Lead Software Engineer - Core Engineering - Go / Python

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

Job summary

A leading global financial services firm based in Greater London is searching for a Lead Software Engineer. This position involves designing and developing scalable microservices, mentoring team members, and crafting high-quality production code. Candidates should have advanced knowledge in programming languages like Go or Python, experience with cloud native technologies, and proficiency in agile methodologies. This role provides an opportunity to work on cutting-edge technology and improve service delivery for global banking platforms.

Benefits

Diverse and inclusive workplace

Opportunities for professional development

Competitive salary and benefits

Qualifications

• Hands-on practical experience in software engineering and operational stability.
• Experience in developing and maintaining code in large corporate environments.
• Advanced knowledge in a major programming language such as Go and/or Python.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop scalable microservices with best practices.
• Write secure production code and debug existing code.
• Produce design artifacts for complex applications.

Skills

System design

Application development

RESTful APIs

Agile methodologies

Microservices

Python

Go

Cloud native applications

Education

Formal training or certification in software engineering

Tools

Kubernetes

Kafka

Job description

Job Description

Be an integral part of a team that's constantly pushing the envelope to enhance, build, and deliver top-notch technology products.

As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within the Global Banking Platform (GBP), you are an integral part of a team that works to enhance, build, and deliver trusted market‑leading technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable way.

We are building the next generation core banking platform that will operate at a global scale and will support hundreds of millions of accounts. We use cloud native technologies, and your work will involve the development of micro‑services, integrations, dashboards, production support tools and CI/CD pipelines.

Initially, you will have the opportunity to work with a FinTech software partner. This is an exciting opportunity to experience the day to day of a fintech while being fully backed by JPMC. After this experience, you will return to JPMC and apply the knowledge, technologies and practices acquired to develop the critical services to support GBP’s worldwide journey to the cloud.

Job Responsibilities

• Design, implement and develop scalable, performant microservices using software engineering best practices.
• Write secure and high‑quality production code, review and debug code written by others.
• Produce architecture and design artifacts for complex applications while being accountable for ensuring design constraints are met by software code development.
• Identify opportunities to eliminate or automate remediation of recurring issues to improve overall operational stability of software applications and systems.
• Manage and troubleshoot deployments from testing environments all the way to production.
• Interface with other engineering teams to ensure that features are added in a structured and coherent way.
• Translate generic product requirements into trackable tickets.
• Mentor other engineers in the team in software engineering best practices.
• Identify process improvements and help the team to work more efficiently.
• Lead communities of practice across software engineering to drive awareness and use of new and leading‑edge technologies.

Required qualifications, capabilities and skills

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and applied experience.
• Hands‑on practical experience in system design, application development, testing, and operational stability.
• Advanced knowledge in at least one major programming language: Go and/or Python.
• Experience with RESTful APIs.
• Proficiency in automation and continuous delivery methods.
• Proficient in all aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
• Experience in developing, debugging, and maintaining code in a large corporate environment with one or more modern programming languages and database querying languages.
• Advanced understanding of agile methodologies such as CI/CD, Application Resiliency, and Security.
• Practical experience in developing cloud native applications with any cloud provider.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities and skills

• Knowledge of banking / finance.
• Familiar with databases (SQL or NoSQL).
• Experience with client/server software architectures & networking, or microservice architectures.
• Experience using orchestration tools such as Kubernetes or Mesos.
• Experience with streaming architectures and tools (e.g. Kafka).

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

Our Consumer & Community Banking Group depends on innovators like you to serve consumers, small businesses, municipalities and non‑profits. You’ll support the delivery of award winning tools and services that cover everything from personal and small business banking as well as lending, mortgages, credit cards, payments, auto finance and investment advice. This group is also focused on developing and delivering cutting edged mobile applications, digital experiences and next generation banking technology solutions to better serve our clients and customers.