Lead Software Engineer - GLCM Postings

J.P. MORGAN; Bournemouth; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

J.P. Morgan's Commercial & Investment Bank payments technology team seeks a Lead Software Engineer to drive architecture and strategy for mission-critical applications in a secure, scalable environment.

You will lead engineers, mentor talent, and deliver high-performance backend services in Java with cloud-native platforms, emphasizing multi-region, fault-tolerant designs and robust API interfaces (REST/gRPC). AI-assisted practices and secure coding will be embedded into delivery.

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification in Software Engineering concepts.
• Extensive experience in Java and object-oriented programming.
• Proven leadership in Kubernetes and cloud-native application development.
• Deep expertise in MongoDB, including change streams and schema design.
• Strong background in RESTful and gRPC API design and implementation.
• Demonstrated experience with API best practices and service registry concepts.
• Track record of designing highly resilient, multi-region architectures.
• Ability to architect and promote custom frameworks and reusable components.
• Experience leading Agile, self-managing teams.
• Demonstrated experience leading effective use of approved AI-assisted software development tools.
• Strong understanding of responsible AI use in engineering workflows.

Responsibilities

• Own the technical strategy and architecture for mission-critical applications, ensuring alignment with business goals and industry best practices.
• Lead and mentor a team of software engineers, providing guidance, support, and professional development opportunities.
• Drive the design and implementation of high-performance backend services using Java and cloud-native technologies.
• Champion the development of highly resilient, share-nothing, multi-region architectures to achieve fault tolerance, high availability, and disaster recovery.
• Drive the adoption and optimization of MongoDB (including change streams), Kubernetes, and other modern platforms.
• Set and enforce standards for API design and development (REST/gRPC), including best practices for versioning, documentation, and error handling to ensure robust, secure, and scalable interfaces.
• Guide the integration and management of service registries for dynamic service discovery and orchestration in micro services environments.
• Promote the creation of custom frameworks and reusable components to accelerate development and maintain consistency.
• Manage project delivery, ensuring timelines, quality, and stakeholder satisfaction while identifying and mitigating technical risks.
• Drives team adoption of enterprise-authorized AI-assisted engineering practices within the work environment to improve code quality, delivery speed, and operational outcomes, while establishing consistent validation standards and promoting reuse of effective patterns.
• Applies knowledge of tools within the Software Development Life Cycle toolchain, including enterprise-authorized AI-assisted development and automation capabilities, to improve the value realized by automation.

Skills

Java and OO programming

Leadership in Kubernetes

Cloud-native app development

API design REST/gRPC

Agile leadership

AI-assisted development

Secure coding practices

Multi-region architecture

Team mentoring

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science/Engineering

Tools

Kubernetes

MongoDB

AWS/Azure/GCP

CI/CD/DevOps

React/Angular

Job description

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 & Investment Bank, Payments technology team; 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

• Own the technical strategy and architecture for mission-critical applications, ensuring alignment with business goals and industry best practices
• Lead and mentor a team of software engineers, providing guidance, support, and professional development opportunities
• Drive the design and implementation of high-performance backend services using Java and cloud-native technologies
• Champion the development of highly resilient, share-nothing, multi-region architectures to achieve fault tolerance, high availability, and disaster recovery
• Drive the adoption and optimization of MongoDB (including change streams), Kubernetes, and other modern platforms
• Set and enforce standards for API design and development (REST/gRPC), including best practices for versioning, documentation, and error handling to ensure robust, secure, and scalable interfaces
• Guide the integration and management of service registries for dynamic service discovery and orchestration in micro services environments
• Promote the creation of custom frameworks and reusable components to accelerate development and maintain consistency
• Manage project delivery, ensuring timelines, quality, and stakeholder satisfaction while identifying and mitigating technical risks
• Drives team adoption of enterprise-authorized AI-assisted engineering practices within the work environment to improve code quality, delivery speed, and operational outcomes (e.g., AI-assisted code review/refactoring, test strategy acceleration, incident/root-cause analysis support), while establishing consistent validation standards (secure coding, peer review, automated testing) and promoting reuse of effective patterns across the team.
• Applies knowledge of tools within the Software Development Life Cycle toolchain, including enterprise-authorized AI-assisted development and automation capabilities, to improve the value realized by automation.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification on Software Engineering concepts and applied experience
• Extensive experience in Java and object-oriented programming
• Proven leadership in Kubernetes and cloud-native application development
• Deep expertise in MongoDB, including change streams and schema design
• Strong background in RESTful and gRPC API design and implementation
• Demonstrated experience with API best practices and service registry concepts
• Track record of designing highly resilient, share-nothing, multi-region architectures
• Ability to architect and promote custom frameworks and reusable components
• Experience leading Agile, self-managing teams
• Demonstrated experience leading effective use of approved AI-assisted software development tools (e.g., for coding, code review, test acceleration, troubleshooting) with the ability to set team expectations for validating AI outputs for correctness, performance, and security.
• Strong understanding of responsible AI use in engineering workflows, including data sensitivity considerations, secure handling of inputs/outputs, and adherence to resiliency and security expectations; experience coaching engineers on safe, compliant adoption within delivery practices

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
• Proven experience in senior leadership or engineering management roles
• Hands-on expertise with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP), CI/CD pipelines, and DevOps practices
• UI development experience with modern frameworks such as React, Angular, or similar

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

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.