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Senior Lead Software Engineer : API Management Platform, DevOps

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GBP 60,000 - 90,000

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Job summary

Join a leading financial services firm as a Lead Software Engineer, contributing to high-quality technology products in a dynamic agile environment. This role emphasizes the enhancement and development of secure technology solutions, requiring a strong focus on API management and team collaboration.

Qualifications

  • Advanced knowledge in one or more programming languages.
  • Experience with API management technologies and cloud.
  • Proficient in CI/CD and security best practices.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and enhance high-quality technology products.
  • Lead evaluation sessions with vendors and internal teams.
  • Participate actively in a global agile team.

Skills

API Management
Automation
Software Development Life Cycle
Agile Methodologies
Cloud Experience
Problem Solving

Education

Formal training on API Management Platforms

Tools

APIGEE
Kong API Gateway

Job description

Job DescriptionJob 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 at JPMorgan Chase within the Commercial & Investment Bank, specifically in the Payments Technology division, your role will be pivotal in an agile team. You will be responsible for the enhancement, creation, and delivery of high-quality technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable manner. As a significant technical contributor, your tasks will include developing essential technology solutions across multiple technical domains within various business functions, all to support the firm's business goals.

Job responsibilities
  • Executes creative software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting with ability to think beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions or break down technical problems
  • Develops secure high-quality production code, and reviews and debugs code written by others
  • Identifies opportunities to eliminate or automate remediation of recurring issues to improve overall operational stability of software applications and systems
  • Leads evaluation sessions with external vendors, startups, and internal teams to drive outcomes-oriented probing of architectural designs, technical credentials, and applicability for use within existing systems and information architecture
  • Leads communities of practice across Software Engineering to drive awareness and use of new and leading-edge technologies
  • Adds to team culture of equity, respect, and inclusion
  • Expands the capabilities and adoption of the modern API gateway for external and internal Payments Web APIs
  • Pay high attention to non-functional requirements to ensure stability, security, and scalability of the API infrastructure
  • Actively participates in a highly energetic global agile team
Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills
  • Formal training or certification on API Management Platform concepts and proficient advanced experience
  • Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
  • Advanced in one or more programming languages
  • 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 discipline (e.g., cloud, AI, machine learning, mobile, etc.)
  • In-depth knowledge of the financial services industry and their IT systems
  • Practical cloud experience
  • Professional experience in API management technology e.g., APIGEE, Kong, Mulesoft
  • Strong understanding of OpenAPI Specification (OAS) for RESTful APIs
Additional skills and capabilities
  • AWS (ECS, EKS, MKS)
  • Kong API Gateway
  • Experience with Performance and Soak Testing
  • Golang programming
  • Lua programming
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 approach is to serve clients with first-class service, building trusted, long-term partnerships to help clients achieve their objectives.

We value our diverse talents and are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on protected attributes and make reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees. Visit our FAQs for more information about requesting accommodations.

About The Team

J.P. Morgan's Commercial & Investment Bank is a global leader across banking, markets, securities services, and payments. We serve clients in more than 100 countries, providing strategic advice, capital raising, risk management, and liquidity management services worldwide.

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