Lead Software Engineer - Real-Time Wealth Analytics

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase & Co. invites a Lead Software Engineer to join Connect Wealth's Portfolio Insights Construction team.

You will build and maintain platforms that serve position and account data for Wealth Management advisors, delivering real-time alerting, analytics, and client dashboards. You will lead architectural discussions, drive technical excellence, and ensure reliability while collaborating across cross-functional teams.

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification in software engineering concepts.
• Advanced hands-on experience with Java and Spring Boot in a microservices architecture.
• Practical experience with AWS cloud-native patterns: Lambda, Step Functions, Terraform-managed infrastructure.
• Working knowledge of event-driven systems, including Kafka producers/consumers and consumer groups.
• Demonstrated experience leading effective use of approved AI-assisted development tools, with strong validation skills for AI output.
• Strong understanding of responsible AI use in engineering workflows, including data sensitivity and secure handling.
• Proficient across the full SDLC, with agile delivery, CI/CD, resilience, and security practices.
• In-depth knowledge of financial services IT systems, ideally wealth/advisory data.

Responsibilities

• Execute creative software solutions across ingestion, resolution, and serving layers of the platform.
• Design, develop, and troubleshoot technical challenges, breaking down complex data-reconciliation problems.
• Develop secure, high-quality production code in Java/Spring Boot and Python/Java Lambdas.
• Review and debug code, including cross-service and cross-repo changes.
• Drive adoption of enterprise-authorized AI-assisted engineering practices and establish validation standards for AI-generated code.
• Apply SDLC toolchain and AI-assisted development capabilities to improve delivery velocity.
• Identify and automate remediation of recurring operational issues to enhance platform stability.
• Lead evaluation of architectural approaches for data-platform challenges.

Skills

Java & Spring Boot

AWS

Kafka

AI-assisted development

SDLC & Agile

Education

Formal training/certification in software engineering concepts

Tools

Terraform

AWS Lambda

Step Functions

Snowflake

Job description

JPMorgan Chase & Co. invites a Lead Software Engineer to join Connect Wealth's Portfolio Insights Construction team.

You will build and maintain platforms that serve position and account data for Wealth Management advisors, delivering real-time alerting, analytics, and client dashboards. You will lead architectural discussions, drive technical excellence, and ensure reliability while collaborating across cross-functional teams.