Senior Platform Engineer — Go, Kubernetes & Python

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; Greater London; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is expanding its Public Cloud Engineering IAM team in the EMEA region. As a Senior Lead Software Engineer, you will shape the technical direction, guide system design, and drive engineering excellence across public clouds including AWS, Azure, and GCP.

You will lead architecture, mentor engineers, and promote secure, resilient platform services with a strong emphasis on engineering culture and cross-team collaboration in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and advanced applied experience.
• Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability.
• Experience with Identity and Access Management platforms, RBAC, or entitlement governance at scale.
• Advanced proficiency in one or more programming languages/frameworks such as Go, Python, Java, Kubernetes or Terraform.
• Practical cloud-native experience building and operating services on at least one public cloud provider (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Proficiency in automation and continuous delivery methods.
• Advanced understanding of agile methodologies including CI/CD, resiliency, and security.
• Ability to evaluate technical solutions with a customer-focused mindset.
• Strong communication skills for technical and non-technical audiences.
• Responsible use of approved AI tooling with critical judgment.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and implementation of platform services and infrastructure with emphasis on architecture, integration patterns, and reliability.
• Develop, review, debug, and maintain secure, high-quality production code including AI-tool contributions.
• Identify opportunities to automate remediation to improve operational stability.
• Lead design reviews and architecture discussions to evaluate solutions for scalable delivery.
• Partner with platform architecture, trust and authorization teams, and downstream IAM consumers to land coherent designs.
• Lead communities of practice to increase awareness of new technologies.
• Mentor engineers with technical guidance.
• Foster a diverse and inclusive team culture with continuous improvement.

Skills

Formal training

Hands-on design

IAM platforms

Programming languages

Cloud-native

Automation & CD

Agile & security

Customer-focused

Communication

AI tooling governance

Job description

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is expanding its Public Cloud Engineering IAM team in the EMEA region. As a Senior Lead Software Engineer, you will shape the technical direction, guide system design, and drive engineering excellence across public clouds including AWS, Azure, and GCP.

You will lead architecture, mentor engineers, and promote secure, resilient platform services with a strong emphasis on engineering culture and cross-team collaboration in a fast-paced environment.