Engineering Group Lead

Argus is where smart people belong and where they can grow. We answer the challenge of illuminating markets and shaping new futures.

What we’re looking for

Argus is a fast-growing global B2B media company providing essential information on commodity markets. As a business, we continue to grow and evolve, adding new markets, new services, new delivery options and improved analytical tools.

Technology is central to everything we do, and a key aspect of the evolving technology organization is to be aware of the emerging technologies and their applications to Argus services.

We are seeking an experienced and hands-on Engineering Group Lead who is passionate about building scalable, reliable, and secure technology solutions. You will combine technical expertise with leadership skills to guide engineering teams in delivering high-quality software that meets business needs and drives innovation.

What will you be doing

Working as the Engineering Group Lead you will be part of the Technology and Data team, leading engineering teams, working on different projects and closely collaborating with product, quality assurance, other Engineering Group Leads and teams to deliver solutions that meet the required business needs, quality, and technical standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Apply software and data engineering best practices to develop maintainable, scalable, reliable and secure solutions based on common architecture patterns and principles

• Ensure timely delivery of high-quality software solutions that are fit for the future while maintaining a strong focus on practicality, user experience and user satisfaction.

• Communicate progress, challenges, and technical trade-offs to stakeholders.

• Lead and mentor engineers, foster a culture collaboration, innovation, accountability and ownership

• Ability to understand the big picture and be hands on / dive into the code

• Be a visible, approachable leader, removing bottlenecks and enabling the teams

• Ensure that all engineering work meets agreed standards of quality, including code reviews, testing, and best practices with a hands-on approach

• Promote a culture of continuous improvement, encouraging the team to constantly seek ways to enhance their skills and processes

• Stay updated on emerging technologies and evaluate their adoption

• Embed AI, automation, and pragmatic DevOps practices to boost speed and quality

Skills and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related field

• Strong understanding of:

o Service oriented architecture, microservices, event-driven architectures

o Cloud native development with AWS services (Lambda, Step functions, API Gateway, EC2, S3, CloudFormation, CloudWatch, RDS Aurora, DynamoDB, SQS/SNS, Athena etc)

o DevOps practices (CI/CD, infrastructure as code, containerization)

o Applications development

• Strong experience of operating within an Agile delivery methodology

• Strong experience of delivering .NET/C# and Angular Web Apps (hands-on current/recent experience)

• Advocate of SOLID principles and design patterns

• Strong databases experience (SQL and NoSQL)

• Instrumentation, monitoring, alerting, observability

• Strong problem-solving skills, ability to think creatively, combined with a results-oriented mindset

• Practical experience with applying AI/ML tools and techniques as an extension of the software engineer’s

• toolbox

• Strong inter-personal and communication skills to collaborate with both technical and non-technical

• stakeholders

• Desired experience building/extending/maintaining a trading platform

What’s in it for you

Our rapidly growing, award-winning business offers a dynamic environment for talented, entrepreneurial professionals to achieve results and grow their careers. Argus recognizes and rewards successful performance and as an Investor in People, we promote professional development and retain a high-performing team committed to building our success.

• Competitive salary and company bonus scheme

• Group pension scheme

• Group healthcare and life assurance scheme

• Flexible working environment

• 25 days holiday with annual increase up to 30 days

• Subsidised gym membership

• Season ticket travel loans

• Cycle to work scheme

• Extensive internal and external training

About Argus

Argus is the leading independent provider of market intelligence to the global energy and commodity markets. We offer essential price assessments, news, analytics, consulting services, data science tools and industry conferences to illuminate complex and opaque commodity markets. Headquartered in London with over 1,500 staff, Argus is an independent media organisation with 30 offices in the world’s principal commodity trading hubs.

Companies, trading firms and governments in 160 countries around the world trust Argus data to make decisions, analyse situations, manage risk, facilitate trading and for long-term planning. Argus prices are used as trusted benchmarks around the world for pricing transportation, commodities and energy. Founded in 1970, Argus remains a privately held UK-registered company owned by employee shareholders and global growth equity firm General Atlantic.

Argus is committed to ensuring career and personal growth for all its staff and provides extensive training and career development opportunities, as well as participation in employee-led initiatives, including a women’s network. Our core values are Excellence, Integrity, Partnership and Inclusivity.

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