Lead Software Engineer - JAVA

J.P. MORGAN; Bournemouth; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services firm in Bournemouth is seeking a Lead Software Engineer. You will join an agile team responsible for building market-leading technology solutions. This role requires advanced proficiency in Java and agile methodologies, alongside strong leadership and technical skills. Candidates should have hands-on experience in Java, Git, and various technology tools. The firm emphasizes a diverse and inclusive work environment, supporting both personal and team growth.

Benefits

Diverse and inclusive work environment

Qualifications

• Proficient in all aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle.
• Hands-on coding experience in Java with new features up to Java 17.
• Experience designing scalable microservice architectures.

Responsibilities

• Develop creative software solutions and provide technical troubleshooting.
• Lead a team of developers while working at code level with Java.
• Own the end-to-end process of feature deliveries through the full SDLC.

Skills

Java

Agile methodologies

Git

Jenkins

Spring/Spring Boot

Database expertise

Unix/Linux

JavaScript

Education

Formal training or certification in Software Engineering

Tools

Bitbucket

Jira

Gradle

Maven

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 JPMorgan Chase within the Commercial and Investment Bank organization, you are an integral part of an agile team dedicated to enhancing, building, and delivering trusted, market‑leading technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable manner. As a core technical contributor, you will be responsible for implementing critical technology solutions across multiple technical domains, supporting various business functions to achieve 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
• Works at code level with Java while leading a team of developers and provides regular coaching, conduct code and design reviews
• Works directly with business Ops and technology teams to articulate new technology requirements and solve business problems
• Collaborates with other members of a globally distributed team to brainstorm new ideas / solutions, and provide mentoring and technical expertise to the team
• Develops specific enhancements and build new solutions to fulfil business objectives related to new business requirements
• Owns the end-to-end process of feature deliveries through the full SDLC process, including requirements gathering, development, unit and integration testing, packaging, deployment, and support
• Work closely with other technology teams to ensure that required changes are made in other systems
• Ensures technology solutions meet business and client requirements, that they are robust and supportable
• Documents release procedures and support notes for deliverables to enable proper support by our production management groups
• Provides third level production support on a rotation basis - analyse issues observed in production, provide detailed analysis and recommendations to production management groups, and identify opportunities to improve the production system

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and applied experience
• Proficient in all aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle and tools including Git/Bitbucket, Jira, Jenkins, Gradle, Maven
• Advanced understanding of agile methodologies such as CI/CD, Application Resiliency, Security, Test-Driven Development (TDD), and using tools such as JUnit and mocking frameworks
• Hands‑on coding experience in Java, and understanding of Java Core concepts including object‑oriented design, memory management, multi‑threading/concurrency, and new language features up to Java 17 while leading team of Software Engineers
• Expertise in Java technologies/frameworks such as Spring/Spring Boot, and REST based services
• Expertise in designing and implementing scalable micro service architectures with high resiliency capabilities
• Proficiency in Unix/Linux environments, ability to navigate the system, investigate processes and logs
• Expertise in Databases, relational, and No‑SQL and JVM performance analysis including profiling, heap dump analysis, thread dump analysis, and GC tuning
• Demonstrated ability in supporting production environments, responding to user concerns, and taking ownership of production issues while working in a third level advanced support capacity

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• In‑depth knowledge of the financial services industry and their IT systems
• Knowledge of cloud compute platforms, including AWS.
• Hands‑on coding experience in JavaScript, REACT JS

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.