Senior Lead Software Engineer - Platform / Network Engineer - Accelerator Team

Next Frontier Capital; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is seeking a Platform Engineer in the Networking Team within the Accelerator. You will help get smart ideas into customers’ hands, participate in an on-call rotation, and work from the office five days a week in London.

You will design and operate cloud-based networks, build Kubernetes operators in Golang, and improve observability and security across production systems. A strong background in cloud platforms and networking is essential.

Qualifications

• Hands-on knowledge of building cloud-based environments.
• Expert knowledge of containerisation and Kubernetes tooling.
• Deep understanding of cloud-native and traditional networking architectures.
• Experience designing and operating scalable, secure networks in GCP or AWS.
• Strong networking fundamentals (TCP/IP, BGP, DNS, NAT, Firewalls).
• Extensive experience writing/maintaining custom Kubernetes Operators in Golang.
• Ability to deliver highly automated infrastructure environments.
• Comfort with fast-moving, high-ambiguity environments.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate to implement platform-wide networking strategies.
• Optimise infrastructure for failover and resiliency.
• Enhance operator design; maintain custom operators for cloud-native stacks.
• Improve observability to meet SLOs for networking components.
• Lead production incident troubleshooting and postmortem reviews.
• Develop secure, high-quality production code and review peers' code.
• Lead evaluation sessions with vendors and internal teams on architecture and credentials.
• Drive communities of practice across Software Engineering and promote new tech awareness.
• Lead agile ceremonies and contribute to inclusive team culture.

Skills

Cloud platforms

Kubernetes

Networking fundamentals

Cloud providers (GCP/AWS)

Kubernetes Operators

Automation

Ambiguity tolerance

TCP/IP/BGP/DNS

Tools

ArgoCD

Terraform

Crossplane

Istio

Job description

Out of the successful launch of Chase in 2021, we’re a new team, with a new mission. We’re creating products that solve real world problems and put customers at the center - all in an environment that nurtures skills and helps you realize your potential. Our team is key to our success. We’re people‑first. We value collaboration, curiosity and commitment.

As a Platform Engineer in the Networking Team at JPMorgan Chase within the Accelerator, you are the heart of this venture, focused on getting smart ideas into the hands of our customers. You have a curious mindset, thrive in collaborative squads, and are passionate about new technology. By your nature, you are also solution‑oriented, commercially savvy and have a head for fintech. You thrive in working in tribes and squads that focus on specific products and projects – and depending on your strengths and interests, you’ll have the opportunity to move between them. To support our mission‑critical systems and foster strong team collaboration, this position requires participation in our on‑call rotation and working from the office 5 days per week.

While we’re looking for professional skills, culture is just as important to us. We understand that everyone’s unique – and that diversity of thought, experience and background is what makes a good team, great. By bringing people with different points of view together, we can represent everyone and truly reflect the communities we serve. This way, there’s scope for you to make a huge difference – on us as a company, and on our clients and business partners around the world.

JPMorganChase, one of the oldest financial institutions, offers innovative financial solutions to millions of consumers, small businesses and many of the world’s most prominent corporate, institutional and government clients under the J.P. Morgan and Chase brands. Our history spans over 200 years and today we are a leader in investment banking, consumer and small business banking, commercial banking, financial transaction processing and asset management.

Job Responsibilities

• Collaborate across the organisation to implement platform wide strategies in our networking stack.
• Optimise our infrastructure for failover and resiliency.
• Enhance our operator design and custom implementation: we are utilising a number of different cloud native operators. As our platform matures and scales, we need to ensure our custom operators remain fit for purpose.
• Improve observability of our networking components to meet SLOs.
• Lead troubleshooting of production workloads for customers and during incidents.
• Develop secure, high‑quality production code, and review and debug code written by others.
• Lead evaluation sessions with external vendors, startups and internal teams to drive outcomes‑oriented probing of architectural designs, technical credentials and applicability for use within existing systems and information architecture.
• Lead communities of practice across Software Engineering to drive awareness and use of new and leading‑edge technologies.
• Lead agile ceremonies.
• Add to team culture of diversity, equity, inclusion and respect.

Required Qualifications, Capabilities and Skills

• Detailed understanding of public clouds and hands‑on knowledge of building cloud‑based environments.
• Expert knowledge of containerisation, Kubernetes and related tooling.
• Deep understanding of cloud‑native and traditional networking architectures.
• Proven experience designing and operating scalable, secure and resilient networks in GCP or AWS.
• Strong understanding of networking fundamentals (TCP/IP, BGP, routing, DNS, NAT, Firewalls, IPAM, Load Balancers, VPN).
• Extensive experience writing and maintaining custom Kubernetes Operators in Golang.
• Capable of writing code to deliver highly automated infrastructure environments that support the wider organisation.
• Being comfortable in fast‑moving, critical environments and working with ambiguity.

Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities and Skills

• At least 8 years of experience in a similar role.
• Hands‑on experience with Reconciliation Loops, ArgoCD, IaC tooling (Crossplane/Terraform) and Service Mesh (Istio).
• Experience debugging networking and Kubernetes issues across a large‑scale cloud native stack.
• Direct connect, Cloud Interconnect, Partner Interconnect implementation.

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 our FAQs for more information about requesting an accommodation.