Java Lead Software Engineer

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative firm is seeking a Java Lead Software Engineer to join its dynamic Client Onboarding & Know Your Customer technology group. In this pivotal role, you will drive the development of high-quality, secure software solutions while collaborating with agile teams to enhance and deliver market-leading technology products. Your expertise in Java, system design, and cloud technologies will be essential in creating scalable applications that meet business objectives. Join a culture that values diversity, equity, and inclusion, and make a significant impact on the future of technology within the organization.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience in system design and application development.
• Proficiency in Java and SQL with a focus on operational stability.

Responsibilities

• Execute creative software solutions and troubleshoot technical problems.
• Lead evaluation sessions for architectural designs and technologies.

Skills

Java

System Design

Application Development

Testing

Operational Stability

Agile Methodologies

CI/CD

SQL

Cloud Technologies

Machine Learning

Education

Formal Training in Software Engineering

Tools

J2EE

Spring

Kafka

Elastic Search

React

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

• Execute creative software solutions, design, develop, and troubleshoot technically, thinking beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions or resolve technical problems.
• Develop secure, high-quality production code, and review and debug code written by others.
• 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 assess architectural designs, technical credentials, and applicability for use within existing systems and information architecture.
• Lead communities of practice across Software Engineering to promote awareness and adoption of new and leading-edge technologies.
• Contribute to a team culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and respect.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification in software engineering concepts and practical experience.
• Hands-on experience in system design, application development, testing, and operational stability.
• Proficiency in one or more programming languages, such as Java.
• Experience with automation and continuous delivery methodologies.
• Proficient in all aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle.
• Advanced understanding of agile methodologies, including CI/CD, application resiliency, and security.
• Proven expertise in software applications and technical processes within disciplines such as cloud, artificial intelligence, machine learning, mobile, etc.
• Experience building enterprise applications with high availability and performance using J2EE, Spring, ORM, Kafka, Elastic Search, and Distributed Cache.
• Hands-on experience with UI frameworks like React.
• Proficiency in SQL and database development.
• Experience managing technologists and building large enterprise applications beyond exposing REST endpoints, following cloud-native and 12-factor methodology.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Experience working at the code level.