Senior Lead Software Engineer- Architecture- Nutmeg

J.P. Morgan; London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global financial services firm in London is seeking a Senior Lead Software Engineer to join their architecture team. This role involves influencing the long-term architectural vision and collaborating with backend teams. Ideal candidates should have a strong background in Java, Spring Boot, and cloud environments, along with proven experience in driving technical initiatives. This position offers the chance to make a significant impact in the company's digital transformation.

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification on automation/deployment concepts.
• Significant professional experience in software engineering.
• Excellent architecture knowledge with a focus on scalability and security.

Responsibilities

• Architect, evolve and promote architectural solutions.
• Advocate for good practices and principles.
• Align with stakeholders, both technical and non-technical.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

Micro-Service architectures

Event-Driven architectures

CI/CD pipelines

Cloud environments (AWS)

Kafka

Infrastructure-as-code (Terraform)

Job description

Behind every investment is a person with ambitions, motivations and values. While we know that every client is unique, they come to Nutmeg for the same reason: our straightforward and transparent approach to investing.

Nutmeg is a J.P. Morgan company offering award-winning investments, products and digital wealth management services to over 250,000 investors in the UK. We built the business from scratch, with constant innovation a core part of our ethos since the beginning. We aim to provide clients with the best digital investing experience, ensuring digital security and customer satisfaction – meaning you’ll have the opportunity to make a real difference.

As a Senior Lead Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within the International Consumer Bank division and Invest team, 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

• Formal training or certification on automation/deployment/delivery environments concepts and proficient advanced experience.
• Significant professional experience.
• Excellent architecture knowledge. Capable of design solutions meeting scalability, reliability and security requirements.
• Excellent knowledge of Java and its ecosystem.
• Excellent knowledge of Spring Boot and associated modules.
• Excellent knowledge of Micro-Service and Event-Driven architectures.
• Good knowledge of Kafka and ecosystem, including Streams and Connect.
• Good knowledge of platform testability and observability.
• Good knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and tools.
• Experience driving cross-function technical initiatives.
• Experience with cloud environments (ideally AWS) and infrastructure-as-code (ideally Terraform)
  
  

Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities And Skills

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

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