Lead Software Engineer - React/UI

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorganChase in Glasgow seeks a Lead Software Engineer to drive the design and delivery of trusted market-leading technology products within Markets Technology. You will lead a team of UI engineers, contribute hands-on with React and JavaScript, and push for secure, scalable production code.

The role emphasizes automation, CI/CD, agile practices, and responsible use of AI-assisted development tools to improve quality, speed, and resiliency of software systems.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience delivering system design and development.
• Lead and manage a team of UI engineers; hands-on with React and JavaScript.
• Design, structure, maintain and scale high-performance UI applications.
• Proficiency in automation and continuous delivery methods.
• Understanding of the software development life cycle and agile practices.
• Experience with AI-assisted software development tools and secure coding.

Responsibilities

• Executes creative software solutions, design, development, and troubleshooting.
• Develops secure production code and reviews code.
• Identifies opportunities to automate remediation to improve stability.
• Leads evaluation sessions with vendors and internal teams on architecture.
• Leads communities of practice to promote new technologies.
• Contributes to an inclusive team culture.
• Promotes AI-assisted engineering practices and standardized validation.
• Applies SDLC tools to improve automation value.

Skills

Team leadership

React

Javascript

UI development

CI/CD

Agile

Cloud

AI-assisted tooling

Security

Operational stability

Job description

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 JPMorganChase within Markets Technology, youare 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.

Job responsibilities

• 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
• Develops secure high-quality production code, and reviews and debugs code written by others
• Identifies opportunities to eliminate or automate remediation of recurring issues to improve overall operational stability of software applications and systems
• 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
• Leads communities of practice across Software Engineering to drive awareness and use of new and leading-edge technologies
• Adds to team culture of diversity, opportunity, inclusion, and respect
• Drives team adoption of enterprise-authorized AI-assisted engineering practices within the work environment to improve code quality, delivery speed, and operational outcomes (e.g., AI-assisted code review/refactoring, test strategy acceleration, incident/root-cause analysis support), while establishing consistent validation standards (secure coding, peer review, automated testing) and promoting reuse of effective patterns across the team.
• Applies 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.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
• Seasoned Tech Leader who can lead and manage a Team of UI Engineers and can also be hands on with React and Javascript.
• Designing, structuring, maintaining and scaling high performance UI Applications.
• Proficiency in automation and continuous delivery methods
• Proficient in all aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle
• Advanced understanding of agile methodologies such as CI/CD, Application Resiliency, and Security
• Demonstrated proficiency in software applications and technical processes within a technical discipline (e.g., cloud, artificial intelligence, machine learning, mobile, etc.)
• In-depth knowledge of the financial services industry and their IT systems
• Practical cloud native experience
• Demonstrated experience leading effective use of approved AI-assisted software development tools (e.g., for coding, code review, test acceleration, troubleshooting) 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/outputs, and adherence to resiliency and security expectations; experience coaching engineers on safe, compliant adoption within delivery practices

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Proven Leadership skill for maintaining Technical team and deliveries.
• Strong engineering culture for day to day tasks and breaking down product requirements.
• Experience with building Agentic AI system and knowledge base.