Lead Software Engineer - Public Cloud

J.P. MORGAN; Scotland; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A global financial services leader in the UK is seeking a Public Cloud Lead Software Engineer to design observability tools for cloud platforms. You will lead a team, mentor engineers, and ensure high standards in product delivery. The ideal candidate has strong expertise in GCP, experience in system design, and excellent communication skills. Join to foster innovation in a collaborative team culture.

Benefits

Career advancement opportunities

Supportive work environment

Qualifications

• Excellent understanding of GCP fundamentals including compute, networking, storage, and security policies.
• Hands-on experience leading system design, application development, testing, and operational stability.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills for engaging stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Create observability solutions for public cloud platforms.
• Mentor junior engineers in software engineering practices.
• Lead the production of architecture and design artifacts.

Skills

GCP fundamentals

Software engineering concepts

System design and development

Go or Java coding

Stakeholder communication

Education

Formal training or certification in software engineering

Job description

Job Description

Step into a leadership role where your expertise shapes the future of cloud observability. You'll collaborate with passionate innovators, drive integrated solutions, and mentor others in a culture that values growth and inclusion. We offer opportunities for career advancement, impactful work using a range of modern technologies, and a supportive environment where your ideas matter. Join us to make a difference for our customers and the engineering community.

Job Summary

As a Public Cloud Lead Software Engineer in the Global Technology team, you will lead the design and delivery of observability tools for public cloud platforms. You'll partner with teams to create cohesive solutions, mentor junior engineers, and ensure our products meet the highest standards. Your leadership will help technologists across the firm gain deep insights into their applications. We foster a collaborative, innovative, and inclusive team culture.

Job Responsibilities

• Creating well engineered observability solutions for the public cloud will require the successful candidate to develop their knowledge of the major public cloud platforms, initially Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• Our primary customers are SREs and other engineers within the firm. Understanding the SRE mindset will help you design tools that meet the needs of this community.
• Executes software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting with ability to think beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions or break down technical problems. Partners with other teams to build integrated solutions that are cohesive and give a great joined up experience to our customers.
• Leads the production of architecture and design artifacts for complex applications while being accountable for ensuring design constraints are met by software code development.
• Identifies hidden problems and patterns in data and uses these insights to drive improvements to coding hygiene and system architecture.
• Mentors junior engineers in software engineering practices and encouraging discipline and good code hygiene in the team.
• Contributes to software engineering communities of practice and events that explore new and emerging technologies.
• Adds to team culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and respect.

Required Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills

• Excellent understanding of GCP fundamentals including compute, networking, storage, and security policies.
• Formal training or certification in software engineering concepts.
• Hands‑on experience leading system design, application development, testing, and operational stability.
• Highly proficient in coding in one or more languages, preferably Go or Java.
• Demonstrated experience leading a team through software engineering challenges.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills for engaging stakeholders and customers.
• Enjoy presenting technical designs and approaches to engineering audiences.

About Us

J.P. Morgan is a global leader in financial services, providing strategic advice and products to the world's most prominent corporations, governments, wealthy individuals and institutional investors. Our first-class business in a first-class way approach to serving clients drives everything we do. We strive to build trusted, long-term partnerships to help our clients achieve their business objectives.

We recognize that our people are our strength and the diverse talents they bring to our global workforce are directly linked to our success. We are an equal opportunity employer and place a high value on diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of 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 an accommodation.

About The Team

Our professionals in our Corporate Functions cover a diverse range of areas from finance and risk to human resources and marketing. Our corporate teams are an essential part of our company, ensuring that we're setting our businesses, clients, customers and employees up for success.