Act as the primary technical leader and developer on the Fusion team, demonstrating strong technical competencies and acting as a dependable and high value contributor within the team such that other team members know what they should aspire to
Be an expert in modern Full-Stack Engineering using React/Typescript/JavaScript and OO design principals.
Provide technical oversight of the analysis and design for assigned projects
Design, develop, test and oversee production software solutions, including the development of highly complex systems, and modifications to existing systems
Be able to communicate the architecture and principles behind a system to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
Support the use of preferred planning and prioritisation tooling (JIRA) to capture and track deliveries, identify issues and help with roadmap and iteration planning and prioritisation
Ensure the team engages in a well-defined SDLC that supports planning, prioritisation and delivery needs
Support the team through help with defining scope and guiding estimation of work to be done by leveraging previous experience
Be custodians for target state architecture and best practice within your respective development team and across the Fusion estate
Identify opportunities to evolve systems towards target state architecture and direct refactoring and prioritisation to positively influence deliveries
Communication and Leadership
Work alongside Team Leaders, to provide technical leadership and direction for the development team
Participate in retrospectives and seek opportunities to drive best practice
Lead the software team to deliver high quality and innovative software solutions
Provide leadership and guidance to coach, motivate and lead team members to their optimum performance levels and career development, through both gated checks like code reviews and more supportive approaches such as mentoring or identifying stretch opportunities for team members
Change, Risk and Issue Management
Guide and support team to identify and escalate risks as appropriate
Work with the Team Leaders to provide time and resource estimates, identify potential areas of risk and suggest mitigating actions
Share complex technical designs or issues with non-technical stakeholders and influence their decision making where necessary
Identify tools and methodologies to improve the effectiveness of the development process
Assist and facilitate prioritisation of software defects and enhancements
Manage risks and issues effectively with timely escalation to the project stakeholders
Experience/Competencies:
Essential:
Demonstrable industry experience as a Full Stack or Front/Backend Engineer in Typescript in a professional environment.
Front-end skills
Proficient in HTML5, CSS3, and Typescript
Proficient in React, Red
Benefits
Vision insurance
Additional Information
The TP ICAP Group is a world leading provider of market infrastructure.
Our purpose is to provide clients with access to global financial and commodities markets, improving price discovery, liquidity, and distribution of data, through responsible and innovative solutions.
Through our people and technology, we connect clients to superior liquidity and data solutions.
The Group is home to a stable of premium brands. Collectively, TP ICAP is the largest interdealer broker in the world by revenue, the number one Energy & Commodities broker in the world, the world's leading provider of OTC data, and an award winning all-to-all trading platform.
The Group operates from more than 60 offices in 27 countries. We are 5,300 people strong. We work as one to achieve our vision of being the world's most trusted, innovative, liquidity and data solutions specialist.
Role Overview:
TP ICAP has Partnered with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to build the Next Generation of the Fusion Platform and make it Global Market Infrastructure. This role will be working in a new team to build out a new Platform based on the latest technology and architecture. You will be working alongside AWS and learning from the best.
The Principal Software Engineer will provide technical leadership on TP ICAP's flagship Fusion platform within a team. This role will set the standards and direction of Engineers with Engineering Excellence in mind. They will demonstrate the benefits of the latest approaches to Full-Stack development and delivery through working as a team member. They should be the authority for decisions relating to standards and engineering best practices within their discipline in their team.
The Principal Engineer will be passionate about software development and keen to use their technical and mentoring skills to help their development team to be successful. They should be comfortable working in agile teams, foster transparent communication, have a commitment to quality, and a focus on getting things done. This role will primarily be hands-on with some management responsibility.