Lead Software Engineer - Backend Engineer - Chase UK

JPMorganChase; City Of London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global financial services firm in London is seeking a skilled Lead Software Engineer to deliver innovative banking solutions leveraging cloud-native microservices. The ideal candidate will possess substantial experience in back-end engineering, particularly in Java, and a passion for developing secure, scalable applications. This role offers the opportunity to significantly impact customer experience in a collaborative, inclusive, and diverse environment.

Qualifications

• Recent hands-on professional experience as a back-end software engineer.
• Knowledge of messaging frameworks.
• Understanding of relational data stores.

Responsibilities

• Deliver end-to-end solutions in cloud-native microservices.
• Structure software for clarity and maintainability.
• Promptly resolve issues and ensure system reliability.

Skills

Java programming language

Cloud technologies

Distributed systems

RESTful APIs

Test design and implementation

Stakeholder management

Education

Formal training in software engineering

Tools

AWS cloud technologies

Job description

Overview

At JPMorgan Chase, we understand that customers seek exceptional value and a seamless experience from a trusted financial institution. 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 teams focused on specific products and projects, providing opportunities to engage in areas such as fraud & financial crime prevention, identity services, money transfers, card payments, lending, customer onboarding, core banking, insurance products, rewards campaigns, and servicing innovations.

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
• 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 is 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 & skills

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and applied experience
• Recent hands-on professional experience as a back-end software engineer
• 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
• Seasoned with cloud-native microservices architecture
• Proficient with AWS cloud technologies

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 diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute, including race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital or veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. We also make reasonable accommodations for applicants\' and employees\' religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs. Visit our FAQs for more information about requesting an accommodation.

About the Team

J.P. Morgan\'s Commercial & Investment Bank is a global leader across banking, markets, securities services and payments. Corporations, governments and institutions throughout the world entrust us with their business in more than 100 countries. The Commercial & Investment Bank provides strategic advice, raises capital, manages risk and extends liquidity in markets around the world.