Senior Lead Software Engineer - AI-Driven Trading Platforms

Fairygodboss

Greater London

On-site

GBP 120,000 - 180,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

J.P. Morgan is seeking a Senior Lead Software Engineer within the Commercial & Investment Bank's eTrading team in London. You will guide agile teams, drive secure production code, and influence product design and operational excellence at scale.

Required: 10+ years in software engineering, expertise in C/C++, cloud-native experience, and leadership of AI-assisted development tools. The role emphasizes responsible AI use and enterprise-grade security and performance.

Qualifications

Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 10+ years applied experience.
Hands-on experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability.
Advanced knowledge in programming languages C and C++.
Experience leading use of enterprise AI-assisted development tools with ability to set team expectations for validating AI outputs.

Responsibilities

Regularly provides technical guidance to business and technical teams.
Develops secure, high-quality production code and reviews code.
Drives decisions influencing product design and operations.
Acts as a subject matter expert in one or more areas.
Contributes to SDLC/TLN framework adoption and governance for AI-assisted engineering.