Senior Backend Engineer & Engineering Community Lead

J.P. MORGAN; Greater London; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

J.P. MORGAN in the United Kingdom is seeking a Senior Lead Software Engineer to join our Back-End Engineering team within the International Consumer Bank. You will help deliver a seamless banking experience and shape engineering culture across a distributed team.

The role focuses on scalable, secure backend systems using Java, cloud technologies and modern testing practices, with opportunities to mentor others, influence hiring, and drive engineering standards across the organisation.

Qualifications

• Recent hands-on professional experience as a back-end software engineer.
• Experience in Java.
• Experience in designing and implementing effective tests (unit, component, integration, end-to-end, performance, etc.).
• Experience with cloud technologies and distributed systems, RESTful APIs and web technologies.
• Knowledge of messaging frameworks.
• Seasoned with operating, supporting and the security of mission-critical software applications.
• Understanding of different kinds of data stores (including relational data stores).
• Proven ability to coach other team members on coding practices, design principles, and implementation patterns that lead to high-quality, maintainable solutions.
• Ability to manage stakeholders and effectively prioritize work across multiple work streams.
• Demonstrated leadership beyond your own team - for example leading a guild, chapter, community of practice, or a cross-cutting engineering initiative (standards, hiring, onboarding, or culture).
• Strong facilitation, influencing, and communication skills, with the ability to drive change and build consensus across distributed teams without relying on direct authority.

Responsibilities

• Build scalable solutions avoiding single points of failure.
• Develop secure code to protect customers and systems.
• Investigate and fix issues and ensure long-term remediation.
• Support products throughout their lifecycle including production and incidents.
• Champion an inclusive engineering culture and improve team productivity.
• Contribute to engineering career ladders and responsibilities.
• Drive improvements to job descriptions and interview guidelines.
• Establish communities of practice and office-hour sessions across the organisation.
• Contribute to shared code and reusable frameworks governance.
• Shape location and team strategy, on-call ownership, and sustainable operating models.

Skills

Back-end

Java

Testing

Cloud

Distributed systems

REST APIs

Messaging

Security

Relational DB

Coaching

Stakeholder mgmt

Leadership

Facilitation

Job description

J.P. MORGAN in the United Kingdom is seeking a Senior Lead Software Engineer to join our Back-End Engineering team within the International Consumer Bank. You will help deliver a seamless banking experience and shape engineering culture across a distributed team.

The role focuses on scalable, secure backend systems using Java, cloud technologies and modern testing practices, with opportunities to mentor others, influence hiring, and drive engineering standards across the organisation.