Senior Lead Software Engineer - Team Lead - Accelerator Business

J.P. MORGAN-1; London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services firm is looking for a Lead Software Engineer to join their Accelerator Business team. This role involves leading a team, designing innovative solutions, and driving greenfield projects while ensuring the adoption of best practices in coding and development within a vibrant, collaborative environment that values diversity.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience designing microservices architectures.
• Practical experience deploying Kubernetes applications.
• Proven skills in leading and mentoring engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of backend engineers and drive project initiatives.
• Develop high-quality production code and enforce coding standards.
• Collaborate with product managers to translate requirements into tasks.

Skills

Leadership

Analytical

Communication

Tools

Java

Kotlin

Spring Boot

Kubernetes

Job description

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 Lead Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within the Accelerator Business in the Onboarding and KYC team, you are at the core of this venture, focused on delivering innovative solutions to our customers. You have a curious mindset, thrive in collaborative squads, and are passionate about new technology. You are solution-oriented, commercially savvy, and have an interest in fintech. You will work within tribes and squads focusing on specific products and projects, with opportunities to move between them based on your strengths and interests.

We value professional skills and culture equally. We recognize everyone's uniqueness—diversity of thought, experience, and background makes a great team. Bringing diverse perspectives together allows us to better serve our communities and make a significant impact on our company, clients, and partners worldwide.

Job Responsibilities

• Lead a team of 4 backend engineers, with scope to expand.
• Identify skill gaps and support team growth.
• Drive greenfield projects and set standards for design, implementation, and delivery excellence.
• Develop secure, high-quality production code; review and debug code written by others.
• Enforce best practices in coding, testing, and code reviews.
• Influence organizational architecture, design patterns, practices, and standards.
• Collaborate with product managers to align technical work with business goals and translate product requirements into technical tasks.
• Provide operational support within a 'you-build-it, you-run-it' culture.
• Lead communities of practice to promote awareness and adoption of new technologies.
• Refine and improve development and deployment processes.
• Contribute to a team culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and respect.

Required Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills

• Proven leadership and mentorship skills in engineering teams.
• Hands-on experience designing and implementing microservices architectures focused on scalability and reliability.
• Proficiency in Java or Kotlin and Spring Boot, with experience building scalable, distributed systems.
• Strong analytical and debugging skills for troubleshooting complex production systems.
• Excellent communication skills for effective collaboration with cross-functional teams.
• Deep understanding of SDLC practices, including CI/CD, TDD, security, and Agile methodologies.
• Practical experience deploying Kubernetes applications on cloud providers such as Google Cloud, AWS, or Microsoft Azure.

Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills

• Experience with event-driven architectures and tools like Kafka.
• Familiarity with orchestration frameworks like Temporal.io or similar.
• Knowledge of cloud-native technologies, Kubernetes, and containerization best practices.
• Experience optimizing distributed database performance, e.g., CockroachDB.

About Us

J.P. Morgan is a global leader in financial services, providing strategic advice and products to the world's most prominent corporations, governments, wealthy individuals, and institutional investors. We aim to build trusted, long-term partnerships to help our clients achieve their objectives. We value diversity and inclusion, ensuring equal opportunity and reasonable accommodations for all employees and applicants.

About The Team

Our corporate functions cover areas from finance and risk to HR and marketing. They are essential to our success, supporting our businesses, clients, and employees.