Senior Lead Software Engineer: API Management Platform, DevOps

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading investment bank is searching for a Senior Lead Software Engineer to join their Payments Technology division in London. You will play a vital role in driving the development and delivery of secure and high-quality technology products. This position demands a blend of advanced programming, API management, and cloud-native experience to support the firm's objectives.

Qualifications

• Experience in system design, application development, and testing.
• Proven record of developing production-quality code.
• Strong understanding of financial services IT systems.

Responsibilities

• Develop creative software solutions and troubleshoot issues.
• Lead evaluation sessions with internal and external teams.
• Enhance and expand the API gateway capabilities.

Skills

Advanced programming skills

API Management

Automation and continuous delivery

Agile methodologies

Cloud technologies

Education

Certification in API Management

Formal training in software engineering

Tools

APIGEE

Kong

Mulesoft

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Posted:

24.06.2025

Expiry Date:

08.08.2025

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Job 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 diversity, equity, inclusion, and respect
• Expand 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 highly energy 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 language(s)
• 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 (., cloud, artificial intelligence, machine learning, mobile,
• In-depth knowledge of the financial services industry and their IT systems
• Practical cloud native experience
• Professional experience in API management technology APIGEE, Kong, Mulesoft
• Strong understand of OpenAPI Specification (OAS) for RESTful APIs

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 diversity, equity, inclusion, and respect

Expand 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 highly energy 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 language(s)

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 (., cloud, artificial intelligence, machine learning, mobile,

In-depth knowledge of the financial services industry and their IT systems

Practical cloud native experience

Professional experience in API management technology APIGEE, Kong, Mulesoft

Strong understand of OpenAPI Specification (OAS) for RESTful APIs

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

AWS (ECS, EKS, MKS)

Kong API Gateway

Experience with Performance and Soak Testing

Golang programming language

Lua programming language