Lead Software Engineer - Application Owner & Release Manager

J.P. MORGAN; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

J.P. MORGAN in the United Kingdom is seeking a Lead Software Engineer, Application Owner and Release Manager to govern analytics platforms in a highly regulated environment. You will partner with engineering, cyber, risk and resiliency teams to ensure secure, scalable production releases and robust operational resilience.

You'll drive end-to-end ownership across cloud-native analytics, data processing, and automation, guiding teams to deliver secure releases and robust resilience.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience in a relevant field.
• Hands-on experience delivering system design and operational stability in agile environments.
• Proficiency in Python and Java.
• Experience with automation, CI/CD, and cloud-native delivery on AWS.
• Knowledge of risk, controls, and audit readiness in regulated settings.
• Experience with AI-assisted software development tooling and safe AI adoption.

Responsibilities

• Own application governance and records by maintaining accurate system‑of‑record information, certifications, and remediation workflows
• Drive permit‑to‑operate activities by coordinating required inputs, re‑certifications, and stakeholder responses to move changes safely into production
• Monitor and remediate risk findings by assessing impact, prioritizing actions with engineering teams, and driving closure within agreed timelines
• Approve access and control activities by enforcing least privilege, segregation of duties, and periodic access reviews in partnership with control owners
• Own resiliency and recovery readiness by maintaining recovery plans, supporting resiliency events, and partnering on testing and evidence collection
• Manage technology lifecycle work by identifying end‑of‑life or prohibited components and coordinating upgrades across dependencies and teams
• Lead firmwide initiatives and non‑functional tasks by maintaining a consolidated view, clarifying requirements, and tracking completion
• Lead release management by aligning stakeholders, managing dependencies and risk, and overseeing readiness, deployment, and post‑release validation
• Develop secure, high‑quality production code and contribute to technical troubleshooting, reviews, and continuous improvement
• Drive team adoption of enterprise‑authorized AI‑assisted engineering practices to improve code quality, delivery speed, and operational outcomes, while setting consistent validation standards (secure coding, peer review, automated testing) and promoting reuse of effective patterns
• Apply software development lifecycle toolchain knowledge, including enterprise‑authorized AI‑assisted development and automation capabilities, to increase the value realized through automation

Skills

Python

Java

Cloud (AWS)

CI/CD

Automation

AI tooling

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Tools

Databricks

Kubernetes

Job description

Job Description

Build solutions that matter in a highly regulated environment where resiliency and security are as important as innovation. You’ll partner across engineering, cyber, risk, and resiliency to keep critical analytics platforms healthy and compliant while enabling teams to deliver change safely. This role offers breadth across cloud, data, and software engineering, plus the opportunity to lead through influence and strong execution. You’ll help reduce toil through automation and create space for engineers and data scientists to do their best work. Join a team that values inclusion, growth, and pragmatic problem-solving.

Lead Software Engineer, Application Owner and Release Manager

In the Wholesale Credit Risk Technology Analytics team, you will own day-to-day governance, risk posture, and operational resiliency for the Wholesale Credit Risk Analytics application estate. You’ll keep the system-of-record accurate, guide work through firm controls, and ensure releases move to production safely with minimal disruption. You’ll operate at the intersection of engineering, cyber, resiliency, and risk—translating firm-wide mandates into clear, executable actions for application teams. You don’t need to write every line of code, but you understand the platform end‑to‑end and own outcomes. You’ll partner closely with product owners, data scientists and machine learning engineers, site reliability engineering, and business stakeholders to deliver stable, scalable cloud‑native analytics.

Job responsibilities

• Own application governance and records by maintaining accurate system‑of‑record information, certifications, and remediation workflows
• Drive permit‑to‑operate activities by coordinating required inputs, re‑certifications, and stakeholder responses to move changes safely into production
• Monitor and remediate risk findings by assessing impact, prioritizing actions with engineering teams, and driving closure within agreed timelines
• Approve access and control activities by enforcing least privilege, segregation of duties, and periodic access reviews in partnership with control owners
• Own resiliency and recovery readiness by maintaining recovery plans, supporting resiliency events, and partnering on testing and evidence collection
• Manage technology lifecycle work by identifying end‑of‑life or prohibited components and coordinating upgrades across dependencies and teams
• Lead firmwide initiatives and non‑functional tasks by maintaining a consolidated view, clarifying requirements, and tracking completion
• Lead release management by aligning stakeholders, managing dependencies and risk, and overseeing readiness, deployment, and post‑release validation
• Develop secure, high‑quality production code and contribute to technical troubleshooting, reviews, and continuous improvement
• Drive team adoption of enterprise‑authorized AI‑assisted engineering practices to improve code quality, delivery speed, and operational outcomes, while setting consistent validation standards (secure coding, peer review, automated testing) and promoting reuse of effective patterns
• Apply software development lifecycle toolchain knowledge, including enterprise‑authorized AI‑assisted development and automation capabilities, to increase the value realized through automation

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience
• Hands‑on experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability in an agile environment
• Proficiency in Python and Java
• Proficiency in automation and continuous delivery methods, including continuous integration and continuous deployment practices
• Working knowledge of cloud‑native delivery on Amazon Web Services (for example: object storage, compute, containers, and managed data processing services)
• Understanding of technology risk, controls, and compliance concepts, including identity and access management and audit readiness
• Demonstrated experience leading effective use of approved AI‑assisted software development tools (for example: coding, code review, test acceleration, troubleshooting), including setting expectations to validate AI outputs for correctness, performance, and security
• Strong understanding of responsible AI use in engineering workflows, including data sensitivity considerations, secure handling of inputs and outputs, and adherence to resiliency and security expectations; ability to coach engineers on safe, compliant adoption within delivery practices
• Ability to understand an application end‑to‑end, including dependencies, data flows, and deployment topology
• Strong organization, prioritization, and communication skills, with the ability to influence partners without direct authority
• Comfort operating in ambiguity and translating broad mandates into an actionable backlog

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Experience serving as an application owner, site reliability engineer, production management lead, or technology risk and controls partner in a regulated environment
• Familiarity with Databricks and cloud data‑lake patterns using object storage as a core data store
• Experience driving remediation of security findings and coordinating coordinated upgrades across frameworks, runtimes, and infrastructure‑as‑code
• Understanding of resiliency concepts such as recovery time objectives, recovery point objectives, multi‑zone design, and disaster recovery testing
• Experience partnering with data science teams and business stakeholders to translate analytical needs into governed, compliant technology solutions
• Exposure to using AI‑assisted tooling to reduce operational toil while retaining strong human judgment and accountability
• Domain awareness of wholesale or commercial credit risk analytics and modernization from monoliths to microservices

EEO Statement

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