Lead Software Engineer- AI

J.P. Morgan; City Of London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial institution in London is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to join their International Consumer Bank team. You will be responsible for delivering innovative cloud-native solutions and integrating AI technology while working in a collaborative and diverse environment. The ideal candidate has strong Java skills, experience in cloud technologies, and a solution-oriented mindset. This position offers the chance to impact digital banking positively.

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification on AI concepts.
• Hands-on experience as a back-end software engineer.
• Experience in coding in a recent version of Java.
• Experience in testing methodologies.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Deliver end-to-end solutions as cloud-native microservices.
• Design solutions leveraging generative AI.
• Develop secure code to protect customers.
• Continuously update technologies and patterns.
• Support products through their entire lifecycle.

Skills

AI concepts

Java programming

Cloud technologies

RESTful APIs

Communication skills

Tools

Salesforce

Amazon Connect

Azure OpenAI

AWS

Job description

At JP Morgan Chase, we understand that customers seek exceptional value and a seamless experience from a trusted financial institution. That's why we launched Chase UK to transform digital banking with intuitive and enjoyable customer journeys. With a strong foundation of trust established by millions of customers in the US, we have been rapidly expanding our presence in the UK and soon across Europe. We have been building the bank of the future from the ground up, offering you the chance to join us and make a significant impact.

As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within the International Consumer Bank, you will play a crucial role in this initiative, dedicated to delivering an outstanding banking experience to our customers. You will work in a collaborative environment as part of a diverse, inclusive, and geographically distributed team. We are seeking individuals with a curious mindset and a keen interest in new technology. Our engineers are naturally solution-oriented and possess an interest in the financial sector and focus on addressing our customer needs. We work in a team focused on the delivery of a leading-edge technology stack underpinning our customer servicing capabilities.

Job responsibilities

• Deliver end-to-end solutions in the form of cloud-native microservices architecture applications leveraging the latest technologies and the best industry practices
• Design and build solutions which leverage generative and agentic AI to better support our customers and stakeholders
• Use domain modelling techniques to allow us to build best in class business products.
• Structure software so that it is easy to understand, test and evolve.
• Build solutions that avoid single points of failure, using scalable architectural patterns.
• Develop secure code so that our customers and ourselves are protected from malicious actors.
• Promptly investigate and fix issues and ensure they do not resurface in the future.
• Make sure our releases happen with zero downtime for our end-users.
• See that our data is written and read in a way that's optimized for our needs. & keep an eye on performance, making sure we use the right approach to identify and solve problems.
• Ensure our systems are reliable and easy to operate & keep us up to date by continuously updating our technologies and patterns.
• Support the products you've built through their entire lifecycle, including in production and during incident management

Required qualifications, capabilities and skills

• Formal training or certification on AI concepts and proficient advanced experience
• Recent hands-on professional experience as a back-end software engineer & integrate AI solutions with Salesforce and Amazon Connect platforms
• Apply foundational AI knowledge to configure, deploy, and support AI-powered servicing features
• Collaborate with AI teams to translate requirements and ensure secure, compliant implementations
• Experience in coding in a recent version of the Java programming language
• Experience in designing and implementing effective tests (unit, component, integration, end-to-end, performance, etc.)
• Excellent written and verbal communicationskills in English
• Experience with cloud technologies and distributed systems, RESTful APIs and web technologies & knowledge of messaging frameworks.
• Seasoned with operating, supporting and the security of mission critical software applications.
• Understanding with different kinds of data stores (including relational data stores)
• Coach other team members on coding practices, design principles, and implementation patterns that lead to high-quality maintainable solutions & manage stakeholders and effectively prioritize work across multiple work streams.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities & skills

• Experience in working in a highly regulated environment / industry
• Experience in implementing Azure OpenAI / Amazon Bedrock / Google Vertex
• Seasoned with cloud-native microservices architecture
• Proficient with AWS cloud technologies

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