49 lead engineer jobs found in London

About the Team Join Citi’s Enterprise AI Products team, a small, high-impact global team building innovative AI solutions for the wider bank. We are at the forefront of Agentic AI , developing capabilities that enable data sharing across agent ecosystems, support new Agentic AI use cases and shape modern AI architecture through purpose-built tooling. This is an opportunity to work at the intersection of cutting-edge technology and real business impact.   The Role We are looking for a seasoned Lead AI Engineer to combine hands-on engineering and architecture with strong business engagement. You will work directly with business partners to understand real-world problems, translate them into technical solutions and support successful delivery and adoption of our AI platforms.   This is a senior role within a deliberately flat team where you will have significant ownership and influence. You will help shape the platform strategy and roadmap, while gaining exposure to...

The Senior Cloud & Platform Engineering Lead will own and drive the design, delivery, and operational excellence of enterprise cloud platforms and migration initiatives. This role plays a critical part in advancing LSEG Post Trade’s cloud strategy, with a strong focus on AWS, Kubernetes (EKS), automation, and cloud-native engineering . You will lead high-performing engineering teams, shape platform strategy, and ensure secure, scalable, and resilient cloud services. This is a hands-on leadership role requiring both technical depth and strategic influence across engineering, architecture, and business partners. What You’ll Do Lead the design, build, and optimisation of AWS-based cloud platforms, including EKS, Kubernetes, networking, identity, and observability capabilities supporting enterprise-scale workloads Drive cloud migration programmes end-to-end , including application assessment, readiness analysis, refactoring strategies, and transition planning...

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...

Role Profile The Senior lead Scala Engineer will play a key role in the engineering and delivery of a critical market‑infrastructure service within the Equities platform, with a strong focus on AWS cloud‑native development. Reporting directly to the Senior Technical Delivery Engineer, Post Trade, the successful candidate will be responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining performant, resilient, and scalable backend services built predominantly in Scala. As a senior member of the engineering team, this individual will help shape technical direction, contribute to best-in-class engineering standards, and actively support the continued growth and evolution of the business. This exciting opportunity requires a candidate to take Pride in their work and Ownership of their work. Have excellent engineering skills, communication skills, can-do behaviour and highly collaborative. Always positively encouraging the team. Key Responsibilities A strong focus on...

Lead AI Engineer (Principal Consultant) Location: London (Hybrid) | Practice Area : Technology & Engineering | Type: Permanent Empower the next frontier of AI with Capco. Shape, build, and deliver future-ready generative systems. The Role We’re looking for a Lead AI Engineer (Principal Consultant) to join our Technology Delivery Team. You’ll combine your expertise in AI/ML engineering and software development to build and deploy cutting-edge generative AI and agentic systems across the financial services sector. As a hands-on leader, you’ll architect AI solutions, embed them within enterprise environments, and drive impactful outcomes through advanced engineering, scalable pipelines, and deep cross-functional collaboration. What You’ll Do Architect and develop autonomous AI systems integrating multi-modal LLMs (text, image, audio, video) Design agentic workflows enabling AI agents to interact with data sources and APIs using prompt engineering and RAG...

Position Summary The Front End (UI) Software Engineer is a senior-level position responsible for establishing, architecting, and implementing new or revised application systems and programs in coordination with the Technology team. The overall objective of this role is to lead applications systems analysis, frontend architecture, and fullstack programming activities. This role specifically focuses on leading the development of scalable, secure, and modern Front End (UI) digital platforms with Fullstack capabilities . The lead engineer will set architectural standards for enterprise-grade web applications, drive UI component libraries and design system adherence, establish best practices for API integration and backend services, and mentor development teams across the software delivery lifecycle.   Key Responsibilities Technical Leadership & Core Applications Development Architectural Alignment & System Design: Provide expertise in frontend/fullstack...

Low Latency Rust Engineer Engineer the future of global finance. At Citi, our Tech team doesn’t just support finance – we are helping to redefine it. Every day, $5 trillion crosses through our network. We do business in 180+ countries operating at a scale few can match. From deploying advanced AI to helping shape global markets, we build systems that matter. Look to join a team where your work helps influence economies, your ideas can drive innovation and outcomes, and your growth is backed by mentorship, continuous learning and flexibility with potential hybrid work opportunities. Help solve real-world challenges that touch millions and get the opportunity to build the future of finance with Citi Tech.   What We do / The Team This is a senior level position responsible for establishing and implementing new or revised application systems and programs in coordination with the Technology Team. The overall objective of this role is to lead applications systems analysis and...

Low Latency Java Engineer Engineer the future of global finance. At Citi, our Tech team doesn’t just support finance – we are helping to redefine it. Every day, $5 trillion crosses through our network. We do business in 180+ countries operating at a scale few can match. From deploying advanced AI to helping shape global markets, we build systems that matter. Look to join a team where your work helps influence economies, your ideas can drive innovation and outcomes, and your growth is backed by mentorship, continuous learning and flexibility with potential hybrid work opportunities. Help solve real-world challenges that touch millions and get the opportunity to build the future of finance with Citi Tech.   What We do / The Team This is a senior level position responsible for establishing and implementing new or revised application systems and programs in coordination with the Technology Team. The overall objective of this role is to lead applications systems analysis and...

