Senior Lead Software Engineer- Java- Architecture- Nutmeg

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; Greater London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global financial services firm seeks a Senior Lead Software Engineer to join the International Consumer Bank division. In this role, you will architect, evolve, and promote solutions, ensuring alignment with stakeholders. The ideal candidate has extensive experience in software architecture, especially with Java and Spring Boot, and is familiar with cloud environments and modern development practices. This position offers an exciting opportunity to shape digital investing experiences for clients.

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification on automation/deployment/delivery environments.
• Significant professional experience with architecture and solution design.
• Experience with cloud environments, ideally AWS.

Responsibilities

• Architect, evolve, and promote solutions.
• Create alignment with stakeholders.
• Be a trusted technical authority within your Product area.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

Micro-Service Architecture

Event-Driven Architecture

Kafka

CI/CD

Cloud Environments (AWS)

Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform)

Domain-Driven Design

Tools

Kafka

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 members 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 designing solutions that meet 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 drive initiatives and strategies.
• Experience with other languages such as Go, Kotlin and Python.