Lead Software Engineer - Java Backend - Vice President

Testing Site - JPMC; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase in London seeks a Lead Software Engineer in Investment Banking to drive migration of the trading platform to a cloud-native code-base. You will lead technical delivery in an agile team, building trusted, scalable, and secure software products that underpin market activities.

As a core technical contributor, you will design solutions, develop production code, and mentor engineers while advancing CI/CD, security, and resiliency across complex financial systems.

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification on Java concepts and proficient advanced experience.
• Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability.
• Advanced in Java or more programming language(s).
• Proficiency in automation and continuous delivery methods.
• Proficient in all aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle.
• Advanced understanding of agile methodologies such as CI/CD, Application Resiliency, and Security.
• Demonstrated proficiency in software applications and technical processes within a technical discipline (e.g., cloud, AI, ML, mobile).
• In-depth knowledge of the financial services industry and their IT systems.

Responsibilities

• Executes software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting with the ability to think beyond routine approaches.
• Creates secure and high-quality production code and maintains algorithms that run synchronously with systems.
• Produces architecture and design artifacts for complex applications and ensures design constraints are met.
• Gathers and analyzes data to develop visuals and reporting for continuous improvement.
• Identifies hidden data patterns to drive improvements in coding hygiene and architecture.
• Leads automation to improve operational stability of software applications and systems.
• Leads communities of practice across Software Engineering to drive adoption of new technologies.
• Promotes a culture of diversity, opportunity, inclusion, and respect.

Skills

Java concepts

Software design & development

CI/CD & DevOps

Agile methodologies

Data analysis & visualization

Cloud-native

Operational stability

Community leadership

Tools

CI/CD tools

Cloud platforms

Job description

Transform your career by enhancing and migrating our trade processing platform to a cloud-native code-base.

As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within Investment Banking, you play a crucial role in an agile team dedicated to enhancing, building, and delivering trusted, market-leading technology products that are secure, stable, and scalable. 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

• 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
• Identifies opportunities to eliminate or automate remediation of recurring issues to improve overall operational stability of software applications and systems
• Leads communities of practice across Software Engineering to drive awareness and use of new and leading-edge technologies
• Adds to team culture of diversity, opportunity, inclusion, and respect

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification on Java concepts and proficient advanced experience
• Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
• Advanced in Java or more programming language(s)
• Proficiency in automation and continuous delivery methods
• Proficient in all aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle
• Advanced understanding of agile methodologies such as CI/CD, Application Resiliency, and Security
• Demonstrated proficiency in software applications and technical processes within a technical discipline (e.g., cloud, artificial intelligence, machine learning, mobile, etc.)
• In-depth knowledge of the financial services industry and their IT systems
• Practical cloud native experience