Application Architect works with the Solution Architect of World-Check One - Risk Engineering. Risk Engineering is responsible for the development of critical financial services such as World-Check One, Screening and Due Diligence

Application Architect is a member of software engineering team who designs software solutions from the ground up, making high-level decisions about each stage of the process and directing a team of engineers to build the final product. This role requires significant experience as a software engineer.  We are looking for an Application Architect who has the technical expertise and leadership to encourage and influence technology strategy for the business and partner with the business to bring value through the application of groundbreaking technologies and through innovation within the LSEG ecosystem.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Build Logical, Physical, Implementation and Process Solution Architecture designs where required.
• Be responsible for cloud infrastructure design and develop detailed architecture design for the application.
• Through understanding of cloud native architecture and principles.
• Optimise cost of cloud solutions by identifying waste and automating cloud cost management and autoscaling
• Support DevOps  team with CICD automation
• Support application development teams in negotiating governance, privacy gates, compliance and risk analysis. 
• Ability to lead  production issue RCA and resolution
• Work with Product Owners and Business Analysts providing them with conceptual ideas of how solutions can be designed, at what cost and high-level timescales.
• Own, champion and lead all aspects of key quality of service requirements implementation for availability, recovery, reusability, performance, maintainability, security, capacity, and compatibility.
• Partner with Solution Architects to produce where required:
• - Domain/business logic model design
• - Interoperability design such as API and Messaging
• - Data model design
• Partner with the Infrastructure team to produce physical architecture designs.
• Pair design with other Application Architects and Technical leads. Develop their design skills so that they become self-reliant.
• Produce proof of concepts that could be handed over to the Technical Leads / Dev teams for full-scale development.
• Contribute to architecture communities of practice and architecture councils, leads the development of architectural standards by leading and influencing architecture teams.
• Identifies where technology and partnerships can cause a ground-breaking shift in business and works with key business partners to bring it to realisation.
• Recognised internally and externally as an authority on sophisticated technical matters.
• Interprets technical issues for non-technical audiences and vice versa – provides leadership to establish and articulate the vision, strategy and direction of solution architecture based upon business and technical requirements.
• Develops and delivers formal and informal technical training, presentations, and white papers to both internal and external audiences.

SKILLS/EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

• Experience in architecting highly scalable and efficient distributed systems, using different open source tools.
• A consistent track record of delivering Application and Cloud Solution Architectures.
• Extensive experience selecting and implementing Cloud services, primarily AWS.
• Detailed understanding of Messaging Services for modern application architecture.
• In-depth experience using cloud patterns, multi-tenancy, sharding, priority queue, throttling, sidecar and CAP theorem.
• Understanding of polyglot persistence and hands-on experience with SQL and NoSQL solutions.
• Experience with MySQL, Postgres, MongoDB, Elasticsearch and other relational databases
• In-depth understanding of HTTP and REST API design, management, and consumption
• Very strong Java skills and experienced with Python, Spring Boot, Node js and JavaScript
• Experience implementing Enterprise Integration Patterns.
• Experience with authentication methods such as SAML, OIDC or Auth2.
• Extensive experience designing and implementing solutions for large systems that are scalable, extensible, performant, secure and highly available.
• Experienced in presenting with senior leadership and proven communication skills to work across technical and business teams.
• Experienced in working with vendors.
• Awareness of GDPR and ISO standards.

DESIRED SKILLS/EXPERIENCE:

• Understanding of the business domain, including: risk management; customer and third-party risk; the regulatory marketplace.
• Understanding of the financial markets, banking and news.

THE PERSON:

• Possesses robust analytical skills with the ability to synthesise business requirements with technology capabilities to produce a coherent solution architecture that fits with the rest of the ecosystem.
• Has the ability, under pressure, to rapidly solve underlying issues and to lead teams to arrive at and craft viable solutions.
• Ability to manage numerous projects with conflicting priorities in a constantly evolving environment.
• Ability to operate across organisational boundaries, to influence vendors and technology staff and to have an impact on the technology community.
• Strong interpersonal skills supported by expressive oral and written communication.
• Strong negotiating and influencing skills.

Benefits

We are looking for intellectually curious people, passionate about the bigger picture of how technology industry is evolving, ready to ask difficult questions and deal with complicated scenarios! If you are creative and a problem solver, this is the place to be as will be supporting you to fast-forward your career!

We enhance each employee’s potential through personal development through a wide range of learning tools both formal and informal.

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 purpose is the foundation on which our culture is built. Our values of Integrity, Partnership, Excellence and Change underpin our purpose and set the standard for everything we do, every day. They go to the heart of who we are and guide our decision making and everyday actions.

Working with us means that you will be part of a dynamic organisation of 25,000 people across 65 countries. However, we will value your individuality and enable you to bring your true self to work so you can help enrich our diverse workforce. You will be part of a collaborative and creative culture where we encourage new ideas and are committed to sustainability across our global business. You will experience the critical role we have in helping to re-engineer the financial ecosystem to support and drive sustainable economic growth. Together, we are aiming to achieve this growth by accelerating the just transition to net zero, enabling growth of the green economy and creating inclusive economic opportunity.

LSEG offers a range of tailored benefits and support, including healthcare, retirement planning, paid volunteering days and wellbeing initiatives.

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.

We're proud to have been recognised as a Great Place to Work® in India ‘25

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London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) Information:

Join us and be part of a team that values innovation, quality, and continuous improvement. If you're ready to take your career to the next level and make a significant impact, we'd love to hear from you.

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 purpose is the foundation on which our culture is built. Our values of Integrity, Partnership, Excellence and Change underpin our purpose and set the standard for everything we do, every day. They go to the heart of who we are and guide our decision making and everyday actions.

Working with us means that you will be part of a dynamic organisation of 25,000 people across 65 countries. However, we will value your individuality and enable you to bring your true self to work so you can help enrich our diverse workforce.

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.

You will be part of a collaborative and creative culture where we encourage new ideas. We are committed to sustainability across our global business and we are proud to partner with our customers to help them meet their sustainability objectives. 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. Colleagues can get involved through fundraising and volunteering.

LSEG offers a range of tailored benefits and support, including healthcare, retirement planning, paid volunteering days and wellbeing initiatives.

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