Lead Java Engineer for High-Performance Trading

Next Frontier Capital; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorganChase is seeking a Lead Software Engineer within Digital Markets Execution Technology to advance trusted, scalable trading platforms. You will guide the design, development, and delivery of high-performance services, balancing security, reliability, and speed in a globally distributed team.

The role emphasizes enterprise-approved AI-assisted tooling, secure-by-default practices, and strong collaboration across technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification in software engineering concepts.
• Hands-on experience delivering design, development, testing, and stability for mission-critical platforms.
• Expertise in Java (17+) with concurrency/memory management knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Execute end-to-end software solutions, engineering standards, architecture, and debugging for trading systems.
• Design and build high-performance, low-latency services with attention to upstream/downstream dependencies.
• Develop secure production code and conduct code reviews and debugging.

Skills

Java (17+)

Spring/Spring Boot

Kubernetes

Linux

CI/CD

APIs design

AI-assisted tools

Secure coding

Distributed systems

Communication

Education

Software engineering certification

Tools

Kafka

Observability stacks

Job description

JPMorganChase is seeking a Lead Software Engineer within Digital Markets Execution Technology to advance trusted, scalable trading platforms. You will guide the design, development, and delivery of high-performance services, balancing security, reliability, and speed in a globally distributed team.

The role emphasizes enterprise-approved AI-assisted tooling, secure-by-default practices, and strong collaboration across technical and non-technical stakeholders.