Lead Software Engineer

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global financial services firm is looking for a Lead Software Engineer to join the EMEA Last Mile Regulatory Reporting team in Glasgow, UK. You will enhance and deliver trusted technology products, working within an agile environment. Candidates should have significant experience in software engineering, be proficient in Python and cloud technologies like AWS and Databricks. This role involves developing secure production code and contributing to team culture that values diversity and inclusion.

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification in software engineering concepts.
• Hands-on experience in system design and application development.
• Advanced proficiency in one or more programming languages.

Responsibilities

• Execute creative software solutions and design innovative approaches.
• Develop high-quality production code and debug existing code.
• Identify opportunities to automate issues for operational stability.

Skills

Software engineering concepts

System design

Application development

Testing

Operational stability

Python

Automation

Software Development Life Cycle

Agile methodologies

Cloud technologies

Tools

AWS

Databricks

Job description

We have an opportunity to impact your career and provide an adventure where you can push the limits of what's possible.

As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorganChase within EMEA Last Mile Regulatory Reporting team, you are an integral part of an agile team that works to enhance, build, and deliver trusted market-leading technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable way. As a core technical contributor, you are responsible for conducting critical technology solutions across multiple technical areas within various business functions in support of the firm’s business objectives.

Job responsibilities

• Executes creative software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting with ability to think beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions or break down technical problems
• Develops secure high-quality production code, and reviews and debugs code written by others
• Identifies opportunities to eliminate or automate remediation of recurring issues to improve overall operational stability of software applications and systems
• Leads evaluation sessions with external vendors, startups, and internal teams to drive outcomes-oriented probing of architectural designs, technical credentials, and applicability for use within existing systems and information architecture
• Leads communities of practice across Software Engineering to drive awareness and use of new and leading-edge technologies
• Adds to team culture of diversity, opportunity, inclusion, and respect

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and proficient applied experience
• Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
• Advanced in one or more programming language(s) - databases, Python etc.
• Proficiency in automation and continuous delivery methods
• Proficient in all aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle
• Advanced understanding of agile methodologies such as CI / CD, Application Resiliency, and Security
• Demonstrated proficiency in software applications and technical processes within a technical discipline (., cloud, artificial intelligence, machine learning, mobile,
• In-depth knowledge of the financial services industry and their IT systems
• Practical cloud native experience - experience with AWS / Databricks

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Knowledge of regulatory reporting