Lead, Engineering Practices

Company: LSEG
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Location: London
Job Description:

About Us

LSEG (London Stock Exchange Group) is more than 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 from us. With extensive experience, deep knowledge and worldwide presence across financial markets, we enable businesses and economies around the world to fund innovation, manage risk and create jobs. It’s how we’ve contributed to supporting the financial stability and growth of communities and economies globally for more than 300 years. Through a comprehensive suite of trusted financial market infrastructure services – and our open-access model – we provide the flexibility, stability and trust that enable our customers to pursue their ambitions with confidence and clarity.

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, more than half located in Asia Pacific.

People

People are at the heart of what we do and drive the success of our business. 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. We break down barriers and encourage teamwork, enabling innovation and rapid development of solutions that make a difference. Our workplace generates an enriching and rewarding experience for our people and customers alike. Our vision is to build an inclusive culture in which everyone feels encouraged to fulfil their potential.

We know that real personal growth cannot be achieved by simply climbing a career ladder – which is why we encourage and enable a wealth of avenues and interesting opportunities for everyone to broaden and deepen their skills and expertise. As a global organisation spanning 70 countries and one rooted in a culture of growth, opportunity, diversity and innovation, LSEG is a place where everyone can grow, develop and fulfil their potential with meaningful careers.

Role Profile

As a Lead in the Engineering Practices team, you will play a pivotal role in shaping and advancing engineering practices across the organisation. This varied position covers many aspects of engineering, including Cloud, Software Development, DevOps, CICD, Observability and Operations, ensuring our engineering practices are fit‑for‑purpose and ensuring best practices are adopted throughout our teams.

Key Responsibilities

  • Drive initiatives around operational practices, including FinOps, Observability, Resilience and Operational Automation.
  • Lead the evolution and adoption of engineering practices across the organisation, ensuring methodologies remain up‑to‑date and effective, particularly in support of AI initiatives.
  • Lead initiatives to drive operational cost efficiency across the Group, in areas such as Cloud, Software Licensing, Infrastructure Decommissioning and Automation.
  • Define and build metrics to measure operational efficiency across the Group.
  • Collaborate closely with senior leaders, engineers and cross‑functional teams to provide thought leadership, mentorship and support for professional growth within the engineering community.

What You’ll Bring

  • Broad experience of software and cloud engineering in large, complex organisations.
  • Deep understanding of modern engineering practices (DevOps, Cloud Infrastructure, CICD, Testing, Observability etc) and IT service management (ITSM) enabled by a modern engineering tooling ecosystem.
  • Hands‑on experience with coding and the ability to solve problems using common engineering tools such as GitHub/GitLab, Python, Java, Go, PowerBI, SQL and GitHub Copilot.
  • A passion for driving and delivering operational efficiencies.
  • Experience working for a large, complex organisation where decisions and actions are highly federated.
  • Solid skills in leading and managing communities of internal stakeholders, fostering collaboration and driving the adoption of strategic standards and ways of working.

What You’ll Get in Return

  • An opportunity to shape and drive impactful initiatives within a leading global financial market infrastructure provider.
  • Work with the most knowledgeable leaders in LSEG’s engineering and operational domains to solve impactful problems.
  • Exposure to cutting‑edge engineering practices, such as Agentic AI development, and the chance to learn from industry trends and high‑profile use cases from across LSEG.
  • Be recognised as a trusted advisor and expert in LSEG, contributing your expertise and thought leadership to all engineering divisions within the organisation.

Career Stage

Manager

Equal Opportunities Statement

LSEG is a proud equal opportunities employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of 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. We can reasonably accommodate applicants’ and employees’ religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental and physical health needs.

Benefits Overview

LSEG offers tailored benefits and support, including healthcare, retirement planning, paid volunteering days and well‑being initiatives.

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Posted: May 19th, 2026