Lead Software Engineer - Backend

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase is seeking a senior back-end engineer for its London office, focusing on delivering cloud-native microservices. The successful candidate will have expertise in Java and Python, experience with microservices development, and thrive in dynamic, collaborative teams. Join us to redefine mobile banking with innovative solutions and make a significant impact in the fintech space.

Qualifications

• Proficiency in Java and Python.
• Experience with Spring Boot and developing microservices.
• Knowledge of CI/CD practices and relational database systems.

Responsibilities

• Deliver end-to-end solutions in cloud-native microservices.
• Participate in the entire software development lifecycle.
• Coach team members on coding practices and design principles.

Skills

Proficiency in multiple programming languages

Experience in developing micro-services

Experience of designing and implementing RESTful APIs

Good understanding of distributed systems

Ability to coach other team members

Good understanding of cloud technologies

Good understanding of security frameworks

Tools

Jenkins

Docker

Kubernetes

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17.06.2025

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01.08.2025

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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 focus on specific projects including providing testing services and tooling for customer products, AI/ML ops, 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 the best industry 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 but not limited to 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 (. Java and Python)
• Experience in developing micro-services using Java and modern frameworks (Spring Boot).
• Experience of designing and implementing RESTful APIs and web technologies (GraphQL).
• A working knowledge of relational database systems.
• Proficiency in CI/CD pipeline build deployment (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 level tests using mocking frameworks, as well as automating component, integration, and end-to-end tests.
• Ability to identify and resolve issues related to data quality and optimization, ensuring that test data meets the requirements of various testing scenarios.

Additional qualifications, capabilities and skills:

• Good understanding of cloud technologies (AWS, GCP, Azure).
• Good understanding of security frameworks / standards.
• Good understanding of data streaming and messaging frameworks (Kafka, Spark).
• Good understanding of distributed tracing and monitoring (Zipkin, OpenTracing, Prometheus, ELK stack, Micrometer metrics).
• Good understanding of containers (Docker, Kubernetes, Helm).
• Experience working in a highly regulated environment.