Lead Software Engineer - Go / Kubernetes / Python - Public Cloud Engineering

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; Greater London; On-site; GBP 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is expanding its Public Cloud Engineering organization in the EMEA region by establishing a new Identity and Access Management team. You will shape system‑level design, lead platform services, and drive engineering excellence across identity domains on cloud infrastructure.

You will work in an agile environment, partner with global engineering teams, and coach others to grow capability while delivering secure, scalable solutions with reliable developer experience.

Qualifications

• Formal software engineering training or equivalent experience.
• Hands-on with system design, development, testing, and operations.
• Experience with IAM platforms, RBAC, or entitlement governance at scale.
• Proficiency in multiple languages/frameworks and cloud platforms.
• Automation and continuous delivery expertise.
• Awareness of agile practices, CI/CD, resiliency, and security.
• Ability to align engineering decisions with user and business outcomes.
• Clear communication to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Responsible use of approved AI tooling with quality and security checks.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and implementation of platform services and infrastructure with focus on architecture, integration patterns, and reliability.
• Develop, review, debug, and maintain secure, high‑quality production code across origins.
• Identify and automate remediation of recurring issues to improve stability across applications.
• Lead design reviews and architecture discussions to ensure scalable delivery and quality.
• Partner with platform architecture, trust, and IAM teams to align designs across teams.
• Foster communities of practice to raise awareness of new technologies.
• Mentor engineers through hands‑on guidance and coaching.
• Promote a diverse, inclusive team culture focused on growth and learning.

Skills

Identity & Access Management

Cloud-native architecture

Agile practices

Mentoring & coaching

Communication

Tools

Java

Spring

Go

Python

Terraform

Kubernetes

Job description

Help build foundational identity services that power secure public cloud platforms across the firm. You will join at the ground level to shape a new Identity and Access Management team, influencing technical direction, engineering culture, and operational excellence. This role offers hands‑on delivery in critical security domains and close partnership with global engineering teams. You will raise the bar for reliability and developer experience while helping others grow through coaching and shared learning. If you thrive in collaborative environments and enjoy solving complex platform problems, you will find strong career growth here.

As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase in Public Cloud Engineering, you will enhance, build, and deliver trusted technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable way. You will set architectural direction, guide system‑level design, and drive engineering excellence across identity services and platform infrastructure. You will work within an agile team and collaborate closely with partners and stakeholders to deliver coherent, scalable solutions. You will help foster a culture of continuous improvement, inclusion, and shared learning.

Job Responsibilities

• Lead the design and implementation of platform services and infrastructure with emphasis on architecture, integration patterns, and system reliability
• Develop, review, debug, and maintain secure, high-quality production code, applying engineering judgment to meet standards regardless of code origin
• Identify opportunities to eliminate or automate remediation of recurring issues to improve operational stability across applications and systems
• Lead design reviews and architecture discussions to evaluate solutions, strengthen technical quality, and support scalable delivery
• Partner with platform architecture, trust and authorization teams, and downstream Identity and Access Management consumers to align designs across teams
• Lead communities of practice across Software Engineering to increase awareness and adoption of new and leading‑edge technologies
• Mentor and coach engineers through hands‑on technical guidance
• Foster a team culture of diversity, opportunity, inclusion, respect, continuous improvement, and shared learning
  

Required Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills

• Formal training or certification in software engineering concepts and applied experience
• Hands‑on experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
• Experience with Identity and Access Management platforms, role‑based access control, or entitlement governance at scale
• Proficiency in one or more languages, frameworks, or platforms such as Java, Spring, Go, Python, Terraform, or Kubernetes
• Cloud‑native experience building and operating services on at least one public cloud provider such as Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud Platform
• Proficiency in automation and continuous delivery methods
• Understanding of agile practices including continuous integration, continuous delivery, application resiliency, and security
• Ability to evaluate technical solutions with a customer‑focused mindset and connect engineering decisions to user and business outcomes
• Communication skills with the ability to adapt messages for technical and non‑technical audiences
• Responsible use of approved artificial intelligence tooling, applying critical judgment to validate quality, correctness, security, and performance
  

Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills

• Experience working in financial services or another highly regulated technology environment with audit and control requirements
• Experience contributing to public cloud platform services, developer platforms, or shared engineering capabilities
• Familiarity with responsible artificial intelligence use in engineering workflows, including secure handling of inputs and outputs
• Experience improving developer experience, platform reliability, or operational efficiency at scale

We are expanding our Public Cloud Engineering organization into the EMEA region by establishing a new Identity and Access Management team to better serve our customers and strengthen collaboration across our global engineering teams. The team will own critical identity domains that support our platform across public cloud infrastructure such as Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform. We invest in strong engineering practices, hands‑on delivery, coaching, and cross‑team collaboration, with a focus on continuous improvement, growth, and talent development.