Lead Software Engineer - Java/SpringBoot

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; Christchurch; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase & Co. in the United Kingdom seeks a Lead Software Engineer-Java/Spring Boot to join the Commercial and Investment Banking's Post-Trade Technology team. You will be a core technical contributor delivering trusted, scalable products in a secure environment.

The role emphasizes hands-on design, development, and operations, with a focus on AI-assisted engineering, automation, secure coding, and robust REST services across microservices.

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification in software engineering concepts.
• Hands-on experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability.
• Advanced in one or more programming languages, including Java.
• Experience building microservices with Spring Boot and REST APIs.
• Proficiency in automation and continuous delivery methods.
• Experience with relational databases (Oracle, Postgres, MongoDB).
• Experience leading use of AI-assisted software development tools with emphasis on correctness, performance and security.
• Strong knowledge of secure handling of inputs/outputs, resiliency and security within engineering workflows.
• Knowledge of agile practices including CI/CD, TDD, and application resiliency.

Responsibilities

• Executes creative software solutions, design, development, and troubleshooting.
• Develops secure production code and reviews code written by others.
• Drives AI-assisted engineering practices to improve code quality, delivery speed, and operational outcomes.
• Applies SDLC toolchain knowledge to improve automation value.
• Identifies opportunities to automate remediation for stability of software applications.
• Leads evaluation sessions with external vendors and internal teams on architectural designs and applicability.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

REST APIs

CI/CD

Microservices

Agile

Secure coding

AI tools

Tools

AWS

S3

Lambdas

Athena

Data lakes

Data meshes

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-Java/Spring Boot at JPMorgan Chase within Commercial and Investment Banking's Post-Trade Technology team, you are an integral part of an agile team that works to enhance, build, and deliver trusted market-leading technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable way. 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 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 (e.g., AI-assisted code review/refactoring, test strategy acceleration, incident/root-cause analysis support), while establishing consistent validation standards (secure coding, peer review, automated testing) 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

• Leads evaluation sessions with external vendors, startups, and internal teams to drive outcomes-oriented probing of architectural designs, technical credentials, and applicability for use within existing systems and information architecture.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and applied experience

• Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability

• Advanced in one or more programming language(s), including Java

• Hands-on experience building and maintaining microservices with Spring Boot, including REST APIs with JSON, dependency injection, configuration management, and actuator-based monitoring.

• Proficiency in automation and continuous delivery methods.

• Previous experience working with relational databases such as Oracle, Postgres, MongoDB, Etc.

• Demonstrated experience leading effective use of approved AI-assisted software development tools (e.g., for coding, code review, test acceleration, troubleshooting) with the ability to set team expectations for validating AI 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; experience coaching engineers on safe, compliant adoption within delivery practices.

• Proficient in all aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle.

• Advanced understanding of agile methodologies such as CI/CD, Pair Programming, TDD, Application Resiliency, and Security.

• In-depth knowledge of the financial services industry and their IT systems.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Experience using modern cloud technologies such as AWS and frameworks such as S3, Lambdas, Athena, etc.

• Practical cloud native experience, AWS preferred.

• Experience building and supporting centralized and de-centralized data architectures such as data lakes and data meshes

• In-depth knowledge of the financial services industry and their IT systems.