Staff / Senior Lead Software Engineer - Backend Platform

Testing Site - JPMC; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

J.P. Morgan is seeking a Senior Lead Software Engineer to join the Platform team in London. You will be a hands-on backend engineer focusing on a Spring Boot based framework and libraries that support Investments' product engineering teams.

You will bring deep Java expertise, work with SDLC and Infrastructure teams, and drive standardisation and best practices across the technology landscape. Strong mentoring and communication skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Strong proficiency in Java and Spring Boot.
• Experience with build tools (Maven/Gradle) and SDLC standardisation.
• Understanding of design patterns and secure backend development.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain backend libraries and frameworks using Java and Spring Boot.
• Build scalable, reliable, and secure components for asynchronous architecture.
• Collaborate with product engineering teams to improve productivity and engineering experience.
• Standardise development workflows, tooling, and processes across Platform and Product squads.
• Promote engineering best practices, coding standards, and architectural guidelines.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

Software architecture

Mentoring

Communication

Security best practices

API design

Distributed systems

Team leadership

Engineering excellence

Tools

Maven

Gradle

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

Terraform

Job description

LONDON, United Kingdom

Job Information

• Job Identification 210732415
• Job Category Software Engineering
• Business Unit Corporate Sector
• Posting Date 04/03/2026, 09:11 AM
• Locations 1 Cabot Square, London, E14 4QJ, GB
• Job Schedule Full time

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.

Job Description

Behind every investment is a person with ambitions,motivationsand values. While we know that every client is unique, they come to J.P. Morgan Personal Investing for the same reason: our straightforward and transparent approach to investing, and the trust that 150 years of J.P. Morgan heritage brings.

J.P. Morgan Personal Investing offers award-winning investments,productsand digital wealth management services to almost 300,000 investors in the UK. We built the business with innovation as a core part of our ethos to give consumers the confidence and clarity to make informed investment decisions and achieve their financial goals.

As a Senior Lead Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within J.P. Morgan Personal Investing, you will be a highly skilled hands-on Backend Engineer for the Platform team dedicated to building a Spring Boot based framework and robust libraries that support our product engineering teams.

This role combines deep technicalexpertisein Java and the Spring ecosystem, with strong problem-solving abilities. You will work closely with SDLC and Infrastructure teams and play a pivotal role in driving standardization and promoting best practices across Investments' technology landscape.

Job responsibilities

• Design, develop, andmaintainbackend libraries and frameworks using Java and Spring Boot, tailored to the needs of asynchronous architecture that powers the Investments' ecosystem.
• Build scalable, reliable, and secure components that provide out of the box implementations of non-functional requirements and controlscompliance andaccelerate feature delivery for product engineering teams.
• Collaborate closely with product engineering teams to understand their needs and deliver solutions that improve their productivity and engineering experience.
• Drive initiatives to standardise development workflows, tooling, and processes across Platform and Product squads.
• Champion the adoption of engineering best practices, coding standards, and architectural guidelines across Investments' and JP Morgan’s broader technology organisation.
• Providing technical direction, mentorship, and fostering a culture of collaboration and continuous improvement.
• Tackle complex technical challenges, design innovative strategicsolutionsand provide guidance to the team.
• Facilitate knowledge sharing and skill development within the team.
• Close collaboration with SDLC and Infrastructure teams to enable delivery of Platform as a Product

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Strongproficiencyin Java and Spring Boot framework
• Experience with managing build tools such as Maven and Gradle and their role in SDLC standardisation.
• Solid understanding of software engineering principles, design patterns, and best practices.
• A champion of security best practices in backend development.
• Experience with designing modern APIs, micro-service architectures, and distributed asynchronous systems withhigh levelof complexity
• Excellent communication, mentoring, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to drive change and influence technical direction across teams.
• Understanding the needs of engineering teams
• Passion for driving standardisation, process improvement, and engineering excellence.
• Experience implementing and enforcing coding standards, code reviews, and automated testing.
• Understanding importance of controls and compliance in regulated organisations.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Experience with building backend libraries and frameworks that were shared across multiple teamsand deep understanding of Spring Boot framework internals
• Experience with other scripting languages (e.g. Python, Groovy, Bash) andIaCtools (e.g. Terraform).
• Knowledge of observability tools (e.g. OTEL, Grafana, Dynatrace etc).
• Experience working in financial services, investment platforms, or similar regulated organisations.
• Hands-on experience building andmaintainingCI/CD platforms (e.g. Jenkins, GitHub Actions).
• Experience with building self-serve tooling for engineering teams.
• Demonstrated experience leading engineering teams, sprintplanningand backlog grooming,

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.