Senior Lead Software Engineer - Tech, Data & Product Talent Development

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services company in Glasgow is seeking a Senior Lead Software Engineer to enhance their digital transformation efforts. This role includes developing a technology roadmap, mentoring engineers, and delivering sophisticated coding solutions. Ideal candidates will have expertise in Java and React, as well as cloud technologies. Join a diverse team that values innovation and drives significant business impact.

Qualifications

• Expertise in building high-performance server-side applications.
• Strong proficiency in developing dynamic user interfaces.
• Extensive experience with Oracle database optimization.

Responsibilities

• Develop technology and engineering roadmap for the team.
• Provide technical guidance and mentoring to engineers.
• Create secure, high-quality production code.

Skills

Java programming

React

Oracle databases

Cloud services

Automation using Alteryx and Tableau

Education

Formal training in software engineering

Job description

Overview

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Job Description

We have an exciting and rewarding opportunity for you to take your software engineering career to the next level.

As a Senior Lead Software Engineer at JPMorganChase within the Tech, Data & Product Talent Development team, you will play a pivotal role in driving digital transformation and innovation. You will leverage your deep understanding of both front-end and back-end technologies, as well as cloud infrastructure, to deliver modern, robust, automated and scalable solutions that enhance our learning offerings and community engagement.

Responsibilities

• Develop and enhance the technology and engineering roadmap for the team, aligning with the firm's architectural roadmap and strategic objectives.
• Provide technical guidance and direction, leading, coaching, and mentoring other engineers to support the business and its technical teams.
• Demonstrate flexibility in selecting the appropriate technical approach to suit the business problem at hand, encouraging such a culture in others. Consult with Product leadership and other Talent Development team members to identify the most appropriate technical solutions to business problems.
• Create secure, high-quality production code, and review and debug code written by others.
• Drive decisions that influence product design, application functionality, and technical operations, adhering to best practices and the architectural roadmap.
• Serve as a subject matter expert in Java, React, Oracle, AWS Public Cloud and JPMC's Internal Cloud platform, supporting various applications and associated components.
• Actively contribute to the engineering community, advocating for firmwide frameworks, tools, and Software Development Life Cycle practices.
• Oversee the potential to 'open source' a firmwide platform for community contributions via supervised coding challenges in partnership with Product leadership.
• Collaborate with technology teams across the broader organization to optimize alignment with strategic initiatives and frameworks, and in time, oversee team growth to optimize for business alignment and employee experience.
• Foster a team culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and respect.

Key skills

• Expertise in Java programming for building high-performance, reliable, and maintainable server-side applications.
• Strong proficiency in React for developing dynamic and responsive user interfaces.
• Extensive experience with databases such as Oracle, including designing schemas, writing complex queries, and optimizing database performance.
• In-depth knowledge of Cloud services and architecture such as AWS, enabling the design and deployment of scalable and secure cloud-based applications.
• Experience of automation using technologies such as Alteryx and Tableau would be beneficial.

Preferred qualifications

• Formal training or certification in software engineering concepts with demonstrable applied experience.
• Hands-on experience in system design, application development, testing, and operational stability.
• Advanced proficiency in one or more programming languages, with deep expertise in Java and React.
• Ability to independently troubleshoot design and functionality issues with minimal oversight.
• Practical cloud native experience, particularly with AWS.

Impact Statement

Your contributions will drive significant business impact by enhancing our digital transformation efforts, fostering innovation, and delivering compelling digital experiences. You will play a key role in shaping the future of our learning offerings and community engagement, ultimately driving business value and employee engagement.

Firm Expectations

As a Senior Lead Software Engineer, you are expected to be an integral part of an agile team, regularly providing technical guidance and direction, influencing peers and project decision-makers, and actively contributing to the engineering community. You will drive significant business impact through your capabilities and contributions, applying deep technical expertise and problem-solving methodologies to tackle diverse challenges.

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.