Lead Software Engineer - Backend

ZipRecruiter; England; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial institution in the UK is seeking a Lead Software Engineer. This role involves building reliable and secure software, collaborating with diverse teams, and ensuring optimal performance. Candidates should have extensive experience in Java and software engineering principles. This position provides an opportunity to significantly impact digital banking transformation.

Qualifications

• Recent hands-on experience as a Lead Software Backend Engineer.
• Experience in coding in a recent version of Java.
• Experience in a regulated environment.

Responsibilities

• Use domain modeling techniques to build business products.
• Structure software for easy understanding, testing, and evolution.
• Build solutions that avoid single points of failure.
• Develop secure code to protect against malicious actors.
• Ensure zero downtime during releases.
• Support products throughout their lifecycle.

Skills

Java programming

Software engineering concepts

Test design and implementation

Excellent communication skills

Collaboration with non-engineering teams

Education

Formal training or certification in Software Engineering

Job description

Overview

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.

Role

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 teams focused on providing Testing Technologies across functional domains.

Responsibilities

• Use domain modeling 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.
• Manage a growing team whilst remaining hands-on and close to the code.

Required qualifications, capabilities & skills

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and applied experience
• Recent hands-on professional experience as a Lead Software Backend Engineer
• Experience in coding in a recent version of the Java programming
• Experience in designing and implementing effective tests (unit, component, integration, end-to-end, performance, etc.)
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
• Experience in collaboration and negotiation with non-engineering teams to ensure timely delivery
• Experience with operating, supporting and the security of mission critical software applications

Additional qualifications

• Experience in working in a highly regulated environment / industry

About Us

J.P. Morgan is a global leader in financial services, providing strategic advice and products to the world's most prominent corporations, governments, wealthy individuals and institutional investors. Our first-class business in a first-class way approach to serving clients drives everything we do. We strive to build trusted, long-term partnerships to help our clients achieve their business objectives.

We recognize that our people are our strength and the diverse talents they bring to our global workforce are directly linked to our success. We are an equal opportunity employer and place a high value on and at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute, including nationality, age, race, gender, disability, veteran status, pregnancy or any other basis protected under applicable law. We also make reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical needs. Visit our FAQs for more information about requesting an accommodation.

About The Team

Our professionals in our Corporate Functions cover a diverse range of areas from finance and risk to human resources and marketing. Our corporate teams are an essential part of our company, ensuring that we're setting our businesses, clients, customers and employees up for success.