Sr Lead Software Engineer - Tech Lead

ZipRecruiter; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global financial institution is seeking a Lead Engineer to enhance their financial research platforms. The successful candidate will be responsible for technical leadership and collaboration within a scrum team, focusing on delivering high-quality solutions. Required qualifications include deep expertise in programming languages and excellent communication skills. This role offers a unique opportunity to make a significant impact in a dynamic team environment.

Qualifications

• Deep expertise in one or more programming languages and system design/architecture.
• Experience working with multiple stakeholders and tech leads.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and implementation of solutions to extend, enhance, and modernize our platforms.
• Balance hands-on coding with leadership within a scrum team.
• Coach and grow engineers within the team.

Skills

Hands-on experience delivering complex solutions at scale

Ability to balance technical, people, and product leadership

Excellent communication skills

Job description

Job DescriptionJob Description

As a Lead Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within CIB Research Technology, you are a key part of the global team responsible for the engineering behind the CIB's award-winning Research organization. You will be a technical leader, creating solutions that transform and evolve our platform to enable analysts to produce engaging and high-quality financial research. Our team manages the flagship JPMM Research Platform along with the Content Creation Platform used for producing Research. We work across various stacks and technologies with broad autonomy. This role will focus on extending our platform across the Markets organization.

Job Responsibilities

• Lead the design and implementation of solutions to extend, enhance, and modernize our platforms.
• Balance hands-on coding with technical and people leadership within a scrum team.
• Collaborate with Product partners to shape and drive the roadmap.
• Coach and grow engineers within the team.
• Ensure the quality, stability, and resiliency of the team's deliveries.

Required Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills

• Hands-on experience delivering complex solutions at scale.
• Ability to balance technical, people, and product leadership.
• Experience working with multiple stakeholders and tech leads across an organization.
• Expertise in translating product requirements into achievable solutions and plans.
• Excellent communication skills, especially in explaining technical concepts to non-technical audiences.
• Deep expertise in one or more programming languages and system design/architecture.

About Us

J.P. Morgan is a global leader in financial services, providing strategic advice and products to corporations, governments, wealthy individuals, and institutional investors worldwide. Our approach is to serve clients in a first-class manner, building trusted, long-term partnerships to help achieve their objectives.

We value our people and diversity, and are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on protected attributes and provide reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees. For more information, visit our FAQs about requesting accommodations.

About The Team

J.P. Morgan's Commercial & Investment Bank is a global leader across banking, markets, securities services, and payments, serving clients in over 100 countries. We provide strategic advice, raise capital, manage risk, and extend liquidity worldwide.