Lead Software Engineer - Platform Engineering

JP Morgan Chase; Greater London; On-site; GBP 62,000 - 102,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase seeks a senior software engineer in London to drive epics, collaborate on developer tooling, and deliver secure, scalable cloud-native solutions.

You will work within a fast-moving environment focused on AI-assisted engineering, CICD migrations, and resilient architectures across Kubernetes and AWS. Strong coding, collaboration, and problem-solving are essential.

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification in software engineering concepts with 5+ years of applied experience.
• Understanding of distributed systems and microservice architecture.
• Hands-on experience in system design, development, testing, and operations.
• Experience coding in one or more modern languages and querying databases.
• Knowledge of the Software Development Life Cycle.
• Understanding of Agile methodologies, resiliency, and security.
• Familiarity with cloud environments and AI-assisted development.
• Experience with public cloud services (AWS).
• Infrastructure as Code experience (Terraform).
• Ability to work independently with minimal oversight.
• Experience leading CICD migrations.
• Experience coaching teams on safe, compliant AI adoption in delivery practices.
• Familiarity with modern front-end or back-end technologies.
• Debugging expertise in Kubernetes.
• Understanding infra tools like Terraform and AWS.
• Experience with GitHub, GitHub Actions, Artifactory, Terraform Cloud, Slack, Grafana, or SonarQube is a plus.
• Proficiency in coding in one or more languages.

Responsibilities

• Drive epics with minimal support.
• Collaborate to enhance developer experience with tools and infra for CI/CD.
• Execute software solutions including design, development and troubleshooting.
• Create secure, high-quality production code to deploy infrastructure.
• Produce architecture/design artifacts for complex applications.
• Gather and analyze data to support continuous improvement of software and systems.
• Promote enterprise AI engineering practices to improve code quality and delivery.
• Apply SDLC toolchain knowledge to improve automation value.
• Identify hidden data patterns to drive improvements in code and architecture.
• Contribute to engineering communities and events on emerging tech.

Job description

Salary: £62,000 - 102,000 per year

Requirements:

• Formal training or certification in software engineering concepts and 5+ years of applied experience.
• Understanding of distributed systems and microservice architecture.
• Hands-on practical experience in system design, application development, testing, and operational stability.
• Experience developing, debugging, and maintaining code in a large corporate environment with one or more modern programming languages and database querying languages.
• Overall knowledge of the Software Development Life Cycle.
• Understanding of Agile methodologies, application resiliency, and security.
• Demonstrated knowledge of software applications and technical processes within a technical discipline such as cloud.
• Experience with public cloud services in production; we use AWS.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code such as Terraform.
• Ability to tackle design and functionality problems independently with little to no oversight.
• Experience architecting, supporting, and implementing advanced, strategic CICD migrations.
• Demonstrated experience leading effective use of approved AI-assisted software development tools, 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 and outputs, and adherence to resiliency and security expectations; experience coaching engineers on safe, compliant adoption within delivery practices.
• Familiarity with modern front-end or back-end technologies.
• Debugging expertise in Kubernetes.
• Understanding of infrastructure tools, preferably Terraform, and AWS services.
• Experience with GitHub, GitHub Actions, Artifactory, Terraform Cloud, Slack, Grafana, or SonarQube is a plus.
• Proficiency in coding in one or more languages.

Responsibilities:

• Drive epics individually with minimal support.
• Collaborate with development teams to enhance the developer experience by providing tools and infrastructure that support agile methodologies and continuous integration/continuous deployment.
• Execute software solutions, including design, development, and technical troubleshooting, with the ability to think beyond routine or conventional approaches.
• Create secure and high-quality production code to deploy infrastructure.
• Produce architecture and design artifacts for complex applications, ensuring design constraints are met by software code development.
• Gather, analyze, synthesize, and develop visualizations and reporting from large, diverse data sets to support continuous improvement of software applications and systems.
• Drive team adoption of enterprise-authorized AI-assisted engineering practices to improve code quality, delivery speed, and operational outcomes.
• Apply 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.
• Proactively identify hidden problems and patterns in data, using insights to drive improvements to coding hygiene and system architecture.
• Contribute to software engineering communities of practice and events that explore new and emerging technologies.
• Add to our culture, diversity, equity, inclusion, and respect.

Technologies:

• AI
• AWS
• Cloud
• GitHub
• Grafana
• Support
• Kubernetes
• Mobile
• Security
• Slack
• Terraform
• DevOps
• Marketing
• Network
• Python
• microservices

More:

We are JPMorgan Chase, and through our digital bank, Chase, we are transforming the future of banking with seamless mobile journeys and cloud-native solutions. Our Developer Experience team focuses on building an exceptional developer experience in a culture of innovation and collaboration, while our International Consumer Bank works in tribes and squads to deliver impactful solutions across the full software development lifecycle. We offer the opportunity to help build the bank of the future from scratch in a diverse and inclusive environment where your perspective is valued. Our Corporate Technology and Corporate Functions teams support a wide range of critical business areas across our global organization. We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity and inclusion across our workforce.

last updated 37 week of 2026