Lead Backend Platform Engineer for Scalable, Secure FinTech

J.P. Morgan; City Of London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading investment firm in the UK is seeking a Backend Platform Engineer to lead the development of scalable solutions. You will work with various teams to enhance product engineering, ensuring best practices in coding and architecture. The ideal candidate has strong Java and Spring Boot skills, along with experience in API design and leading engineering teams. This role promotes a collaborative environment focused on innovation and efficiency.

Qualifications

• Strong proficiency in Java and Spring Boot.
• Experience managing build tools like Maven and Gradle.
• Solid understanding of software engineering principles.
• Commitment to security best practices.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain backend libraries.
• Build scalable and secure components.
• Collaborate with product engineering teams.
• Drive standardisation of development workflows.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

API design

Micro-service architectures

Mentoring

Stakeholder management

Tools

Maven

Gradle

Terraform

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

A leading investment firm in the UK is seeking a Backend Platform Engineer to lead the development of scalable solutions. You will work with various teams to enhance product engineering, ensuring best practices in coding and architecture. The ideal candidate has strong Java and Spring Boot skills, along with experience in API design and leading engineering teams. This role promotes a collaborative environment focused on innovation and efficiency.