Lead Software Engineer- Cloud Platform

ZipRecruiter; England; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services firm in the United Kingdom is seeking a Lead Cloud Platform Engineer to join their agile team. The role involves designing secure and scalable cloud infrastructure and providing technical leadership to engineering teams. Candidates should have extensive experience with cloud platforms and programming. This position offers the chance to work in a dynamic environment and contribute to critical technology solutions.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of applied experience in software engineering.
• Advanced knowledge of containerization and orchestration platforms.
• Experience with cloud infrastructure provisioning tools.

Responsibilities

• Develops secure and high-quality production code.
• Leads design and development of cloud infrastructure offerings.
• Ensures compliance with security and regulatory requirements.

Skills

Cloud computing platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP)

Containerization technologies (Docker/Kubernetes)

Cloud provisioning tools (Terraform, Pulumi)

Programming languages (Golang, Python)

Education

Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Mathematics

Tools

Terraform

Kubernetes

Docker

Job description

Overview

Be an integral part of an agile team that’s constantly pushing the envelope to enhance, build, and deliver top-notch technology products. As a Lead Cloud Platform Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within the Chief Data and Analytics Office, you’ll be a key player in our agile team. We work together to enhance, build, and deliver secure and efficient technology solutions. Your expertise and problem-solving skills will be crucial in promoting business impact and tackling a diverse array of technical challenges. This role offers the opportunity to apply and grow your skills in a dynamic and collaborative environment.

Job responsibilities

• Regularly provides technical guidance and direction to support the business and its technical teams, contractors, and vendors
• Develops secure and high-quality production code, and reviews and debugs code written by others
• Drives decisions that influence product design, application functionality, and technical operations and processes
• Lead the design and development of cloud infrastructure offerings and platform tools, ensuring they are secure, scalable, and reliable; serve as a function-wide subject matter expert in one or more areas of focus; provide technical leadership and guidance to the cloud engineering team
• Influences peers and project decision-makers to consider the use and application of leading-edge technologies
• Contributes to a team culture of equity and respect
• Collaborates with development teams to enable the delivery of high-quality, secure, and scalable applications on the cloud
• Ensures compliance with security and regulatory requirements for the cloud

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years of applied experience
• Hands-on experience with one or more cloud computing platform providers (AWS/Azure/GCP)
• Advanced knowledge of containerization and container runtime/orchestration platforms (Docker/Kubernetes/ECS, etc.)
• Hands-on experience with cloud infrastructure provisioning tools like Terraform, Pulumi, Crossplane, and CloudFormation
• Proficiency with programming languages such as Golang, Python, Java, JavaScript/TypeScript, and understanding of software development best practices
• Ability to tackle design and functionality problems independently with little or no oversight
• Experience in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Mathematics, or a related technical field

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Experience implementing multi-cloud architectures
• Certifications in target areas (Cloud, Kubernetes, IaC, etc.)

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 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. We do not discriminate on the basis of protected attributes or other characteristics. We also make reasonable accommodations for applicants’ and employees’ religious 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 Corporate Technology team relies on smart, driven people like you to develop applications and provide tech support for all our corporate functions across our network. Your efforts will touch lives across the financial spectrum and divisions: Global Finance, Corporate Treasury, Risk Management, Human Resources, Compliance, Legal, and the Corporate Administrative Office. You’ll be part of a team built to meet and exceed our evolving technology needs and our technology controls agenda.