Lead AI-Driven Cloud Systems Engineer

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase & Co. seeks a Lead Software Engineer to own AI-powered software initiatives from discovery to production across multi-cloud environments.

You will design intelligent systems, expose capabilities through APIs and microservices, and ensure security, reliability, and portability at every layer. You will mentor engineers, drive engineering standards, and deliver high-impact software with strong ownership from requirements through release, embracing enterprise AI-assisted development

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification in software engineering concepts.
• Proven track record leading software delivery end-to-end with strong ownership across full lifecycle.
• Strong software engineering skills for production-grade services; Java or Python.
• Strong understanding of relational databases and SQL – schema design, indexing, transactions.
• Experience building AI solutions using large language models in production with QA, safety, observability and cost controls.
• Strong API and microservices engineering: design, contracts, security, performance, observability.
• Hands-on multi-cloud experience (AWS preferred) with portability-aware design.
• Strong Terraform skills for infrastructure-as-code and remote state handling.
• DevOps practices including CI/CD, Git-based workflows, and Kubernetes deployments.
• Experience evaluating and refining AI-generated outputs for correctness, performance, and security.
• Responsible AI practices: data sensitivity, secure handling, resiliency and security.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end initiatives from requirements through production with ownership.
• Design and implement AI solutions using LLMs and agent patterns, with prompting, tool calls, and memory management.
• Build guardrails, evaluation frameworks, and monitoring pipelines; optimize cost and latency.
• Design, build, and operate REST and gRPC APIs and microservices with OpenAPI/Protobuf contracts and security.
• Apply resilience patterns (timeouts, retries, circuit breakers) for reliable services.
• Develop and maintain well-tested Python services with clear packaging and dependencies.
• Own data design and implementation including schema and SQL optimization.
• Build infrastructure as code with Terraform and deploy via Kubernetes in multi-cloud setups.
• Drive engineering excellence: code quality, testing strategy, performance, reliability, and incident analysis.
• Mentor engineers and set delivery standards; promote enterprise AI-assisted practices.
• Promote reuse of patterns and ensure secure, validated AI tooling within team practices.

Skills

Leadership

End-to-end delivery

Java

Python

APIs

Microservices

SQL

Multi-cloud

Terraform

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Git

OpenAPI

Protobuf

Security

Observability

Education

Formal training or certification in software engineering

Tools

OpenAPI tooling

Protobuf tooling

Kubernetes tooling

Terraform tooling

CI/CD tooling

Git workflows tooling

Job description

JPMorgan Chase & Co. seeks a Lead Software Engineer to own AI-powered software initiatives from discovery to production across multi-cloud environments.

You will design intelligent systems, expose capabilities through APIs and microservices, and ensure security, reliability, and portability at every layer. You will mentor engineers, drive engineering standards, and deliver high-impact software with strong ownership from requirements through release, embracing enterprise AI-assisted development