VP Lead Trading Platform Engineer — AWS & Java

Aumni; Greater London; On-site; GBP 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase in London, within Trading Technology, seeks a Vice President, Lead Software Engineering to design, build, and run services that support a multi-asset trading platform on AWS.

You will work closely with engineers and partners to turn business needs into resilient, observable, secure software using modern Java and microservices patterns, contributing to technical direction with strong engineering practices.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Hands-on proficiency in Java and a track record of delivering production-quality code.
• Experience building distributed systems that process high volumes of data with real-time delivery needs.
• Practical experience with CI/CD pipelines and modern delivery practices.
• Working knowledge of microservices and service-oriented design.
• Working knowledge of event-driven architectures and messaging patterns.
• Experience with streaming and/or messaging technologies (e.g., Kafka).
• Experience with caching technologies (e.g., Redis).
• Working knowledge of relational and non-relational databases.
• Experience in agile teams with strong engineering hygiene (testing, reviews, operational readiness).
• Self-starter mindset with ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver with ownership.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, test, and deploy services aligned to business and functional requirements.
• Develop Java-based services using reactive, non-blocking, and streaming patterns where appropriate.
• Implement microservices and event-driven integrations for real-time distribution workloads.
• Partner with peers to evolve domain-driven design practices and service boundaries.
• Use container platforms such as Kubernetes to run scalable services.
• Apply caching patterns using technologies such as Redis to improve performance and resilience.
• Participate in code reviews and promote test-driven development and behavior-driven development practices.
• Support performance testing and resilience validation using appropriate testing and mock frameworks.
• Work closely with senior stakeholders and cross-functional partners, communicating progress, trade-offs, and risks clearly.
• Leverage AI-assisted SDLC tooling to accelerate delivery while maintaining engineering controls, code quality, and security standards.

Skills

Java

Distributed systems

CI/CD

Microservices

Event-driven architectures

Kafka

Redis

Databases (SQL/NoSQL)

Agile teamwork

Self-starter

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Kubernetes

Spring

AWS

Job description

JPMorgan Chase in London, within Trading Technology, seeks a Vice President, Lead Software Engineering to design, build, and run services that support a multi-asset trading platform on AWS.

You will work closely with engineers and partners to turn business needs into resilient, observable, secure software using modern Java and microservices patterns, contributing to technical direction with strong engineering practices.