Java Lead Software Engineer

J.P. MORGAN; Scotland; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading financial services firm as a Java Lead Software Engineer, where you'll enhance and deliver trusted technology products. Collaborate within an agile team to drive innovative solutions and improve operational stability in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience in system design, application development, and operational stability.
• Experience in building enterprise applications with high availability.

Responsibilities

• Executes creative software solutions and technical troubleshooting.
• Leads evaluation sessions with vendors and internal teams.
• Identifies opportunities to automate remediation of recurring issues.

Skills

Java

Agile Methodologies

Automation

Continuous Delivery

SQL

Cloud

Machine Learning

React

Education

Formal training in Software Engineering

Tools

J2EE

Spring

Kafka

Elastic Search

Distributed Cache

Job description

Job Description

We have an opportunity to impact your career and provide an adventure where you can push the limits of what's possible.

As a Java Lead Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within the Client Onboarding & Know Your Customer technology group, 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. As a core technical contributor, you are responsible for conducting critical technology solutions across multiple technical areas within various business functions in support of the firm’s business objectives.

Job responsibilities

• Executes creative software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting with ability to think beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions or break down technical problems
• Develops secure high-quality production code, and reviews and debugs code written by others
• Identifies opportunities to eliminate or automate remediation of recurring issues to improve overall operational stability of software applications and systems
• Leads evaluation sessions with external vendors, startups, and internal teams to drive outcomes-oriented probing of architectural designs, technical credentials, and applicability for use within existing systems and information architecture
• Leads communities of practice across Software Engineering to drive awareness and use of new and leading-edge technologies
• Adds 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.
• Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
• Advanced in one or more programming language(s) such as Java
• 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.)
• Experience in building enterprise applications with high availability and performance using J2EE, Spring, ORM, Kafka, Elastic Search, Distributed Cache.
• Hand on experience in UI Frameworks like React
• Proficiency in SQL and Database development.
• Experience managing technologists, building large enterprise applications beyond exposing REST endpoints on database and cloud native applications based on 12 factor methodology.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Experience working at code level

About Us

J.P. Morgan is a global leader in financial services, providing strategic advice and products to the world’s most prominent corporations, governments, wealthy individuals and institutional investors. Our first-class business in a first-class way approach to serving clients drives everything we do. We strive to build trusted, long-term partnerships to help our clients achieve their business objectives.

We recognize that our people are our strength and the diverse talents they bring to our global workforce are directly linked to our success. We are an equal opportunity employer and place a high value on diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute, including race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital or veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. We also make reasonable accommodations for applicants’ and employees’ religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs. Visit our FAQs for more information about requesting an accommodation.

About The Team

Our professionals in our Corporate Functions cover a diverse range of areas from finance and risk to human resources and marketing. Our corporate teams are an essential part of our company, ensuring that we’re setting our businesses, clients, customers and employees up for success.