Lead Data & AI-Driven Software Engineer

Next Frontier Capital; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

J.P. Morgan is seeking a Lead Software Engineer in London to design, build, and enhance data engineering solutions within Corporate Risk Technology. You will deliver secure, scalable products and collaborate with agile teams to drive innovation and technical strategy.

You will lead the adoption of AI-assisted development practices, govern code quality, and ensure resilient, observable systems while mentoring engineers and shaping team culture.

Qualifications

• Experience engineering large-scale data platforms with secure, scalable production code.
• Strong fundamentals in system design, development, testing, and operations.
• Familiarity with enterprise AI-assisted development tools and governance.

Responsibilities

• Execute creative software solutions, design, develop, and troubleshoot complex problems.
• Develop secure, high-quality production code for data-intensive apps and review peers' code.
• Identify opportunities to automate remediation and improve operational stability.
• Lead evaluation sessions with vendors and teams to assess architectures and credentials.
• Promote AI-assisted engineering practices and establish validation standards in SDLC/TA.

Skills

Engineering & Architecture

AI/ML

Java

Python

C/C++

C#

Data platforms

Relational databases

NoSQL databases

Kafka

Observability tools

CI/CD

Cloud-native

Agile methodologies

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

Databricks

Snowflake

Spark/PySpark

Kafka

Redis

Memcached

Dynatrace

Splunk

Grafana

Airflow

Temporal

Job description

J.P. Morgan is seeking a Lead Software Engineer in London to design, build, and enhance data engineering solutions within Corporate Risk Technology. You will deliver secure, scalable products and collaborate with agile teams to drive innovation and technical strategy.

You will lead the adoption of AI-assisted development practices, govern code quality, and ensure resilient, observable systems while mentoring engineers and shaping team culture.