Engineering Manager - Cloud Platform Engineering

JPMorganChase; Greater London; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorganChase is seeking an Engineering Manager (Platform) to lead a high-performing squad within the Accelerator Business Platform Team in London. You will bridge technical strategy with business goals, grow engineering talent, and foster a culture of diversity and accountability while delivering scalable platform solutions.

You will drive incident response, define roadmaps, and champion best practices to maintain reliability, security, and performance aligned with regulatory requirements and

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification in software engineering concepts.
• Experience leading technologists to manage and solve complex technical challenges.
• Proven people-management or team-lead experience, with a track record of coaching engineers and driving team performance.
• Strong background in software engineering, including system design, cloud native systems, and Kubernetes.
• Ability to guide technical decisions and evaluate designs.
• Experience managing complex technical delivery in an agile environment.
• Exceptional communication skills for influencing technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Ability to translate business objectives into team-level tasks and priorities.
• Experience managing production systems, including on-call rotations, incident response, and reliability engineering.
• Experience leading multi-team adoption of enterprise-authorized AI-assisted development and delivery tools, including defining governance/ways of working, measuring outcomes, and ensuring secure handling of inputs/outputs.
• Strong understanding of responsible AI use in engineering workflows, including data sensitivity considerations, resiliency/security implications, and control expectations; ability to coach managers/leads and influence leaders on safe scaling patterns.

Responsibilities

• Provide direction, oversight, and coaching for a team of software engineers, fostering an inclusive, high-performance culture.
• Oversee end-to-end delivery of platform initiatives, translating requirements into technical roadmaps and ensuring operational stability.
• Drive engineering standards and best practices, promoting high-quality code, robust release processes, and scalable infrastructure.
• Partner with senior leadership to set the long-term technical vision for the platform, aligning with business outcomes and regulatory requirements.
• Champion a "you-build-it-you-run-it" culture, overseeing incident response and identifying opportunities to automate remediation.
• Ensure successful collaboration across teams and stakeholders, driving consensus on architectural and delivery trade-offs.
• Identify and mitigate issues to execute a book of work, contributing to communities of practice and adoption of leading-edge technologies.
• Sets and scales operating practices for enterprise-authorized AI-assisted engineering and SDLC/TLM automation across multiple teams to improve delivery speed, quality, and operational outcomes; establishes measurable expectations and ensures consistent validation, security, resiliency, and reuse of proven patterns.
• Applies knowledge of tools within the Software Development Life Cycle toolchain, including enterprise-authorized AI-assisted development and automation capabilities, to drive efficiency and support capacity unlock initiatives across teams, prioritizing reuse of existing firm technology assets.

Skills

Team leadership

Software engineering

Cloud native systems

Kubernetes

Agile delivery

Incident response

AI governance

Decision making

Communication

Tools

GCP/AWS

Terraform

Crossplane

Job description

Job Description

Join us as we build products that solve real-world problems and put customers at the center of everything we do. You'll be part of a team that values collaboration, curiosity, and commitment, helping you realize your potential in an environment that nurtures skills and growth. We're people-first, and your leadership will be key to our success. At JPMorgan Chase, you'll have the opportunity to impact your career and help shape the future of our platform. Discover a place where your ideas matter and your growth is supported.

Job Summary

As an Engineering Manager (Platform) in the Accelerator Business Platform Team, you will lead a high-performing squad focused on delivering scalable solutions that bring smart ideas to our customers. You will bridge the gap between technical strategy and business goals, cultivate engineering talent, and foster a culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and respect. You will be responsible for the growth, health, and delivery of your engineering team, ensuring products are built to scale and aligned with our mission. Your role will empower you to drive innovation and help shape the team's impact.

Job Responsibilities

• Provide direction, oversight, and coaching for a team of software engineers, fostering an inclusive, high-performance culture.
• Oversee end-to-end delivery of platform initiatives, translating requirements into technical roadmaps and ensuring operational stability.
• Drive engineering standards and best practices, promoting high-quality code, robust release processes, and scalable infrastructure.
• Partner with senior leadership to set the long-term technical vision for the platform, aligning with business outcomes and regulatory requirements.
• Champion a \"you-build-it-you-run-it\" culture, overseeing incident response and identifying opportunities to automate remediation.
• Ensure successful collaboration across teams and stakeholders, driving consensus on architectural and delivery trade-offs.
• Identify and mitigate issues to execute a book of work, contributing to communities of practice and adoption of leading-edge technologies.
• Sets and scales operating practices for enterprise-authorized AI-assisted engineering and SDLC/TLM automation across multiple teams to improve delivery speed, quality, and operational outcomes; establishes measurable expectations (e.g., throughput, defect reduction, reliability) and ensures consistent validation, security, resiliency, and reuse of proven patterns.
• Applies knowledge of tools within the Software Development Life Cycle toolchain, including enterprise-authorized AI-assisted development and automation capabilities, to drive efficiency and support capacity unlock initiatives across teams, prioritizing reuse of existing firm technology assets.

Required Qualifications, Capabilities, And Skills

• Formal training or certification in software engineering concepts.
• Experience leading technologists to manage and solve complex technical challenges.
• Proven people-management or team-lead experience, with a track record of coaching engineers and driving team performance.
• Strong background in software engineering, including system design, cloud native systems, and Kubernetes.
• Ability to guide technical decisions and evaluate designs.
• Experience managing complex technical delivery in an agile environment.
• Exceptional communication skills for influencing technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Ability to translate business objectives into team-level tasks and priorities.
• Experience managing production systems, including on-call rotations, incident response, and reliability engineering.
• Experience leading multi-team adoption of enterprise-authorized AI-assisted development and delivery tools, including defining governance/ways of working (human-in-the-loop validation, quality gates), measuring outcomes, and ensuring secure handling of sensitive inputs/outputs.
• Strong understanding of responsible AI use in engineering workflows, including data sensitivity considerations, resiliency/security implications, and control expectations; ability to coach managers/leads and influence leaders on safe scaling patterns.

Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities, And Skills

• Experience with Cloud Native infrastructure (GCP/AWS) and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/Crossplane).
• Experience in FinTech or highly regulated environments.
• Previous experience in platform engineering or developer experience focused roles.

Why Join Us?

We're a new team with a mission to create impactful products and nurture your growth. You'll work in a collaborative, people-first environment where your contributions are valued and your career can thrive.

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.