Lead Software Engineer, Developer Tools & AI

JPMorganChase; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase in Glasgow seeks a Lead Software Engineer to design and build developer-facing tools and AI-assisted workflows that accelerate thousands of engineers. You will shape the engineering experience from code creation to production release, partnering with teams across technology, platform engineering, and governance.

You will lead features end-to-end, from discovery to telemetry and operations, and promote responsible AI use and secure, scalable tooling across the developer community.

Qualifications

• Strong software engineering fundamentals and passion for developer tooling.
• Proficiency in multiple programming languages with emphasis on Python; familiarity with TypeScript/React and SQL for full stack development.
• Solid understanding of testing, reliability, and maintainable system design.
• Demonstrated experience leading effective use of approved AI-assisted software development tools with the ability to set team expectations for validating outputs.

Responsibilities

• Build and evolve developer-facing products, including IDE experiences, web tooling, test infrastructure, and SDLC workflows
• Improve productivity and confidence for thousands of engineers through impactful tooling
• Own features throughout their lifecycle: discovery, design, implementation, rollout, telemetry, and operational support
• Translate ambiguous challenges into scalable platform capabilities
• Drives team adoption of enterprise-authorized AI-assisted engineering practices to improve code quality and delivery speed
• Applies knowledge of tools within the SDLC toolchain to improve automation value
• Partner with controls and audit stakeholders to implement engineering controls
• Influence engineering standards and best practices across a broad developer community
• Design and implement IDE and editor capabilities for smarter navigation and code intelligence
• Drive AI adoption in local development tools to enhance software development practices
• Develop static analysis and auto-remediation tools to prevent errors before production
• Build test frameworks and scheduling systems for large-scale workloads
• Create platform tooling to identify code duplication and opportunities for refactoring

Skills

Python

TypeScript/React

SQL

Software architecture

AI-assisted tooling

CI/CD

Job description

JPMorgan Chase in Glasgow seeks a Lead Software Engineer to design and build developer-facing tools and AI-assisted workflows that accelerate thousands of engineers. You will shape the engineering experience from code creation to production release, partnering with teams across technology, platform engineering, and governance.

You will lead features end-to-end, from discovery to telemetry and operations, and promote responsible AI use and secure, scalable tooling across the developer community.