Lead Software Engineer- Cloud Platform

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services firm is seeking a Lead Software Engineer for their Cloud Platform team in London. In this role, you will enhance and build secure, scalable technology products and provide technical leadership. The ideal candidate has over 5 years of experience in software engineering, hands-on knowledge of cloud platforms, and strong problem-solving skills. Join a collaborative team and influence cutting-edge technology decisions while fostering an inclusive work culture.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of applied experience in software engineering.
• Hands-on experience with cloud computing platforms.
• Advanced knowledge of containerization technologies.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Cloud computing expertise

Containerization

Programming in Golang

Programming in Python

Problem-solving

Education

Degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

AWS

Azure

Terraform

Docker

Kubernetes

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12.08.2025

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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)