Lead Software Engineer — Java & React, Cloud & Microservices

Testing Site - JPMC; Scotland; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase in Enterprise Observability Platforms is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to shape market-leading technology products that advance our business and deliver trusted solutions globally. You will lead an agile team, deliver secure, scalable software, and collaborate across technical domains.

Youll drive modern architecture, migrate toward microservices, champion CI/CD and security best practices, and contribute to a culture of diversity, inclusion, and excellence while solving

Qualifications

• Extensive software engineering experience with distributed systems.
• Strong Java and Spring Boot microservices design.
• Experience delivering end-to-end full-stack features.
• Proficient in CI/CD and automation.
• Cloud-native deployments with containers.
• Experience with relational databases (Oracle).
• Ability to lead cross-team initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Execute creative software solutions across design, development, and troubleshooting.
• Lead migration from legacy monolith to modern microservices (React/Java/Spring Boot).
• Re-architect infrastructure for high scalability and availability.
• Deliver full-stack features and backend services (REST/GraphQL) in Java/Spring Boot.
• Design event-driven systems and streaming workflows (Kafka).
• Develop secure production services and improve code quality.
• Improve performance, resiliency, and latency; align with SLOs/SLIs.
• Collaborate with product, SRE, and controls for reliable adoption.
• Explore AI for Ops with partners; drive POCs.
• Engage in architecture discussions and promote best practices.
• Contribute to a culture of diversity and respect.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

Microservices design

Lead cross-team initiatives

CI/CD

Cloud-native

React/TypeScript (frontend)

SRE/Observability

AI for Ops (POCs)

Tools

Kubernetes (EKS)

Kafka

Terraform

OpenTelemetry

Prometheus/Grafana

Elk/Splunk

REST/GraphQL

Job description

JPMorgan Chase in Enterprise Observability Platforms is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to shape market-leading technology products that advance our business and deliver trusted solutions globally. You will lead an agile team, deliver secure, scalable software, and collaborate across technical domains.

Youll drive modern architecture, migrate toward microservices, champion CI/CD and security best practices, and contribute to a culture of diversity, inclusion, and excellence while solving