Automation Senior Engineer, Quality Engineering

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.

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Role Description:

Are you a passionate Java engineer with a strong foundation in backend development , an eye for quality , and a desire to drive excellence in testing and delivery ? We're building a forward-thinking team and looking for a motivated individual ready to take ownership, mentor others, and grow alongside us.

This is not just another coding role -- it's an opportunity to build robust services , champion engineering excellence , and actively contribute to test strategy, code quality, and delivery pipelines .

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable Java 17 / Spring Boot 3 microservices with strong quality standards.

• Implement and run JUnit-based test coverage , integrated with Datadog for observability and insights.

• Drive quality-first engineering: build with testability, reliability, and maintainability in mind from day one.

• Contribute to and improve our CI/CD workflows using GitLab Pipelines , ensuring fast, safe, and traceable releases.

• Use your SQL knowledge to validate backend logic and contribute to functional test cases.

• Take part in defining testing strategies : from unit to integration to system-level testing.

• Actively participate in code reviews and peer review sessions , fostering a culture of continuous improvement.

• Mentor junior members and act as a technical quality champion , supporting best practices and a shared responsibility for quality.

• Work in a cross-functional team, contributing to design sessions, standups, and retrospectives.

• Suggest and drive improvements across automation, test strategy, and engineering processes.

Candidate Profile:

• 3+ years of experience in Java backend development (Java 11+; Java 17 preferred).

• Proficiency with Spring Boot 2/3 , RESTful APIs , and microservice architecture .

• Solid hands-on experience with unit testing (JUnit), mocking frameworks, and integration testing.

• Exposure to observability tools like Datadog for tracing and error insights is a strong plus.

• Proven experience working with CI/CD pipelines , preferably GitLab, with a mindset for continuous delivery.

• SQL experience for verifying business logic and working with test data (PostgreSQL or Oracle preferred).

• Strong knowledge of software quality assurance practices , with a passion for writing clean, testable, and maintainable code.

• A growth mindset : you're curious, eager to learn, and always looking to improve yourself and the team.

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills -- you thrive in a team and support others to succeed.

• Exposure to containerized environments (Docker, Kubernetes)

• Familiarity with test evidence generation and reporting tools

• Experience in performance testing and monitoring

• Contributions to testing strategies or test automation frameworks

• Involvement in knowledge sharing, workshops, or mentoring sessions

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 maximise each employee's potential through personal development through a wide range of learning tools both formal and informal. We believe in remunerating our people with competitive salaries and a range of attractive benefits such as:

• 25 days' holiday per year
• 1 additional day off for your Birthday
• Annual wellness allowance
• Share Purchase Plan
• Medical Health Insurance
• Medical Subscription (preventive medical services)
• Life insurance
• Pillar 3 Private Pension
• Meal Vouchers
• Flexible Benefits
• Bookster
• Volunteering Events
• All LSEG colleagues with at least one year's continuous service, who become parents, are now entitled to at least 26 weeks' paid leave, and the option to return to work on a phased basis, in relation with specific company's policy and guidelines

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.

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