Senior Lead SDE & MySQL Developer — AI‑Driven & Secure

JP Morgan Chase; City Of London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorganChase in London is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to join the Infrastructure Platforms team. You will be a core technical contributor driving secure, scalable software solutions across multiple business functions, delivering trusted technology products that power the firm's operations.

In this role you will develop production code in Python/Java, embrace AI-assisted engineering practices, and lead design, deployment, and automation efforts to improve reliability, performance, and speed

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification in software engineering concepts.
• Advanced proficiency in one or more programming languages (e.g., Python, Java).
• Experience with automation, CI/CD, and delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability.
• Strong understanding of SDLC, agile methodologies, security.
• Experience applying enterprise‑authorized AI-assisted development and automation capabilities.
• Proven expertise in designing, deploying, and managing containerized distributed applications (e.g., Kubernetes).
• In-depth knowledge of cloud, AI, ML, or related tech.
• Ability to drive adoption of AI-assisted engineering practices with secure coding and automated testing.

Responsibilities

• Executes creative software solutions and troubleshooting beyond routine approaches.
• Develops secure, high‑quality production code and reviews peers' work.
• Identifies opportunities to automate remediation to improve stability of software applications and systems.
• Drives team adoption of AI-assisted engineering practices to improve code quality, delivery speed, and outcomes.
• Applies knowledge of SDLC tools and enterprise AI capabilities to boost automation value.
• Adds to team culture of diversity, opportunity, inclusion and respect.

Skills

Python

Django

Java

CI/CD

Agile methodologies

Security

Cloud

AI-assisted development

Testing

Containerization

Tools

Kubernetes

CI/CD tooling

Job description

JPMorganChase in London is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to join the Infrastructure Platforms team. You will be a core technical contributor driving secure, scalable software solutions across multiple business functions, delivering trusted technology products that power the firm's operations.

In this role you will develop production code in Python/Java, embrace AI-assisted engineering practices, and lead design, deployment, and automation efforts to improve reliability, performance, and speed