Lead Cloud & AI Software Engineer

J.p. Morgan's Commercial & Investment Bank; Christchurch; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

J.P. Morgan's Commercial & Investment Bank in the United Kingdom seeks an experienced cloud engineer to design, develop, and deploy cloud-based applications. You will collaborate with architects to align technology with business goals, optimize for performance, security, and scalability, and drive innovation in AI/ML and modern cloud practices.

Strong coding skills in Java, Python, or Node.js are required. The role involves reviewing code, adopting serverless architectures, and contributing to

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and applied experience
• Experience in cloud development (AWS) with focus on design and development
• Experience with AI/ML model integration, Prompt engineering, LLM APIs (OpenAI, Bedrock) and Generative AI
• Proficiency in programming languages such as Java, Python, or Node.js
• Strong experience with cloud platforms like AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform
• Experience building RESTful APIs and working with event-driven or serverless architectures
• Experience with Git, CI/CD pipelines, automated testing frameworks and DevOps practices
• Experience with monitoring and logging tools like CloudWatch, Dynatrace, Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana, or ELK stack
• Strong understanding of cloud security best practices
• Proficiency in data warehousing solutions like Snowflake and Iceberg and relational databases such as RDS or Oracle
• Experience in Infrastructure as code (IAC) such as Terraform or equivalentExperience working with related technical frameworks - Flyway, Spring, Spring Boot, Spring Integration, JMS, JDBC, Hibernate/JPA etc

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and implement cloud-based applications and services.
• Collaborate with architects and engineers to ensure design solutions are aligned with business goals.
• Optimize applications for performance, scalability, and security.
• Identify opportunities to eliminate or automate the remediation of recurring issues to enhance the overall operational stability of software applications and systems
• Participate in code reviews and provide constructive feedback to peers.
• Stay up to date with emerging Cloud and AI/ML technologies and industry trends to drive innovation and continuous improvement
• Lead communities of practice across Software Engineering to promote awareness and adoption of new and leading-edge technologies

Skills

Cloud development

AI/ML integration

LLM APIs

Programming languages

Cloud platforms

RESTful APIs

CI/CD

Monitoring tooling

Cloud security

Data warehousing

Infrastructure as code

Spring/JPA

Tools

Git

CI/CD pipelines

Testing frameworks

CloudWatch

Dynatrace

Datadog

Prometheus

Grafana

ELK stack

Terraform

Flyway

Spring

Spring Boot

Spring Integration

JMS

JDBC

Hibernate/JPA

Job description

J.P. Morgan's Commercial & Investment Bank in the United Kingdom seeks an experienced cloud engineer to design, develop, and deploy cloud-based applications. You will collaborate with architects to align technology with business goals, optimize for performance, security, and scalability, and drive innovation in AI/ML and modern cloud practices.

Strong coding skills in Java, Python, or Node.js are required. The role involves reviewing code, adopting serverless architectures, and contributing to