Senior Platform Engineer - Kubernetes & Secure DevEx

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is seeking a Lead Software Engineer in Glasgow to design and evolve Kubernetes-based platform capabilities for the Security & Identity team.

You will build services and tooling that enable engineers to deploy, run, and scale safely with a strong focus on security by default. You will mentor engineers, participate in architecture reviews, and drive adoption of enterprise-authorized AI-assisted development practices while maintaining high standards for code quality,

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts.
• Strong practical experience with Kubernetes including cluster operations, RBAC, upgrades, and troubleshooting.
• Solid cloud development experience, distributed systems design, and scalability principles.
• Proficiency in Go and Python for platform services and automation tooling.
• Experience collaborating in teams with pair programming or mob programming practices.
• Strong fundamentals in data structures, networking, Linux, and secure coding.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain Kubernetes platform capabilities including cluster services, controllers and operators, admission policies, platform APIs, and developer tooling.
• Develop backend services and automation in Go and Python to improve platform reliability and self-service for engineers.
• Create and maintain delivery workflows to standardize engineering practices and reduce toil across the platform.
• Improve observability and readiness through monitoring, logging, tracing, and runbook development.

Skills

Kubernetes

Go

Python

Cloud development

Team collaboration

Mentoring

Secure coding

AI-assisted development

Problem solving

Education

Formal software engineering training

Tools

Terraform

Helm

Kustomize

Argo CD

Flux

Job description

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is seeking a Lead Software Engineer in Glasgow to design and evolve Kubernetes-based platform capabilities for the Security & Identity team.

You will build services and tooling that enable engineers to deploy, run, and scale safely with a strong focus on security by default. You will mentor engineers, participate in architecture reviews, and drive adoption of enterprise-authorized AI-assisted development practices while maintaining high standards for code quality,