Senior Lead Software Engineer - Cloud & DevOps Leader

Hackajob Ltd; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 61,000 - 101,000; Full time

Job summary

J.P. Morgan Chase in the United Kingdom seeks a senior software leader to design large-scale systems, mentor engineers, and drive cloud-based modernization. You will guide architecture decisions, implement reliable applications, and help deliver secure, scalable services using AWS and Terraform in a dynamic enterprise environment.

The role emphasizes hands-on development, end-to-end ownership of critical cloud projects, and collaboration with cross-functional teams to achieve business objectives.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering system design, application development, testing and operations.
• Experience building reliable, scalable enterprise apps using cloud tech.
• Experience mentoring software engineers.
• Degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Mathematics or related field.
• Preferred: AWS and Terraform certification.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical guidance to business and technical teams, contractors and vendors.
• Drive decisions influencing product design, app functionality and operations.
• Serve as subject matter expert in one or more focus areas.
• Contribute to engineering community with firmwide frameworks and SDLC practices.
• Influence peers to adopt leading-edge technologies.
• Work in an agile team delivering foundational services for our Public Cloud Atlas product.
• Address complex problems and drive team-led solutions.

Skills

System design

Cloud architectures

Mentoring engineers

Agile practices

Prototyping

Change leadership

Education

Degree or equivalent in CS/CE/Math

Tools

AWS

Terraform

Sentinel

Job description

J.P. Morgan Chase in the United Kingdom seeks a senior software leader to design large-scale systems, mentor engineers, and drive cloud-based modernization. You will guide architecture decisions, implement reliable applications, and help deliver secure, scalable services using AWS and Terraform in a dynamic enterprise environment.

The role emphasizes hands-on development, end-to-end ownership of critical cloud projects, and collaboration with cross-functional teams to achieve business objectives.