Senior Lead Software Engineer- Architecture- JPM Invest

JPMorganChase; City Of London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A global financial services firm is seeking a Senior Lead Software Engineer to contribute to architectural solutions and collaborate with backend teams. The ideal candidate will possess strong architectural knowledge, cloud expertise (preferably AWS), and experience in Java and Kafka. This role involves advocating best practices and promoting innovative solutions while working closely with various stakeholders to achieve technical alignment.

Qualifications

• Excellent architecture knowledge meeting scalability, reliability, security.
• Knowledge of Microservice and Event-Driven architectures.
• Good knowledge of multiple programming languages, including Go, Kotlin, and Python.

Responsibilities

• Architect, evolve, and promote solutions.
• Advocate good practices through documentation and training.
• Create alignment with technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Skills

Architecture knowledge

AWS knowledge

Testing and observability knowledge

Java knowledge

Kafka knowledge

CI/CD knowledge

Tools

Terraform

CI/CD tools

Job description

Behind every investment is a person with ambitions, motivations and values. While we know that every client is unique, they come to J.P. Morgan Personal Investing for the same reason: our straightforward and transparent approach to investing, and the trust that 150 years of J.P. Morgan heritage brings.

J.P. Morgan Personal Investing offers award‑winning investments, products and digital wealth management services to over 275,000 investors in the UK. We built the business with innovation as a core part of our ethos to give consumers the confidence and clarity to make informed investment decisions and achieve their financial goals.

As a Senior Lead Software Engineer at J.P. Morgan Personal Investing, you will be one of the trusted technical authorities within the organisation. You will be a member of our architecture team, working embedded with our backend teams. You will be taking shared ownership of the long‑term architectural vision of the platform, collaborating with team member contributors to evolve and simplify solutions.

Job Responsibilities

• Architect, evolve and promote solutions.
• Advocate good practices and principles through documentation and training.
• Create alignment with stakeholders, both technical and non‑technical.
• Be a trusted technical authority within your Product area and chapter.

Required Qualifications, Capabilities and Skills

• Excellent architecture knowledge. Capable of design solutions meeting scalability, reliability and security requirements leveraging Microservice and Event‑Driven architectures.
• Excellent knowledge of cloud environments (ideally AWS) and infrastructure‑as‑code (ideally Terraform)
• Excellent knowledge of testing and observability.
• Good knowledge of Java and its ecosystem.
• Good knowledge of Kafka and ecosystem, including Streams and Connect.
• Good knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and tools.
• Experience driving cross‑function technical initiatives.

Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities and Skills

• Experience with domain‑driven design.
• Good writing skills, capable of producing supporting documentation.
• Project leading skills, capable of helping driving initiatives and strategies.
• Experience with Coaching and mentoring.
• Experience with other languages as Go, Kotlin and Python.

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 first‑class business in a first‑class way approach to serving clients drives everything we do. We strive to build trusted, long‑term partnerships to help our clients achieve their business objectives.

We recognize that our people are our strength and the diverse talents they bring to our global workforce are directly linked to our success. We are an equal opportunity employer and place a high value on diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute, including race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital or veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. We also make reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs. Visit the FAQs for more information about requesting an accommodation.

About the Team

Our professionals in our Corporate Functions cover a diverse range of areas from finance and risk to human resources and marketing. Our corporate teams are an essential part of our company, ensuring that we're setting our businesses, clients, customers and employees up for success.