Lead Software Engineer- Cloud Platform

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services firm in Glasgow seeks a Lead Software Engineer for Cloud Platform Engineering. You will play a key role in building secure and scalable solutions while providing technical guidance to teams. Ideal candidates have over 5 years of experience with cloud platforms and containerization technologies. A dynamic work environment awaits you, promoting diversity and collaboration.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of applied experience in software engineering.
• Hands-on experience with cloud computing platforms.
• Ability to work independently on design problems.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical guidance to teams and contractors.
• Develop secure and high-quality production code.
• Lead the design and development of cloud infrastructure.

Skills

Cloud computing

Containerization

Proficiency in programming languages

Problem-solving skills

Education

Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or Mathematics

Tools

AWS/Azure/GCP

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

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Posted:

12.08.2025

Expiry Date:

26.09.2025

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Job Description:

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 top-notch technology products securely and efficiently. 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 the product design, application functionality, and technical operations and processes
• Lead the design and development of the cloud infrastructure offerings and platform tools, ensuring that they are secure, scalable, and reliable, serve as a function-wide subject matter expert in one or more areas of focus, and 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
• Adds to the team culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and respect
• Collaborate with development teams to enable the delivery of high-quality, secure, and scalable applications on the cloud
• Ensure 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 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 & Cloud Formation etc
• Proficiency with programming languages like Golang, Python, Java, JS/TS etc and understand software development best practices
• Ability to tackle design and functionality problems independently with little to 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)