26996794 - Senior Software Engineer – Ultra Low Latency Risk Engine Developer   Overview Citi Equities Technology | Equities Electronic Execution (Electronic Trading) Citi's Equities Technology organization is seeking a Senior Software Engineer – Ultra Low Latency Risk Engine Lead Developer to join the Equities Electronic Execution (Electronic Trading) technology team. This role is focused on the design, development, and delivery of Citi's next-generation low-latency Risk Engine for cash equities and its integration into the broader execution platform — encompassing the Centralised Position Service, Client Connectivity, Market Access layers, and high-throughput market data processing.   Role Overview The engineer will own critical, latency-sensitive risk-checking components that sit directly in the cash equities trading hot path, ensuring pre-trade and real-time risk controls are enforced with microsecond-level performance while maintaining correctness and...

Senior Front-End Developer (React)  – Equity Derivatives Technology – VP Engineer the future of global finance. At Citi, our Tech team doesn’t just support finance – we are helping to redefine it. Every day, $5 trillion crosses through our network. We do business in 180+ countries operating at a scale few can match. From deploying advanced AI to helping shape global markets, we build systems that matter. Look to join a team where your work helps influence economies, your ideas can drive innovation and outcomes, and your growth is backed by mentorship, continuous learning and flexibility with potential hybrid work opportunities. Help solve real-world challenges that touch millions and get the opportunity to build the future of finance with Citi Tech.  What We do / The Team  Equities Technology at Citi is undertaking a bold, multi‑year transformation to build a best‑in‑class global platform across execution, prime, clearing and cross‑product margining. We are...

FTSE Russell is a leading global provider of financial services, specialising in the creation and management of indexes, data, and analytic solutions. As part of the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG), we support investors worldwide in making informed decisions across asset classes, investment strategies, and market segments. Our products are trusted by institutional and retail investors, asset managers, and pension funds to benchmark performance, build investment portfolios, and manage risk. Job Summary We're seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join the team building next-generation distribution capabilities for our index products. You'll be delivering index data to the global financial community across multiple channels including APIs, cloud data platforms, file-based delivery, and AI-native protocols. Reliability, security, and data quality are non-negotiable as we build out scalable, cloud-native infrastructure. The ideal candidate is a self-sufficient, technically...

At Pension Insurance Corporation (PIC), we're looking for a Principal IT Systems Engineer to join our IT Operations and Engineering team. This is a senior, hands-on technical leadership role for an experienced engineer who combines deep infrastructure expertise with modern cloud and platform engineering capabilities. You'll play a key role in shaping and supporting our enterprise technology platforms across on-premises and cloud environments, acting as a trusted technical authority and escalation point across the business. Responsibilities Act as the senior technical authority and escalation point across infrastructure, cloud, identity and platform services. Provide technical leadership and deputise for the IT Systems Team Manager when required. Drive the design, resilience and continuous improvement of on-premises and cloud platforms. Lead root cause analysis and resolution of complex technical issues and major incidents. Influence engineering standards, architecture...

Skills and Competencies 12+ years of software engineering experience, including 5+ years leading engineering teams and delivering complex, large-scale, multi-team initiatives with measurable business impact Experience leading multiple teams or groups of teams, including managing engineering managers, technical leads, and staff-level engineers with accountability for delivery outcomes across a portfolio Strong technical depth in TypeScript, Python, C#, or similar technologies, with the ability to engage credibly in architecture and code reviews, challenge design decisions, and assess technical risk Deep expertise in enterprise AI applications built on large language models, including agents, retrieval augmented generation, orchestration frameworks, model optimization, and evaluation frameworks Hands-on experience building AI/ML applications (RAG, agent frameworks, MCPs, skills, harnesses) and taking them to production or in platforming (LLM or MCP gateway, agentic runtime,...

Role Purpose We are seeking a highly experienced Principal Software Engineer to provide technical leadership across our technology function, driving the design, delivery, and continuous improvement of enterprise applications and digital services. This is a senior hands-on role for an individual who combines deep technical expertise with strong stakeholder management skills and a passion for engineering excellence. You will be responsible for defining architecture, establishing engineering standards, overseeing delivery, and ensuring solutions are scalable, secure, maintainable, and aligned to business objectives. Working closely with architects, engineering teams, business stakeholders, and senior leadership, you will help shape our technology strategy while mentoring engineers and promoting a culture of quality, accountability, and continuous improvement. Requirements Key Responsibilities Lead Solution Architecture & Design – Own the design and architecture of...

SwapClear Senior DevOps Engineer 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 commitment 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, handle 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,...

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...

Manager, Data Engineering Lead SwapClear and Listed Rates, LCH Ltd, London LCH, SwapClear and Listed Rates LCH Ltd is an international multi-asset class central counterparty clearing house (CCP), part of the London Stock Exchange Group.  LCH Ltd serves a broad range of exchanges and over-the-counter trading platforms providing critical risk management services.  It has a unique membership model and its customers span the globe and include major financial groups (including the majority of the major investment banks), broker-dealers and specialist commodity houses and a wide range of buy-side and real-money firms including major asset managers and large hedge funds. This role provides an opportunity to work on one of the most critical finance technology functions in the world. The LCH CCP is systematically significant to the world’s financial markets which requires technology that has to be very resilient and with strong controls. LSE Group also provides a chance...