Lead Software Engineer- Java- Nutmeg

J.P. MORGAN; City Of London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services company in London is seeking an Engineer to join their Nutmeg team. You will be responsible for developing mobile and web applications to enhance client investment experiences. Ideal candidates have a background in Java/Springboot and experience in event-driven architectures, with a proactive approach to solving problems and a focus on delivering quality software.

Benefits

Diversity and inclusion initiatives

Career development programs

Qualifications

• Experience delivering high quality software that meets business needs.
• Hands-on experience with designing and implementing event-driven architectures.
• Curious about new working methods and open to different ideas.

Responsibilities

• Work with the Product team to develop and deliver product features.
• Design architecture evolution to meet needs.
• Take ownership of tasks throughout the development lifecycle.

Skills

JVM language proficiency

Agile methodology

Event-driven architecture

REST APIs

Git flow

Good communication skills

Proactive attitude

Tools

Java

Springboot

Kafka

DynamoDB

Aurora

Job description

Overview

Nutmeg is a J.P. Morgan company within the International Consumer Bank – Chase division offering award-winning investments, products and digital wealth management services to over 250,000 investors in the UK. We built the business from scratch, with constant innovation a core part of our ethos since the beginning. We aim to provide clients with the best digital investing experience, ensuring digital security and customer satisfaction – meaning you\'ll have the opportunity to make a real difference.

As an Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within Nutmeg, you will be part of a team with great ambitions. We aim to build a top-in-market suite of mobile and web apps to provide the best investment experience for our clients.

Our team is at the heart of this venture, focused on getting smart ideas into the hands of our customers. We\'re looking for people who have a curious mindset, thrive in collaborative squads, and are passionate about building quality software that has a big impact in a rapidly changing environment. By their nature, our people are also solution-oriented, commercially savvy and have a head for fintech. We work in tribes and squads that focus on specific products and projects.

Job Responsibilities

• Work with the Product team to understand user\'s needs and follow an Agile SDLC to develop and deliver product features. Our stack is Java/Springboot with a bit of Kotlin, DynamoDB, Aurora/MySQL and AWS.
• Participate with the rest of the team in the process of designing how our architecture needs to evolve to meet our needs. We use ADRs as part of our decision-making process and our architecture is microservices running on Kubernetes with a heavy use of Kafka and event-driven design.
• Take ownership of tasks from the estimation stage right through until the release stage and post production
• Identify, troubleshoot and resolve existing or newly-identified prioritised defects
• Write tests for all code you deliver and adhere to best practices/standards, ensuring high-quality code
• Take ownership of, or assist others with, releases and associated processes (we try to deploy as often as possible)
• Participate in code reviews, ensuring high code quality and continuous development and learning for yourself and your colleagues
• Be someone who enjoys knowledge sharing, who is keen to attend and participate in some of the many skill share sessions we regularly hold in the team and across the wider Engineering department.
• Propose/contribute/collaborate on Technical Initiatives - improving and evolving the existing codebase and toolset
• Be keen to ensure that we focus on solving the essence of the problem rather than merely dealing with the symptoms

Required qualifications, capabilities and skills

• English working proficiency is a must, you will be working with the team in London
• You have a product engineer mindset and a track record of delivering high quality software that adjusts to business and product needs to provide a great user experience in a timely manner
• Experience with a JVM language (Java/Scala/Kotlin) and Springboot
• Experience designing systems from scratch as well as understanding how to evolve existing architectures to achieve new goals, both serverless and managed in the cloud
• Hands-on experience designing and implementing event-driven architectures with different message brokers, including Kafka
• Experience with monitoring and alerting in order to maintain a production environment
• Good understanding of REST and what it means to work with APIs
• Experience with Git flow
• Good communication skills, you can work well within a delivery team and manage interactions with other parts of the organisation, such as Product and Operations
• Curious about new ways of working and open to different approaches and ideas
• Proactive and willing to help others put forward ideas

Preferred qualifications, capabilities and skills - nice to haves

• Experience with DynamoDB and/or Aurora
• Experience in the FinTech sector
• Experience developing a multi-country product with multiple localizations and currencies.
• Show us your Github/Stack Overflow/app portfolio!

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.