UI Lead Software Engineer – React

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

Job summary

A leading global financial institution in Glasgow seeks a Lead Software Engineer to join their award-winning team. You will play a crucial role in building and delivering secure, scalable technology products. Key responsibilities include developing high-quality code, collaborating with vendors, and identifying improvements to enhance software stability. The ideal candidate will have significant experience in React development, system design, and a solid understanding of the financial services landscape. This position offers a unique chance to influence technology within the organization.

Qualifications

• Significant commercial experience in developing UI’s using React.
• Hands-on experience in system design and application development.
• Proficiency in one or more programming languages.
• Experience with automation and continuous delivery methods.
• Strong understanding of agile methodologies like CI/CD.
• In-depth knowledge of the financial services industry and IT systems.

Responsibilities

• Execute creative software solutions and troubleshoot technical issues.
• Develop secure high-quality production code and review others' code.
• Identify and eliminate recurring issues to improve software stability.
• Lead evaluation sessions with external vendors and internal teams.
• Foster team culture of diversity, opportunity, and inclusion.

Skills

UI development with React

System design

Programming languages

Automation and continuous delivery

Software Development Life Cycle

Agile methodologies

Cloud computing

Developing RESTful APIs

Tools

React testing library

Cypress

Typescript

Job description

We have an opportunity to impact your career and provide an adventure where you can push the limits of what's possible.

As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within the award-winning Vida team that is part of the Corporate and Investment Bank Markets Business, you play a crucial role in an agile team dedicated to enhancing, building, and delivering reliable, market-leading technology products with a focus on security, stability, and scalability.

Job responsibilities

• Executes creative software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting with ability to think beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions or break down technical problems
• Develops secure high-quality production code, and reviews and debugs code written by others
• Identifies opportunities to eliminate or automate remediation of recurring issues to improve overall operational stability of software applications and systems
• Leads evaluation sessions with external vendors, startups, and internal teams to drive outcomes-oriented probing of architectural designs, technical credentials, and applicability for use within existing systems and information architecture
• Leads communities of practice across Software Engineering to drive awareness and use of new and leading-edge technologies
• Adds to team culture of diversity, opportunity, inclusion, and respect

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Significant commercial experience developing UI’s with hands-on applied experience developing in React
• Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
• Advanced in one or more programming language(s)
• Proficiency in automation and continuous delivery methods
• Proficient in all aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle
• Advanced understanding of agile methodologies such as CI/CD, Application Resiliency, and Security
• Demonstrated proficiency in software applications and technical processes within a technical discipline (e.g., cloud, artificial intelligence, machine learning, mobile, etc.)
• In-depth knowledge of the financial services industry and their IT systems
• Practical cloud native experience
• Experience in developing, debugging and automated testing (e.g. react testing library / cypress) within a commercial setting
• Experience collaborating with backend technology teams in designing scalable and reusable RESTful APIs

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Exposure to frontend libraries such as ag-grid, highcharts, redux as well as Typescript
• Exposure to performance tuning complex UI’s would be advantageous.
• Working within Investment Bank / Finance Technology
• Team leading experience