Lead Software Engineer- Python

JPMorganChase; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services firm in the United Kingdom is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to be an integral part of an agile team focused on building and delivering foundational services in the cloud. You will provide technical guidance, drive product design decisions, and influence the engineering community. Ideal candidates will have a strong background in system design, application development, and cloud technologies like AWS and Terraform, along with experience in mentoring junior engineers.

Qualifications

• Practical experience in delivering system design, application development, and operational stability.
• Deep expertise in building reliable and scalable enterprise applications using cloud technologies.
• Ability to mentor and coach software engineers.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical guidance to support the business and technical teams.
• Drive decisions that influence product design and application functionality.
• Act as a subject matter expert in areas of focus.

Skills

System design

Application development

Cloud based technologies

Mentoring software engineers

Hands-on development

Education

Degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

AWS

Terraform

Job description

Be an integral part of an agile team that's constantly pushing the envelope to enhance, build, and deliver mission critical foundational services for the Public Cloud Atlas product.

As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase, within Cloud Foundational Services Marketplace (Infrastructure Platforms), you are an essential part of a curious and inspiring agile team that works to enhance, build, and deliver trusted technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable way. Drive significant business impact through your capabilities, contributions and application of deep technical expertise and problem-solving methodologies to tackle a diverse array of challenges that span multiple technologies. As a Lead Software Engineer you are in the middle of the most complex problem areas driving out solutions with the team.

Job Responsibilities

• Regularly provides technical guidance and direction to support the business and its technical teams, contractors, and vendors
• Drives decisions that influence the product design, application functionality, and technical operations and processes
• Serves as a function-wide subject matter expert in one or more areas of focus
• Actively contributes to the engineering community as an advocate of firmwide frameworks, tools, and practices of the Software Development Life Cycle
• Influences peers and project decision-makers to consider the use and application of leading-edge technologies

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
• Experienced technologist with deep expertise in building reliable, scalable, and stable enterprise applications using cloud based technologies
• Experience in mentoring/coaching software engineers
• Desire to drive change, and ability to adapt to change quickly
• Strong hands-on development skills to prototype technical solutions
• Degree or equivalent academic qualifications in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Mathematics, or a related technical field

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• AWS and Terraform Certified
• Proficient in designing and provisioning applications on AWS Services, Terraform and Sentinel
• Own Technology Debt/Tech Modernization - ability to balance the long-term "big picture" and short-term implications of design decisions
• Demonstrated end-to-end ownership for development and design of least one public cloud project

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.

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.