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Role: Sr SQL Engineer
Location: London, UK
Job Type: Contract & Inside IR35
Key Functions:
As a Senior Software Engineer in Benchmark & Index Management, the individual will be responsible for developing high-quality, scalable software; designing and building robust, secure, and efficient systems in the delivery of key index systems required for strategic business growth. The candidate will be required to provide technical expertise, ownership, and responsibility in the end-to-end software delivery lifecycle.
Key Responsibilities:
- Contributes and leads development through high-quality software design and architecture
- Identifies, prioritizes, and performs tasks in the software development lifecycle
- Develops tools and applications by producing clean, efficient, and scalable code
- Advocates for and implements engineering guidelines for excellence, including automation, code reviews, continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD), and performance tuning
- Ensures high-quality, reliable products using unit, integration, and BDD test suites
- Collaborates closely with business and engineering partners to deliver products, services, improvements, and solutions to meet customer needs and align with goals of the business and engineering lines
- Communicates with clarity, precision, and influence, presenting complex information in a clear and concise format that is appropriate for the audience
- Drives a culture of engineering excellence through mentorship, peer reviews, and promoting standard methodologies in software design and development
- Continuously optimizes systems for performance, scalability, and security in a fast-paced, production environment
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Experience & Skills:
- Over 8+ years of proven experience as a Software Developer, architecting, developing, and testing large-scale data-intensive applications in an enterprise environment
- Solid prior experience of database modelling/design, performance tuning, and optimization
- Thorough knowledge of application programming for data-intensive applications on SQL Server using Stored Procedures/tSQL
- Proficiency in C#.NET, including designing and implementing RESTful APIs and microservices
- UI development for business-critical applications in Angular, JavaScript, HTML/CSS, and other modern UI technologies
- Strong understanding of AWS cloud infrastructure and native services - AWS EC2, EKS, Lambda, SQS, SNS, AWS Glue, etc.
- Experience with unit testing frameworks (e.g., MS Test, tSQLt) and Behaviour-Driven Development (BDD) tools (e.g., Cucumber, Mocha)
- Proven ability to deliver high-quality, maintainable code and systems
- Extensive experience in software engineering principles, CI/CD tools, and automation processes
- Strong analytical skills and a problem-solving mentality
- Some experience of Business and Technical Analysis, Quality Assurance, Delivery Management, and/or Emerging Technology and Governance
- Experience working in an agile environment with a focus on collaboration, automation, and continuous improvement
- Experience with Financial Markets in Equities and/or Fixed Income
- Prior experience with Java (including Spring Boot) and/or Python for cross-platform integrations, greenfield, and legacy systems is hugely advantageous
- Familiarity with Sybase and PostgreSQL, including database management and optimization


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