Lead UI Software Engineer - Stack: React, Typescript, Java, Spring

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

Job summary

J.P. Morgan seeks a Lead Software Engineer to enhance its Corporate and Investment Banking Payments Technology. In this role, you'll lead UI strategies, mentor upcoming engineers, and develop innovative solutions, contributing significantly to the firm's business goals in a dynamic and inclusive environment.

Qualifications

• Advanced knowledge of front end technologies.
• Hands-on experience managing a book of work independently.
• Practical cloud native experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead the strategy for UI estate and drive best practices.
• Execute creative software solutions and mentor junior engineers.
• Develop high-quality production code and improve operational stability.

Skills

Typescript

AngularJS

React

Java

Spring

API architecture

UX best practices

Cloud native experience

Education

Formal training or certification in software engineering

Tools

Kubernetes

MQ

Kafka

Job description

Job Description

As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within the Corporate and Investment Banking Payments Technology, you play a crucial role in an agile team that is dedicated to improving, creating, and delivering trusted market-leading technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable manner. As a key technical contributor, you are tasked with implementing vital technology solutions across numerous technical areas within various business functions to support the firm's business goals.

Job responsibilities

• Lead the strategy for our UI estate, driving best practices on UX, architecture and integration with our Back end components
• Execute creative software solutions, design, develop and innovate across a full stack suite of applications.
• Think beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions or break down technical problems
• Engage directly with our Product Owners and stakeholders to drive the delivery of novel solutions
• Mentor and guide the next generation of software engineers
• Develop secure high-quality production code, and collaborate with peers to review and debug code
• Identify opportunities to eliminate or automate remediation of recurring issues to improve overall operational stability of software applications and systems
• Lead evaluation sessions with external vendors, startups, and internal teams to drive outcome-oriented probing of architectural designs, technical credentials, and applicability for use within existing systems and information architecture
• Investigate and triage new technologies that can provide benefit to the platform, engage with senior partners to introduce these to the stack
• Lead communities of practice across Software Engineering to drive awareness and use of new and leading-edge technologies
• Add to team culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and respect

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and applied experience
• Advanced knowledge on front end technologies - Typescript, AngularJS, React, Vite, Jest, D3 and related libraries/Frameworks
• Good working knowledge of back end technologies - Java, Spring, API architecture
• Hands-on experience managing a book of work independently and engaging directly with stakeholders and product owners
• Hands-on experience with UX best practices and practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
• 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

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Hands on experience with Kubernetes (Or CKAD certification)
• Knowledge with MQ, Kafka

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.