Lead Software Engineer Front End Typescript React VP

JPMorganChase; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A global financial services firm in Greater London is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to join their Investment Banking team. This role demands expertise in front-end technologies such as React and Typescript to develop secure, high-quality applications. The position requires both technical proficiency and the ability to troubleshoot complex problems while working in an Agile environment. Candidates should have a solid understanding of GraphQL and experience in developing production-ready applications. The company promotes innovation and diversity within teams.

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts with proficiency in front end development.
• Hands-on experience in application development and operational stability.
• Solid understanding of cloud native experience.
• Proven experience developing production-ready applications.

Responsibilities

• Execute software solutions design development and technical troubleshooting.
• Produce architecture and design artifacts for complex applications.
• Gathers and analyzes large data sets for software improvement.
• Build and consume APIs using GraphQL.

Skills

React

Typescript

GraphQL

CSS

HTML5

Agile methodologies

AWS

Node.js

Bootstrap

Tools

Webpack

Vite

Job description

Description

We have an exciting and rewarding opportunity for you to take your software engineering career to the next level.

As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within Investment Banking you serve as a seasoned member of an agile team to design and deliver trusted market‑leading technology products in a secure, stable and scalable way. You are responsible for carrying out critical technology solutions across multiple technical areas within various business functions in support of the firm’s business objectives.

Transaction Development is a centralised hub that generates buyer intelligence on Mid‑Cap sponsors for JPM sell‑sides by leveraging deep knowledge of Sponsor investment strategies.

In order to execute at scale, a newly created technology team is embarking on a multi‑year journey to provide enhanced digital capabilities to enable Transaction Development to take full advantage of the deep client relationships we have across GB and scale proprietary idea generation.

Job responsibilities

• Executes software solutions design development and technical troubleshooting with ability to think beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions or break down technical problems
• Creates secure and high‑quality production code and maintains algorithms that run synchronously with appropriate systems
• Produces architecture and design artifacts for complex applications while being accountable for ensuring design constraints are met by software code development
• Gathers, analyzes, synthesizes and develops visualizations and reporting from large diverse data sets in service of continuous improvement of software applications and systems
• Proactively identifies hidden problems and patterns in data and uses these insights to drive improvements to coding hygiene and system architecture
• Contributes to software engineering communities of practice and events that explore new and emerging technologies
• Adds to team culture of diversity, equity, inclusion and respect
• Translates UI / UX designs and wireframes into high‑quality code
• Develops and maintains responsive front‑end applications
• Builds and consumes APIs using GraphQL for efficient data fetching
• Writes clean, maintainable and testable code with attention to scalability

Required qualifications capabilities and skills

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and proficient advanced experience in front end development such as React and Typescript
• 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 and database querying languages
• Solid understanding of agile methodologies such as CI / CD, application resiliency and security
• Practical cloud native experience
• Demonstrated knowledge of software applications and technical processes within a technical discipline (e.g. cloud, artificial intelligence, machine learning, mobile, etc.)
• Proven experience developing production‑ready applications with React
• String understanding of GraphQL (queries, mutations, subscriptions, schema design)
• Solid grasp of TypeScript / ES6, HTML5 and CSS3
• Experience with component libraries and design systems (e.g. Material UI)
• Proficiency in using build tools and bundlers (e.g. Webpack, Vite)

Preferred qualifications capabilities and skills

• Experience with AWS cloud services (e.g. EC2, S3, IAM, CloudWatch)
• Experience working in Agile / Scrum teams
• Knowledge of testing frameworks (e.g. Jest, Playwright)

Key Skills

Bootstrap, CSS, Front-End Development, HTML5, React, Redux, Node.js, Angular, Less, JavaScript, backbone.js, Sass

Employment Type: Full-Time

Experience: years

Vacancy: 1