impact: Your work helps deliver critical news to millions in real time

- Growth: Learn from expert engineers and expand your skills across cloud, data, and resilient systems

- Culture: We value curiosity over dogma, ownership over handoffs, and pragmatism over perfection

- Flexibility: Hybrid work options and a balanced work-life environment

## Skills

### Required
- Java
- Python
- Linux
- real-time systems
- IP-based protocols
- unit testing
- test-driven development
- Elasticsearch
- cloud infrastructure
- container orchestration
- problem-solving

### Nice to have
- GitLab CI/CD
- Kubernetes
- Terraform
- GitHub Copilot
- NewsMLG2

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