Lead Software Engineer

J.P. MORGAN; London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

J.P. Morgan is launching a digital bank in the UK and seeks a Senior Back-End Engineer to join the Testing Technologies team. This hands-on role involves developing cloud-native applications and requires expertise in microservices, programming languages like Java and Python, and collaboration in agile environments. The ideal candidate will be proactive and able to contribute to a diverse team while leveraging the latest technologies.

Qualifications

• Experience in Java and Python.
• Good understanding of cloud technologies (AWS, GCP, Azure).
• Ability to coach team members on coding practices.

Responsibilities

• Deliver end-to-end cloud-native solutions with microservices architecture.
• Participate in the software development lifecycle processes.
• Identify and resolve data quality issues.

Skills

Proficiency in multiple programming languages

Micro-services development

RESTful APIs design

CI/CD pipeline

Cloud technologies

Distributed systems understanding

Tools

Jenkins

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

We know that people want great value combined with an excellent experience from a bank they can trust, so we launched our digital bank, Chase UK, to revolutionize mobile banking with seamless journeys that our customers love. We're already trusted by millions of customers in the US and we're quickly catching up in the UK. We've been building the bank of the future from scratch, where you'll have the opportunity to join us and make a real impact.

Our team is at the heart of this venture, focused on getting great banking experience into the hands of our customers. We're looking for people who have a curious mindset, thrive in collaboration, and are passionate about new technology. By their nature, our people are also solution-oriented, commercially savvy, and have a head for fintech. We work in the Testing Technologies team that focuses on specific projects including providing testing services and tooling for customer products, AI/ML operations, supporting innovations, and more.

This is a hands-on role for a senior back-end engineer at JPMorgan Chase within the International Consumer Bank. Your responsibilities are to deliver end-to-end cutting-edge solutions in the form of cloud-native microservices architecture applications leveraging the latest technologies and industry best practices. You are expected to be involved in the design and architecture of the solutions while also focusing on the entire SDLC lifecycle stages.

We are looking for proactive, engaging technologists with a positive attitude and a wide variety of strengths and capabilities, including:

• A willingness to actively participate in all aspects of the software development lifecycle, including refinement of requirements, estimation and planning, platform design and implementation, test and deployment automation, and platform resiliency and support.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English, with the ability to tailor communications for different audiences, ranging from senior business partners to junior technology colleagues.
• Ability to work in a dynamic, collaborative, agile environment within a geographically distributed team.
• Ability to work within a diverse and inclusive team where challenging each other respectfully is encouraged.
• Ability to comply with the firm's return-to-office policies.

Minimum qualification, capabilities, and skills:

• Proficiency in multiple programming languages (i.e., Java and Python).
• Experience in developing micro-services using Java and modern frameworks (Spring Boot).
• Experience designing and implementing RESTful APIs and web technologies (GraphQL).
• A working knowledge of relational database systems.
• Proficiency in CI/CD pipeline build deployment e.g., Jenkins, Harness, GitHub Actions, Spinnaker.
• Ability to coach other team members on coding practices, design principles, and implementation patterns that lead to high-quality maintainable solutions.

• Good understanding of distributed systems and microservices architecture.
• Experience designing and implementing effective tests ranging from unit tests using mocking frameworks, to automating component, integration, and end-to-end tests.
• Ability to identify and resolve issues related to data quality and optimization, ensuring test data meets the requirements of various testing scenarios.

Additional qualifications, capabilities, and skills:

• Good understanding of cloud technologies (AWS, GCP, Azure, etc.).
• Good understanding of security frameworks and standards.
• Good understanding of data streaming and messaging frameworks (Kafka, Spark, etc.).
• Good understanding of distributed tracing and monitoring (Zipkin, OpenTracing, Prometheus, ELK stack, Micrometer metrics, etc.).
• Good understanding of containers (Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, etc.).
• Experience with web technologies: ReactJS, JavaScript/TypeScript, CSS, and responsive designs.
• Experience working in a highly regulated environment.
• Experience with AI/ML operations.

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