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

J.P. MORGAN; City Of London; On-site; GBP 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial institution in the UK is seeking a Senior Lead Software Engineer to enhance digital banking experiences. You will collaborate with a diverse team, leverage your expertise to develop secure and scalable solutions, and guide teams to achieve strategic goals. The position offers the opportunity to make a significant impact in the financial services sector.

Qualifications

• Experience leading teams of technologists.
• In-depth knowledge of IT systems in the services industry.
• Practical cloud native experience.

Responsibilities

• Develop secure code and manage application lifecycles.
• Ensure zero downtime for releases.
• Build scalable architectural patterns.

Skills

Software engineering concepts

Test design and implementation

Collaboration with non-engineering teams

Operating and supporting software applications

Team management

Guiding and coaching teams

Talent development

Knowledge of services industry IT systems

Cloud native experience

Education

Formal training or certification in software engineering

Tools

AWS cloud technologies

Job description

Overview

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

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 applications
• Extensive experience in software engineering and managing teams
• 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
• Seasoned with cloud-native microservices architecture
• Proficient with AWS cloud technologies

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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. Our first-class business in a first-class way approach to serving clients drives everything we do. We strive to build trusted, long-term partnerships to help our clients achieve their business objectives.

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.

About The Team

Our professionals in our Corporate Functions cover a diverse range of areas from finance and risk to human resources and marketing. Our corporate teams are an essential part of our company, ensuring that we\'re setting our businesses, clients, customers and employees up for success.