UI Lead Software Engineer - React

JPMorganChase; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to join the award-winning Vida team in Glasgow. In this role, you will influence and enhance market-leading technology products focusing on security and scalability. You'll be responsible for executing creative software solutions, developing production code, and improving operational stability.

The ideal candidate has extensive experience in React, system design, and cloud technologies, and the role demands a strong understanding of agile methodologies. Join us in delivering reliable financial services technology products.

Qualifications

• Significant commercial experience developing UI's with hands-on applied experience in React.
• Hands-on experience in system design, application development, testing, and operational stability.
• In-depth knowledge of the financial services industry.

Responsibilities

• Execute creative software solutions and technical troubleshooting.
• Develop high-quality production code and review code.
• Identify opportunities to automate issues for software stability.

Skills

React

System Design

Automation and Continuous Delivery

Software Development Life Cycle

Agile Methodologies

Cloud Native Experience

Tools

React Testing Library

Cypress

Job description

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

About The Team

J.P. Morgan's Commercial & Investment Bank is a global leader across banking, markets, securities services and payments. Corporations, governments and institutions throughout the world entrust us with their business in more than 100 countries. The Commercial & Investment Bank provides strategic advice, raises capital, manages risk and extends liquidity in markets around the world.

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.