Lead Software Engineer - UI developer - Java, React, Equities Sales Evo Pre-Trade (VP)

J.P. MORGAN; City Of London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A global financial services leader in London is seeking a Lead Software Engineer specializing in UI development. In this role, you will lead efforts to migrate user interfaces to React, collaborate with global teams, and enhance software stability. Candidates should have at least six years of experience, strong React and Java skills, and a degree in a related field. This position fosters innovation and operational excellence in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Minimum six years experience in software engineering roles.
• Experience in coding and debugging in a corporate environment.
• Familiarity with cloud technologies, particularly AWS.

Responsibilities

• Lead the transition to React, improving WPF user interface.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to meet business needs.
• Enhance operational stability of software applications.

Skills

React expertise

Java concepts

System design experience

Agile methodologies understanding

Operational stability

Education

Degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Docker

AWS

Job description

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, UI Developer at JPMorgan Chase within the Global Technology division, you will serve as a seasoned member of an agile team, designing and delivering trusted, market‑leading technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable way. Specifically, you will work on a global platform responsible for high‑, low‑, and zero‑touch secondary quoting and trading for highly complex over‑the‑counter structured derivatives and securitized structured products.

Job responsibilities

• Spearhead the delivery of greenfield initiative to transform and migrate WPF user interface to React, leveraging standard libraries available to users in the firm.
• Work with key stakeholders in Sales, Trading, QR, Operations and others globally to ensure the Secondary platform meets business requirements.
• Directly contribute to the ongoing efforts to re‑engineer & re‑architect the existing Secondary platform to make it performant, truly highly available, stable, efficient, and scalable.
• Lead and contribute to the identification and implementation of opportunities to eliminate or automate remediation of recurring issues, with the aim of improving overall operational stability of software applications and systems.
• 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.
• Contribute to software engineering communities of practice and events that explore new and emerging technologies.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification on React and Java concepts and proficient advanced experience
• Hands‑on experience in system design, application development, testing, and operational stability.
• Experience in developing, debugging, and maintaining code in a large corporate environment with one or more modern programming languages and database querying languages.
• Good overall knowledge of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
• Familiarity with Microservices architecture concepts and cloud‑based technologies, preferably AWS.
• Formal training or certification in software engineering concepts, and advanced proficiency.
• Experience and appreciation for dockerized applications within systems.
• Solid understanding of agile methodologies, CI/CD, application resiliency, and security.
• Ability to tackle design and functionality problems independently with little to no oversight.
• Minimum six years experience in a similar role.
• Education to degree level, ideally in a computer science, mathematical or engineering discipline or equivalent.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Experienced with WPF,C#.
• Experience with order management and trading user interfaces.
• Experienced with Java, Gradle, and Jenkins.
• Practical experience with AWS.
• Understanding of financial products, specifically equity derivatives.
• Experience of publish/subscribe messaging protocols e.g. AMQP.
• Exposure to NoSQL systems such as Cassandra and MongoDB.

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

J.P. Morgan's Commercial & Investment Bank is a global leader across banking, markets, securities services and payments. Corporations, governments and institutions throughout the world entrust us with their business in more than 100 countries. The Commercial & Investment Bank provides strategic advice, raises capital, manages risk and extends liquidity in markets around the world.