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.
Proud to share LSEG in Romania is Great Place to Work certified (Sept ’24 – Sept ’25). Learn more about life and purpose of our company directly from the Romanian colleagues’ video: Bucharest, Romania | Where We Work | LSEG
Role Description:
Workspace News team is on a mission to deliver the best News capabilities and experiences to LSEG Workspace users enabling our customers to access a vast universe of real-time and on-demand News content from the outstanding and industry top News organisations!
We are seeking a highly skilled and highly motivated Lead Software Engineer with focus on Node.js development to join LSEG Workspace team in Bucharest helping us share the future of News. You will work in an Agile team alongside front-end, back-end and quality engineers developing capabilities for the most used and business critical applications like News Monitor and Top News in our flagship customer workflows product, LSEG Workspace.
The ideal candidate will exhibit strong proficiency in JavaScript and TypeScript, possess a deep understanding of cloud platforms, and have a proven track record of delivering scalable and efficient software solutions.
Key Responsibilities:
Software Development:
Design, develop, and maintain back-end systems using Node.js, ensuring scalability, security, and high performance
Write clean, efficient, and well-documented code
Conduct code reviews and establish standard processes for software development
System Design and Architecture:
Architect, deploy, and run applications on AWS and Azure platforms
Optimise cloud infrastructure for cost-efficiency and performance
Lead architectural decisions for back-end systems, ensuring alignment with business goals and technical requirements
Collaborate with Product, Design, DevOps engineers to build end-to-end solutions
Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks and system issues
Implement robust monitoring and alerting solutions
Project Management:
Participate in sprint planning, task estimation, and roadmap development
Ensure timely delivery of projects, meeting both technical and business objectives
Candidate Profile / Key Skills:
Required Qualifications:
7+ years of professional experience in software development
Proficiency in Node.js, JavaScript, and TypeScript
Strong expertise in cloud platforms, including AWS (e.g. ECS, Lambda, S3, DynamoDB) and Azure (e.g. App Services, Azure Functions, Cosmos DB)
Experience with containerisation tools like Docker
In-depth knowledge of RESTful API design and micro-services architecture
Experience with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices
Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to work in a fast-paced, agile environment
Preferred Skills
Familiarity with front-end frameworks e.g. Angular
Knowledge of security and compliance standards
Exposure to serverless architecture and event-driven systems
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)
- Dental Coverage
- 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.
