Lead Software Engineer - React

TN United Kingdom; London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to join their innovative team in Investment Banking. In this pivotal role, you'll leverage your advanced programming skills and system design expertise to develop cutting-edge technology solutions that enhance operational stability. Collaborate with talented professionals to drive best practices and explore new technologies, all while contributing to impactful projects in the financial services sector. This is a unique opportunity to push the limits of what's possible in a dynamic and supportive environment.

Qualifications

• Advanced proficiency in programming and system design.
• Hands-on experience in application development and testing.

Responsibilities

• Develops secure high-quality production code and reviews code.
• Leads evaluation sessions with vendors and internal teams.
• Works closely with Product teams to deliver solutions.

Skills

System Design

Application Development

Testing

Operational Stability

Programming Languages

Automation

Agile Methodologies

Cloud Technologies

AI and Machine Learning

Mobile Development

Education

Formal Training in System Design

Certification in Relevant Technologies

Tools

AWS Atlas

Postgres

MongoDB

React UI

Java/Kotlin

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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 at JPMorgan Chase within Investment Banking, 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.

The Debt Capital Markets Technology team is responsible for delivering insights to help aid the DCM Bankers in tracking down opportunities in the market through desktop and mobile applications.

Job responsibilities

1. Executes creative software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting with ability to think beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions or break down technical problems
2. Develops secure high-quality production code, and reviews and debugs code written by others
3. Identifies opportunities to eliminate or automate remediation of recurring issues to improve overall operational stability of software applications and systems
4. 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
5. Leads communities of practice across Software Engineering to drive awareness and use of new and leading-edge technologies
6. Drives best practices and standards in the team
7. Works closely with Product teams to generate ideas and deliver solutions to the business

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

1. Formal training or certification in system design concepts and proficient advanced experience in system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
2. Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
3. Advanced proficiency in one or more programming languages
4. Proficiency in automation and continuous delivery methods
5. Proficient in all aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle
6. Advanced understanding of agile methodologies such as CI/CD, Application Resiliency, and Security
7. Demonstrated proficiency in software applications and technical processes within disciplines like cloud, AI, machine learning, or mobile development
8. In-depth knowledge of the financial services industry and their IT systems
9. Practical cloud-native experience
10. Experience with AWS Atlas
11. Exposure to databases such as Postgres and MongoDB
12. Experience with React UI and Java/Kotlin

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

1. AWS Certification
2. Expert Engineer (E2)
3. Experience working in Agile environments