Lead Software Engineer - Platform Engineering - Chase UK

慨正橡扯; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is looking for a Lead Software Engineer to join their digital bank, Chase, located in Greater London. This role involves collaborating with development teams to enhance the developer experience within a cloud-native microservices architecture. You'll implement software solutions, focusing on the entire SDLC lifecycle while working in an innovative, inclusive environment.

The ideal candidate has over 5 years of experience, a formal background in software engineering, and knowledge in Agile methodologies and AWS services. This position offers a great opportunity to influence the future of mobile banking.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of applied experience in software engineering.
• Experience in developing, debugging, and maintaining code in corporate environments.
• Understanding of distributed systems and microservice architecture.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with development teams to enhance the developer experience.
• Execute software solutions, design, development, and troubleshooting.
• Produce architecture design artifacts for complex applications.

Skills

Cloud-native microservices architecture

Agile methodologies

Python or modern programming languages

Infrastructure as Code (Terraform)

Debugging expertise in Kubernetes

Education

Formal training or certification in software engineering

Tools

AWS

GitHub

Terraform

Job description

Job Description

Are you ready to transform the future of banking? Join our digital bank, Chase, as a Lead Software Engineer and be part of a team that's revolutionizing mobile banking with seamless journeys that our customers love. At JPMorgan Chase, we're building the bank of the future from scratch, offering you the opportunity to make a real impact. Our Developer Experience team is dedicated to providing an exceptional developer experience, fostering a culture of innovation and collaboration. Embrace the chance to grow your career in a diverse and inclusive environment where your unique perspective is valued.

As a Lead Software Engineer within the International Consumer Bank, you will collaborate with development teams to enhance the developer experience, delivering end‑to‑end cutting‑edge solutions in the form of cloud‑native microservices architecture applications. You will be involved in the design and architecture of solutions, focusing on the entire SDLC lifecycle stages. Our team works in tribes and squads, allowing you to move between projects based on your strengths and interests, making a significant impact on our clients and business partners worldwide.

Job responsibilities

Self‑motivated who can drive epics individually with minimum support.

Collaborate with development teams to enhance the developer experience, providing tools and infrastructure that support agile methodologies and continuous integration/continuous deployment.

Execute software solutions, 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 for continuous improvement of software applications and systems.

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 the teams’ culture, diversity, equity, inclusion, and respect.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification in software engineering concepts and 5+ years of applied experience.
• Understanding distributed systems and microservice architecture.
• Hands‑on practical experience in system design, application development, testing, and operational stability.
• Experience in developing, debugging, and maintaining code in a large corporate environment with one or more modern programming languages (Python or other) and database querying languages.
• Overall knowledge of the Software Development Life Cycle.
• Understanding Agile methodologies, Application Resiliency, and Security.
• Demonstrated knowledge of software applications and technical processes within a technical discipline (e.g., cloud, etc.).
• Experience with Public Cloud services in Production (we use AWS).
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform or other).
• Ability to tackle design and functionality problems independently with little to no oversight.
• Experience in architecting, supporting, and implementing advanced, strategic CICD migrations.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Familiarity with modern front‑end or back‑end technologies.
• Debugging expertise in Kubernetes.
• Understanding of Infrastructure Tools, preferably Terraform, and AWS services understanding.
• Experience with any GitHub, GitHub Actions, Artifactory, Terraform Cloud, Slack, Grafana, SonarQube is considered a plus.
• Proficient in coding in one or more languages.

We are an equal opportunity employer and place a high value on diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate based on 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 accommodation.