Lead Software Engineer - FIXED INCOME UK

Next Frontier Capital; Greater London; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

J.P. Morgan seeks a Lead Software Engineer to join the Commercial and Investment Bank - Post Trade Technology Group in London.

You will be a core technical contributor, delivering trusted market-leading technology while ensuring security, stability, and scalability across multiple domains. The role emphasizes architecture-led delivery, strong collaboration with stakeholders, and the adoption of AI-assisted development with rigorous verification and tests.

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification in engineering concepts and 10+ years applied experience.
• Hands-on experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability.
• Advanced in one or more programming language(s) and proficiency in automation.

Responsibilities

• Executes creative software solutions and builds scalable, secure production systems.
• Develops high-quality production code and conducts reviews.
• Leads architecture discussions with stakeholders to align designs with systems and information architecture.
• Drives Communities of Practice and applies AI-assisted tools to accelerate engineering work with proper controls.

Skills

Leadership in software engineering

CI/CD automation

Full stack development

Java 21

React

AI-assisted development

Security practices

Cloud platforms

Education

Engineering degree or equivalent

Tools

CI/CD tooling

Observability tooling

Job description

We have an opportunity to impact your career and provide an adventure where you can push the limits of what's possible.

As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorganChase within the Commercial and Investment Bank- Post Trade Technology Group, you are an integral part of an agile team that works to enhance, build, and deliver trusted market-leading technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable way. As a core technical contributor, you are responsible for conducting critical technology solutions across multiple technical areas within various business functions in support of the firm’s business objectives.

Job responsibilities

• Executes creative software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting with ability to think beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions or break down technical problems
• Develops secure high-quality production code, and reviews and debugs code written by others
• Identifies opportunities to eliminate or automate remediation of recurring issues to improve overall operational stability of software applications and systems
• Leads evaluation sessions with business stakeholders, and internal teams to drive outcomes-oriented probing of architectural designs, technical credentials, and applicability for use within existing systems and information architecture
• Leads communities of practice across Software Engineering to drive awareness and use of new and leading-edge technologies
• Use AI-assisted tools to accelerate engineering work while maintaining controls, including:
  • Drafting/refactoring code and documentation with validation via tests, code review, and static/security scanning.
  • Generating and expanding test scenarios (edge cases, regression suites) and verifying correctness/coverage.
  • Assisting with troubleshooting by summarizing signals (logs/alerts/traces) and proposing hypotheses, confirmed through reproducible investigation.
• Apply responsible AI practices: protect sensitive data, avoid inappropriate input of confidential information, and treat AI output as non-authoritative until verified.
• Adds to team culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and respect

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification on engineering concepts and 10+ years applied experience
• Hands‑on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
• Advanced in one or more programming language(s)
• Proficiency in automation and continuous delivery methods
• Proficient in all aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle
• Advanced understanding of agile methodologies such as CI/CD, Application Resiliency, and Security
• Demonstrated proficiency in software applications and technical processes within a technical discipline (e.g., cloud, artificial intelligence, machine learning, mobile, etc.)
• Proficient in full stack development skill Java 21, REACT or any other frameworks , building into Public Cloud and CD/CD strategies.
• Practical experience using AI-assisted development tools to improve productivity and quality, with a strong verification mindset (tests + peer review).

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• In‑depth knowledge of the financial services industry and their IT systems
• Practical cloud native experience
• Experience with observability tooling and practices (structured logging, metrics, distributed tracing) and incident/problem management.

Work Style / Ways of Workin g

• Strong communication skills, ownership mindset, and ability to collaborate across product, engineering, and operations.
• Commitment to inclusive teamwork and continuous improvement in engineering practices and delivery excellence.

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.

J.P. Morgan’s Commercial & Investment Bank is a global leader across banking, markets, securities services and payments. Corporations, governments and institutions throughout the world entrust us with their business in more than 100 countries. The Commercial & Investment Bank provides strategic advice, raises capital, manages risk and extends liquidity in markets around the world. Carry out critical tech solutions across multiple technical areas as an integral part of an agile team