Senior Lead Software Engineer - MySQL Developer

JPMorganChase; City Of London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorganChase in London is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to join the Infrastructure Platforms team. You will be a core technical contributor driving secure, scalable software solutions across multiple business functions, delivering trusted technology products that power the firm's operations.

In this role you will develop production code in Python/Java, embrace AI-assisted engineering practices, and lead design, deployment, and automation efforts to improve reliability, performance, and speed

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification in software engineering concepts.
• Advanced proficiency in one or more programming languages (e.g., Python, Java).
• Experience with automation, CI/CD, and delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability.
• Strong understanding of SDLC, agile methodologies, security.
• Experience applying enterprise‑authorized AI-assisted development and automation capabilities.
• Proven expertise in designing, deploying, and managing containerized distributed applications (e.g., Kubernetes).
• In-depth knowledge of cloud, AI, ML, or related tech.
• Ability to drive adoption of AI-assisted engineering practices with secure coding and automated testing.

Responsibilities

• Executes creative software solutions and troubleshooting beyond routine approaches.
• Develops secure, high‑quality production code and reviews peers' work.
• Identifies opportunities to automate remediation to improve stability of software applications and systems.
• Drives team adoption of AI-assisted engineering practices to improve code quality, delivery speed, and outcomes.
• Applies knowledge of SDLC tools and enterprise AI capabilities to boost automation value.
• Adds to team culture of diversity, opportunity, inclusion and respect.

Skills

Python

Django

Java

CI/CD

Agile methodologies

Security

Cloud

AI-assisted development

Testing

Containerization

Tools

Kubernetes

CI/CD tooling

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 JPMorganChase within the Infrastructure Platforms, you are an integral part of an agile team that works to enhance, build, and deliver trusted market-leading technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable way. As a core technical contributor, you are responsible for conducting critical technology solutions across multiple technical areas within various business functions in support of the firm's business objectives.

Job responsibilities

• Executes creative software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting with the 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
• Drives team adoption of enterprise-authorized AI-assisted engineering practices to improve code quality, delivery speed, and operational outcomes (e.g., AI-assisted code review/refactoring, test strategy acceleration, incident and root-cause analysis support), while establishing consistent validation standards (secure coding, peer review, automated testing) and promoting reuse of effective patterns across the team
• Applies knowledge of tools within the Software Development Life Cycle toolchain, including enterprise authorized AI-assisted development and automation capabilities, to improve the value realized by automation .
• Adds to team culture of diversity, opportunity, inclusion, and respect

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and advanced applied experience
• Advanced proficiency in one or more programming language(s) and framework(s) (e.g., Python, Django, Java, etc.)
• Proficiency in automation and continuous delivery methods, and hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
• Proficient in all aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle, with an advanced understanding of agile methodologies such as CI/CD, Application Resiliency, and Security
• Working knowledge of SDLC toolchains and proven experience applying enterprise-authorized AI-assisted development and automation capabilities to increase the value realized from automation (e.g., improved efficiency, reliability, maintainability, and measurable throughput/quality outcomes).
• Demonstrated proficiency in software applications and technical processes within a technical discipline (e.g., cloud, artificial intelligence, machine learning, mobile, etc.)
• Demonstrated ability to drive team adoption of enterprise-authorized AI-assisted engineering practices to improve code quality, delivery speed, and operational outcomes (e.g., AI-assisted code review/refactoring, accelerated test strategy, incident and root-cause analysis support), while establishing and enforcing consistent validation standards (secure coding, peer review, automated testing) and promoting reuse of effective patterns across the team.
• Proven expertise in designing, deploying, and managing containerized distributed applications, with a strong understanding of orchestration and scaling strategies
• Proven experience in designing and implementing control plane architectures for large-scale applications, focusing on efficient resource management, orchestration, and system reliability to support complex, distributed systems In-depth knowledge of the financial services industry and their IT systems

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Hands-on experience with relational databases, particularly MySQL or similar distributed databases, ensuring data consistency, reliability, and performance in distributed environments