Lead Software Engineer: Java, React & AWS

Next Frontier Capital; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorganChase is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to drive Java/React development within IP Product Management. You will contribute as a core technical lead, delivering secure, scalable technology products in a fast-paced, agile environment.

You will guide AI-assisted engineering, implement secure coding standards, and collaborate with product, security, data, and platform teams to meet business objectives in a large corporate setting.

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and applied experience.
• Solid troubleshooting skills with attention to detail; ability to balance delivery speed with quality and reliability.
• Strong hands-on experience in Java software engineering.
• Front-end visualization experience using React (or similar).
• Practical experience with AWS and cloud-native infrastructure: AWS ECS/EKS/S3, Kubernetes, containers, and terraform for infrastructure as code.
• Demonstrated experience leading effective use of approved AI-assisted software development tools with the ability to validate 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.
• Proven experience across the SDLC: design, development, testing, deployment, and operations in a large corporate environment.
• Advanced understanding of agile methodologies such as CI/CD, Application Resilience, and Security.
• Effective communicator and team player; comfortable collaborating across engineering, product, and operations teams.

Responsibilities

• Executes creative software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting with ability to think beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions or breakdown technical problems.
• Develops secure and high-quality production code, and reviews and debugs code written by others.
• 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 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.
• Identifies opportunities to eliminate or automate remediation of recurring issues to improve overall operational stability of software applications and systems.
• Partner with product managers, security, data, and platform teams to align on priorities and deliver secure, compliant solutions.
• Owns remediation of engineering hygiene issues and drives sustainable remediation through automation, standards and measurable quality targets.

Skills

Java

React

AWS

CI/CD

Kubernetes

Terraform

AI-assisted tools

Security awareness

Agile

Communication

Education

Software engineering certification

Tools

Snowflake

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

JPMorganChase is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to drive Java/React development within IP Product Management. You will contribute as a core technical lead, delivering secure, scalable technology products in a fast-paced, agile environment.

You will guide AI-assisted engineering, implement secure coding standards, and collaborate with product, security, data, and platform teams to meet business objectives in a large corporate setting.