Lead Software Engineer: Core Java & C#/WPF, AI Front Office

Fairygodboss; Greater London; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

J.P. Morgan is seeking a Lead Software Engineer in London to join the Equities Derivatives Front Office Flow Technology Team. You will contribute as a core technical member to build and automate pricing, quoting and market-view applications for internal traders and sales, while expanding AI-assisted autopricers and vendor integrations.

The role emphasizes secure, scalable delivery, cross-team collaboration, and driving innovative engineering practices across a global platform.

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and advanced applied experience in Java.
• Strong OO design skills with good knowledge of object modelling and design patterns.
• Experience with development, deployment and maintenance of commercial service oriented application(s)
• Disciplined approach to code management, testing and deployment practices and high quality delivery.
• Understanding of how to effectively utilize unit testing.
• Demonstrated experience leading effective use of approved AI-assisted software development tools (e.g., for coding, code review, test acceleration, troubleshooting) with the ability to set team expectations for validating AI outputs for correctness, performance, and security.
• Strong understanding of responsible AI use in engineering workflows, including data sensitivity considerations, secure handling of inputs/outputs, and adherence to resiliency and security expectations; experience coaching engineers on safe, compliant adoption within delivery practices
• Great problem solving skills for problems with a mathematical/technological background.
• Good communication skills especially when describing problems and explaining solutions.
• Ability to work in a fast paced team oriented environment.
• Ability to work effectively within a global team (spread across North America, EMEA, APAC etc.) while influencing and contributing towards the development of the global platform

Responsibilities

• Work with subject matter experts to develop solutions that meet business requirements.
• Develop Java Services integrated in the end to end processing of the derivative products
• Build C#/WPF and JavaScript front-end desktop applications to interface with the Java services
• Build a stable, efficient, scalable cloud based solution which will be deployed globally.
• Design and code a significant amount of a robust, secure and efficient API to persist / retrieve data and implement the business logic
• Drives team adoption of enterprise-authorized AI-assisted engineering practices within the work environment to improve code quality, delivery speed, and operational outcomes, while establishing consistent validation standards and promoting reuse of patterns
• Applies knowledge of tools within the Software Development Life Cycle toolchain, including enterprise-authorized AI-assisted development and automation capabilities
• Participation in code reviews and knowledge sharing with team

Skills

Java

OO Design

Unit Testing

AI-assisted tools

Communication

Global collaboration

Tools

C#

WPF

JavaScript

ReactJS

AWS

Kubernetes

Docker

Job description

J.P. Morgan is seeking a Lead Software Engineer in London to join the Equities Derivatives Front Office Flow Technology Team. You will contribute as a core technical member to build and automate pricing, quoting and market-view applications for internal traders and sales, while expanding AI-assisted autopricers and vendor integrations.

The role emphasizes secure, scalable delivery, cross-team collaboration, and driving innovative engineering practices across a global platform.