C++ Senior Lead Software Engineer Athena Hydra - Vice President

J.P. Morgan; City Of London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services firm in the UK seeks a Senior Lead Software Engineer to enhance technology products within an agile team. This role involves providing technical guidance, developing secure production code, and influencing product design decisions. Candidates should possess advanced skills in C++, Java, and Python, along with practical cloud native experience. If you're looking to drive business impact through technology solutions, we welcome your application.

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification in Advanced C++ and Java programming concepts.
• Hands-on practical experience in delivering system design and operational stability in distributed systems.
• Advanced knowledge of software applications and technical processes.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical guidance to support business and technical teams.
• Develop secure, high-quality production code, and debug code written by others.
• Drive decisions that influence product design and technical operations.
• Contributes to the engineering community as an advocate of best practices.

Skills

Advanced C++ programming

Java programming

Python programming

System design

Cloud native experience

Machine learning

SDLC automation

Cloud native experience

Artificial intelligence

Machine learning

Education

Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Mathematics, or related

Job description

Overview

Be an integral part of an agile team that's constantly pushing the envelope to enhance, build, and deliver top-notch technology products.

As a Senior Lead Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within Athena Core Hydra (CIB), you are an integral part of an agile team that works to enhance, build, and deliver trusted market-leading technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable way. Drive significant business impact through your capabilities and contributions, and apply deep technical expertise and problem-solving methodologies to tackle a diverse array of challenges that span multiple technologies and applications.

Responsibilities

• Regularly provides technical guidance and direction to support the business and its technical teams, contractors, and vendors
• Develops secure and high-quality production code, and reviews and debugs code written by others
• Drives decisions that influence the product design, application functionality, and technical operations and processes
• Serves as a function-wide subject matter expert in one or more areas of focus
• Actively contributes to the engineering community as an advocate of firmwide frameworks, tools, and practices of the Software Development Life Cycle
• Influences peers and project decision-makers to consider the use and application of leading-edge technologies
• Adds to the team culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and respect

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification on Advanced C++ & Java programming concepts and proficient applied experience
• Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability in distributed systems
• Advanced Python programming
• Advanced knowledge of software applications and technical processes with considerable in-depth knowledge in one or more technical disciplines (e.g., SDLC automation, cloud, artificial intelligence, machine learning)
• Ability to tackle design and functionality problems independently with little to no oversight
• Practical cloud native experience
• Experience in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Mathematics, or a related technical field