Lead Software Engineer | Glasgow, UK

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase & Co. seeks a Lead Software Engineer to modernize engineering practices within their Infrastructure Platforms team. This role involves advancing AI integration and improving tool efficiency. Candidates should possess strong software engineering skills and experience with cloud technologies, and must be adept at relationship building within varied teams.

Qualifications

• In-depth experience in software design and development across cloud platforms.
• Demonstrable strength in building relationships and leading partnerships.
• Strong knowledge of IDEs with excellent documentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead the evolution of engineering practices focusing on AI tools.
• Provide insights into the adoption of standard tools and automation.
• Partner with compliance teams to ensure effective controls.

Skills

Software Engineering

Software Design

Cloud Platforms

Communication

Education

Formal training or certification in software engineering concepts

Tools

VSCode

IntelliJ

Visual Studio

GitHub Copilot

Windsurf

Cursor

Claude Code

Codeium

Job description

Lead Software Engineer

JPMorgan Chase & Co. Glasgow, United Kingdom Apply now Posted 28 days ago Permanent Competitive

Lead Software Engineer

Job Description

The Infrastructure Platforms (IP) organization is responsible for the design, build and management of critical platforms, services and products for JPMorgan Chase, spanning on premise and multi cloud offerings. A 6000 person strong global team, we are committed to continuous improvement and delivery of best in class solutions to our internal consumers. Our teams run millions of product instances across 4 clouds and are at the forefront of innovation for infrastructure technology.

As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within the Infrastructure Platforms organization, you will play a crucial role in the evolution and modernization of our engineering practices. You will be at the forefront of advancing our use of AI tools in everyday engineering and standard toolchain products. You will work closely with our partners and engineers to understand their needs and share expertise with them. You will also be an expert in applicable technology controls and standards, helping to educate and address gaps in our current practices. Your role will be critical in improving our working habits and supporting the evolution of our tools to reduce complexity for our engineers.

As a member of the Infrastructure Platforms Engineering Practices team, you will help lead the evolution and continual modernization of Infrastructure Platforms engineering, as part of a new function across the group. Reporting to the Head of Engineering Practices, you will play crucial role in helping us elevate all that we do. You will play a key role in advancing our use of AI tools in everyday engineering as well as standard toolchain products and help us to identify and define needs for non standard use cases not currently well served by the existing tools.

You will work closely with our partners in the Chief Development Office as well as central AI program teams, but spend most time with our teams and engineers helping to understand their needs and share expertise with them - so that you can advocate for the effectively as well as set standards that are practical and help us get to market more quickly.

You'll also be expert in applicable technology controls and standards in detail, so that you can help educate and address gaps in our current practices, partnering with engineering teams across IP to embed new habits and understanding. You'll partner with the Technology Development Controls Assurance teams as well as our engineering leads to ensure controls are well written and practical, and we can evidence compliance to internal audit, compliance teams and external regulators.

Your customers will include engineers, risk & control leaders and our Infrastructure Platforms extended leadership team.

Job responsibilities:

• Utilize JPMC standard IDEs and become expert in their nuance, acting as an SME including AI coding assistants.
• Test and provide feedback on engineering tools provided by internal partners and vendors, so we can remove friction from our engineers in partnership with our providers.
• Identify and lead opportunities to work more efficiently, automating manual tasks and shifting left in our engineering delivery processes.
• Help us improve and evolve both our own working habits as well as supporting the evolution of these tools to support IP specific needs and reduce complexity for our engineers.
• Provide reporting on and insights into our adoption of standard tools and automation so that we can target and track progress on our use of key acceleration capabilities.
• Understand applicable technology controls and standards in detail, so that you can help educate and address gaps in our current practices, partnering with engineering teams across IP to embed new habits and understanding.
• Partner with the control and compliance teams as well as IP engineering leads to ensure controls are well written and practical, and we can evidence compliance to internal audit and external regulators.

Required qualifications, capabilities and skills:

• Formal training or certification in software engineering concepts and proficient advanced experience
• In depth experience in software design and development, across private and public cloud platforms as well as a passion for continuous improvement.
• Demonstrable strength in building relationships and leading partnership with stakeholders and users will be a key skill. A combination of persistence and pragmatism will be key to success in this role, working across horizontals and influencing with insight and intelligence.
• Strong knowledge of IDEs (VSCode, Intellij, Visual Studio) coupled with experience with infrastructure platform and tools is required. Strong communication skills, particularly in writing will be key as you'll produce documentation and requirements for users and partners.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities and skills:

• Experience using Windsurf, Cursor, Claude Code, Codeium and GitHub Copilot would be advantageous.
• Familiarity with industry standards and controls for financial services technology would be an asset including PCI, SOC1 and SOX as well as in country regulations.

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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