Senior Software Engineer

Job Title:Senior Software Engineer

Reporting To: Software Engineering Lead

Team: Technology and Innovation

Location: Chennai India

Role Profile

Lloyd's List Intelligence has proven success across the globe with offices in APAC (Singapore, China, Hong Kong and Japan), EMEA (UK, UAE) and USA. We now look to further expand our global footprint and add a location that gives us the capability to build teams of highly talented colleagues and deliver growth in our Technology, Data and Product functions.

As a Senior Software Engineer, you will design and deliver high-performance, scalable solutions across our C#/.NET backend and React frontend. You will be hands-on in writing production code and guiding junior to mid-level engineers, ensuring the platform meets the highest standards of quality, security, and innovation. You may act as a Tech Lead for one of our Scrum teams, providing technical oversight and strategic direction while working collaboratively with Product, DevOps, Architecture, and other stakeholders. This role offers a balance of deep technical contribution, mentorship, and solution shaping, suited for someone who thrives on both coding and leading by example.

This is a full-time permanent role reporting to the Head of Head of Software Engineering. This role offers balanced working in our Chennai office.

Key Responsibilities

Architecture & Development

• Design and optimize backend services (C#/.NET), including data models, performance, and cloud integrations (AWS).
• Develop and maintain React-based frontend applications, focusing on user experience, scalability, and maintainability.
• Drive technical decisions around geospatial data processing, mapping (e.g., Leaflet), and AWS integrations (RDS, OpenSearch, Lambda) for robust microservices.
• Maintain and enhance RESTful (WebAPI) or GraphQL APIs, ensuring high performance, reliability, and security.

Technical Leadership

• Act as a Tech Lead within Scrum pods, offering architecture guidance, best practice enforcement, and strategic direction.
• Collaborate closely with Product Owners to refine technical requirements and sprint goals, ensuring feasible and efficient delivery.
• Conduct code reviews and provide mentorship to other engineers, fostering a culture of continuous learning and improvement.
• Champion authentication/authorization best practices (e.g., Identity Server) and ensure compliance with data protection and security standards.

Agile Collaboration

• Work closely with Scrum Masters, DevOps, and QA in an Agile environment, participating in sprint planning, stand-ups, and retrospectives.
• Coordinate across teams to ensure seamless delivery of cross-functional features, aligning technical tasks with business priorities.
• Identify and address bottlenecks or blockers early, proactively offering solutions or workarounds.

Continuous Improvement

• Promote best practices in design, development, testing, deployment, and operational excellence.
• Drive process improvements (e.g., CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, environment management) to accelerate development cycles.
• Stay current with emerging technologies and techniques, evaluating their potential to enhance product quality and team productivity.

What we are looking for:

Essential

• At least 6+ years of professional software development experience (C#/.NET, JavaScript/TypeScript).
• Advanced knowledge of React in large-scale applications.
• Strong background in AWS-based microservices (Lambda, RDS, OpenSearch) with an ability to design secure, highly available systems.
• Proven record in leading technical initiatives or acting as a Tech Lead, providing guidance to multiple engineers.
• Experience with geospatial queries or mapping libraries (e.g., Leaflet) is highly beneficial.
• Expertise in building high-availability APIs (WebAPI, GraphQL).
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively in a distributed, Agile environment with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Desirable

• Commercial experience working with large data volumes or streaming technologies (e.g., Kinesis, SQS, RabbitMQ).
• Advanced-level experience with NoSQL (Elasticsearch/SOLR) or Oracle.
• Familiarity with container orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes).
• AWS certifications (Solutions Architect, DevOps Engineer) or equivalent.
• Knowledge of maritime data, logistics, or risk intelligence domains.

We know that sometimes the perfect candidate doesn't exist, and that people can be put off applying for a job if they don't fit all the requirements. If you're excited about working for us and have most, but not all of the skills or experience we're looking for, please go ahead and apply. You could be just what we need!

We believe strongly in the value of diversity and creating supportive, inclusive environments where our colleagues can succeed. As such, we are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, colour, ancestry, national origin, religion, or religious creed, mental or physical disability, medical condition, genetic information, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, military or veteran status, citizenship, or other protected characteristics under federal, state or local law.

Please let us know of any adjustments we need to make for you to show us your best self.

About us

We are the industry experts delivering actionable maritime insight, data, technology, and analytics trusted by 60,000 professionals across the globe to drive commercial advantage, evaluate risk, and support the efficient and lawful movement of seaborne trade.

Our data is collected only from the most reputable partners and accurate sources, many of which are exclusive to us and our customers.

Our advanced analytics, artificial intelligence, and industry expertise transform our unparalleled data into powerful insight delivered through data and analytics platforms and services, news and commentary, and publications that help professionals in maritime operations, risk, and compliance stay well informed.

Leading seaborne trade through change with data transparency, innovative technology, and human ingenuity.

Our Vales and Behaviours

Build trust & Transparency

Transparency and trust needs to be at the heart, with commitment to honest communication about

individual progress, as well as company news, regular townhall meetings, clear messaging about the

company's direction, and transparency in addressing internal challenges such as gender and race

inequality and recognition/reward.

Embrace collective brilliance

Collaboration and teamwork are the foundation of our collective success. Our data highlights the importance of

working together cross-company and communicating with agility to solve problems. There is a strong emphasis

on friendly, authentic relationships and courageous collaboration.

Work with respect

Respect for one another's well-being, fairness in recognition of effort, inclusivity in approach, and

celebration of cultural differences is critical. There is emphasis placed on social awareness and

positive impact.

Take responsibility

The importance of being accountable to each other cannot be underestimated, recognizing each

other's work, and maintaining a challenge culture to ensure credibility, dependability, and

trustworthiness. There is focus on stepping up to take on more if it helps the collective organization.

Simplify the complex

There is a focus in our data on delivering excellence, recognizing and learning from failures, and

a commitment to delivering work that puts customers first and provides market-leading

expertise.

Move fast & be bold

The data sources emphasize the need to embrace change in an agile way, with a positive approach to

challenges and transformation. It includes a desire to evolve and remain industry leaders, embracing

challenges and promoting a culture of curiosity and continuous learning.