Lead Software Engineer DevX Platform

J.P. MORGAN; Greater London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A global financial services leader is looking for a Lead Software Engineer to join their digital bank, Chase. The successful candidate will drive the developer experience by delivering cloud-native microservices and enhancing the software development lifecycle. Responsibilities include creating production code, collaborating on design and architecture, and identifying opportunities for improvements. Ideal candidates will have experience in distributed systems, hands-on coding skills in modern programming languages (like Python), and familiarity with AWS services. This role offers a diverse and inclusive workplace where innovation is celebrated.

Benefits

Diverse and inclusive work environment

Career growth opportunities

Qualifications

• Advanced experience in software engineering concepts.
• Hands-on experience with system design and application development.
• Strong understanding of Agile methodologies and Security.

Responsibilities

• Drive epics individually with minimal support.
• Enhance developer experience by providing tools and infrastructure.
• Create secure and high-quality production code.

Skills

Software engineering concepts

Distributed systems

Microservice architecture

Systems design

Application development

Agile methodologies

AWS services

Education

Formal training or certification in software engineering

Tools

Terraform

Kubernetes

GitHub

Grafana

Job description

Job Description

Are you ready to transform the future of banking? Join our digital bank, Chase, as a Lead Software Engineer and be part of a team that's revolutionizing mobile banking with seamless journeys that our customers love. At JPMorgan Chase, we're building the bank of the future from scratch, offering you the opportunity to make a real impact. Our Developer Experience team is dedicated to providing an exceptional developer experience, fostering a culture of innovation and collaboration. Embrace the chance to grow your career in a diverse and inclusive environment where your unique perspective is valued.

As a Lead Software Engineer within the International Consumer Bank, you will collaborate with development teams to enhance the developer experience, delivering end-to-end cutting‑edge solutions in the form of cloud‑native microservices architecture applications. You will be involved in the design and architecture of solutions, focusing on the entire SDLC lifecycle stages. Our team works in tribes and squads, allowing you to move between projects based on your strengths and interests, making a significant impact on our clients and business partners worldwide.

Job Responsibilities

• Self‑motivated who can drive epics individually with minimum support.
• Collaborate with development teams to enhance the developer experience, providing tools and infrastructure that support agile methodologies and continuous integration/continuous deployment.
• Execute software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting with the ability to think beyond routine or conventional approaches.
• Create secure and high‑quality production code to deploy infrastructure.
• Produce architecture and design artifacts for complex applications, ensuring design constraints are met by software code development.
• Gather, analyze, synthesize, and develop visualizations and reporting from large, diverse data sets for continuous improvement of software applications and systems.
• Proactively identify hidden problems and patterns in data, using insights to drive improvements to coding hygiene and system architecture.
• Contribute to software engineering communities of practice and events that explore new and emerging technologies.
• Add to the teams' culture, diversity, equity, inclusion, and respect.

Required Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills

• Formal training or certification in software engineering concepts and advanced applied experience.
• Understanding distributed systems and microservice architecture.
• Hands‑on practical experience in system design, application development, testing, and operational stability.
• Experience in developing, debugging, and maintaining code in a large corporate environment with one or more modern programming languages (Python or other) and database querying languages.
• Overall knowledge of the Software Development Life Cycle.
• Understanding Agile methodologies, Application Resiliency, and Security.
• Demonstrated knowledge of software applications and technical processes within a technical discipline (e.g., cloud, etc.).
• Experience with Public Cloud services in Production (we use AWS).
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform or other).
• Ability to tackle design and functionality problems independently with little to no oversight.
• Experience in architecting, supporting, and implementing advanced, strategic CI/CD migrations.

Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills

• Familiarity with modern front‑end or back‑end technologies.
• Debugging expertise in Kubernetes.
• Understanding of Infrastructure Tools, preferably Terraform, and AWS services understanding.
• Experience with any GitHub, GitHub Actions, Artifactory, Terraform Cloud, Slack, Grafana, SonarQube is considered a plus.
• Proficient in coding in one or more languages.

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 professionals in our Corporate Functions cover a diverse range of areas from finance and risk to human resources and marketing. Our corporate teams are an essential part of our company, ensuring that we're setting our businesses, clients, customers and employees up for success.

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