Senior Lead Software Engineer - Team Lead - Payments / Chase UK

JPMorganChase; City Of London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial institution in London seeks a Senior Lead Software Engineer to manage a growing team and develop secure, efficient software solutions. The ideal candidate has extensive software engineering experience, a strong grasp of team management, and proficiency in cloud technologies like AWS. This role is crucial in transforming digital banking and ensuring operational efficiency. Join us to make a significant impact in customer banking experience.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Diversity and inclusion initiatives

Career development opportunities

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in software engineering and managing teams.
• Experience leading teams of technologists.
• In-depth knowledge of IT systems in the services industry.

Responsibilities

• Develop secure code to protect customers from malicious actors.
• Structure software for easy understanding and evolution.
• Support products throughout their entire lifecycle.

Skills

Team management

Software engineering

Collaboration

Problem-solving

Education

Formal training or certification in software engineering

Tools

AWS cloud technologies

Job description

At JP Morgan Chase, we understand that customers seek exceptional value and a seamless experience from a trusted financial institution. That's why we launched Chase UK to transform digital banking with intuitive and enjoyable customer journeys.

With a strong foundation of trust established by millions of customers in the US, we have rapidly expanded our presence in the UK and soon across Europe. We have been building the bank of the future from the ground up, offering you the chance to join us and make a significant impact.

As a Senior Lead Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within the International Consumer Bank, you will play a crucial role in this initiative, dedicated to delivering an outstanding banking experience to our customers. You will work in a collaborative environment as part of a diverse, inclusive, and geographically distributed team.

We are seeking individuals with a curious mindset and a keen interest in new technology. Our engineers are naturally solution-oriented and possess an interest in the financial sector and focus on addressing our customer needs. As an expert in your field, your insights influence budget and technical considerations to advance operational efficiencies and functionalities.

Job Responsibilities

• Use domain modeling techniques to allow us to build best in class business products.
• Structure software so that it is easy to understand, test and evolve.
• Build solutions that avoid single points of failure, using scalable architectural patterns.
• Develop secure code so that our customers and ourselves are protected from malicious actors.
• Promptly investigate and fix issues and ensure they do not resurface in the future.
• Make sure our releases happen with zero downtime for our end-users.
• See that our data is written and read in a way that's optimized for our needs.
• Keep an eye on performance, making sure we use the right approach to identify and solve problems.
• Ensure our systems are reliable and easy to operate.
• Support the products you've built through their entire lifecycle, including in production and during incident management
• Manage a growing team whilst remaining hands-on and close to the code

Required Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and applied experience
• Experience in designing and implementing effective tests (unit, component, integration, end-to-end, performance, etc.)
• Experience in collaboration and negotiation with non-engineering teams to ensure timely delivery
• Experience with operating, supporting and the security of mission critical software application
• Extensive experience in software engineering and managing team
• Experience leading teams of technologists
• Ability to guide and coach teams on approach to achieve goals aligned against a set of strategic initiatives
• Experience with hiring, developing, and recognizing talent
• In-depth knowledge of the services industry and their IT systems
• Practical cloud native experience

Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills

• Knowledge of payments schemes such as SEPA, FPS, BACS
• Experience in working in a highly regulated environment / industry
• Seasoned with cloud-native microservices architecture
• Proficient with AWS cloud technologies

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 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.