Lead Software Engineer UI-React

J.P. Morgan; London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Lead Software Engineer, where you'll drive innovation in UI and application development. In this dynamic role, you'll lead an agile team, implement cutting-edge technology solutions, and collaborate with stakeholders to deliver exceptional products. Your expertise in front-end technologies like Typescript and React, along with a strong understanding of UX best practices, will be crucial to enhancing user experiences. This position offers a unique opportunity to mentor the next generation of engineers while working with advanced technologies in a supportive and inclusive environment. If you're passionate about software engineering and eager to make a significant impact, this role is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Advanced knowledge of front-end technologies and UX best practices.
• Experience in managing work independently and engaging with stakeholders.
• Proficiency in automation and continuous delivery methods.

Responsibilities

• Lead UI strategy and drive best practices in UX and architecture.
• Mentor junior engineers and develop high-quality production code.
• Investigate new technologies to improve platform capabilities.

Skills

Typescript

AngularJS

React

Vite

Jest

D3

UX best practices

Cloud native experience

Agile methodologies

Software Development Life Cycle

Education

Formal training in software engineering

Tools

Kubernetes

Java

Spring

MQ

Kafka

Job description

As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within the Corporate and Investment Banking Payments Technology, you play a crucial role in an agile team that is dedicated to improving, creating, and delivering trusted market-leading technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable manner. As a key technical contributor, you are tasked with implementing vital technology solutions across numerous technical areas within various business functions to support the firm's business goals.

Job responsibilities

• Lead the strategy for our UI estate, driving best practices on UX, architecture and integration with our Back end components
• Execute creative software solutions, design, develop and innovate across a full stack suite of applications.
• Think beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions or break down technical problems
• Engage directly with our Product Owners and stakeholders to drive the delivery of novel solutions
• Mentor and guide the next generation of software engineers
• Develop secure high-quality production code, and collaborate with peers to review and debug code
• Identify opportunities to eliminate or automate remediation of recurring issues to improve overall operational stability of software applications and systems
• Lead evaluation sessions with external vendors, startups, and internal teams to drive outcome-oriented probing of architectural designs, technical credentials, and applicability for use within existing systems and information architecture
• Investigate and triage new technologies that can provide benefit to the platform, engage with senior partners to introduce these to the stack
• Lead communities of practice across Software Engineering to drive awareness and use of new and leading-edge technologies
• Add to team culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and respect

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and applied experience
• Advanced knowledge on front end technologies - Typescript, AngularJS, React, Vite, Jest, D3 and related libraries/Frameworks
• Hands-on experience managing a book of work independently and engaging directly with stakeholders and product owners
• Hands-on experience with UX best practices and practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
• Proficiency in automation and continuous delivery methods
• Proficient in all aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle
• Advanced understanding of agile methodologies such as CI/CD, Application Resiliency, and Security
• Demonstrated proficiency in software applications and technical processes within a technical discipline (e.g., cloud, artificial intelligence, machine learning, mobile, etc.)
• In-depth knowledge of the financial services industry and their IT systems
• Practical cloud native experience

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Hands on experience with Kubernetes (Or CKAD certification)
• Knowledge with MQ, Kafka
• Knowledge of back end technologies - Java, Spring is desirable