Lead Software Engineer- Back-end Engineer - Chase UK

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 4,500,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase & Co. in Bengaluru is seeking a Lead Software Engineer-Back-end to join Chase UK initiatives, delivering cloud-native microservices and secure, scalable backend systems.

You will work in a distributed team, design robust tests, mentor others, and drive adoption of AI-assisted development practices while ensuring high availability and performance.

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification in software engineering.
• Recent hands-on professional experience as a back-end software engineer.
• Experience with Java and designing tests.
• Excellent written and verbal communicationskills in English.
• Experience with cloud technologies and distributed systems, RESTful APIs and web technologies.

Responsibilities

• Deliver end-to-end cloud-native microservices architecture applications leveraging the latest technologies and best industry practices.
• Use domain modelling techniques to build best in class business products.
• Structure software so that it is easy to understand, test and evolve.
• Build solutions that avoid single points of failure, using scalable architectural patterns.
• Develop secure code so that our customers and ourselves are protected from malicious actors.
• Promptly investigate and fix issues and ensure they do not resurface in the future.
• Make sure our releases happen with zero downtime for our end-users.
• See that our data is written and read in a way that's optimized for our needs.
• Keep an eye on performance, ensuring we address problems effectively.
• Support the products you've built through their lifecycle, including in production and during incident management.
• Drives team adoption of enterprise-authorized AI-assisted engineering practices and promotes reuse of effective patterns.

Skills

Java programming

Cloud technologies

Distributed systems

RESTful APIs

Testing concepts

Security awareness

Leadership

Stakeholder management

AI-assisted development tools

English communication

Tools

AWS

Messaging frameworks

CI/CD tooling

Job description

Lead Software Engineer- Back-end Engineer - Chase UK

Job Information

• Job Identification 210715495
• Job Category Software Engineering
• Business Unit Corporate Sector
• Locations Parcel 9, Embassy Tech Village, Outer Ring Road, Deverabeesanhalli Village, Varthur Hobli, Bengaluru, IN-KA, 560103, IN
• Job Schedule Full time

Job Description

At JP Morgan Chase, we understand that customers seek exceptional value and a seamless experience from a trusted financial institution. That's why we launched Chase UK to transform digital banking with intuitive and enjoyable customer journeys. With a strong foundation of trust established by millions of customers in the US, we have been rapidly expanding our presence in the UK and soon across Europe. We have been building the bank of the future from the ground up, offering you the chance to join us and make a significant impact.

As a Lead Software Engineer-Back-end Engineer - Chase UK at JPMorgan Chase within the International Consumer Bank, you will play a crucial role in this initiative, dedicated to delivering an outstanding banking experience to our customers. You will work in a collaborative environment as part of a diverse, inclusive, and geographically distributed team. We are seeking individuals with a curious mindset and a keen interest in new technology. Our engineers are naturally solution-oriented and possess an interest in the financial sector and focus on addressing our customer needs. We work in teams focused on specific products and projects, providing opportunities to engage in areas such as fraud & financial crime prevention, identity services, money transfers, card payments, lending, customer onboarding, core banking, insurance products, rewards campaigns, and servicing innovations. reward campaigns, call-centre supporting innovations and more.

Job responsibilities:

• Deliver end-to-end solutions in the form of cloud-native microservices architecture applications leveraging the latest technologies and the best industry practices
• Use domain modelling techniques to allow us to build best in class business products.
• Structure software so that it is easy to understand, test and evolve.
• Build solutions that avoid single points of failure, using scalable architectural patterns.
• Develop secure code so that our customers and ourselves are protected from malicious actors.
• Promptly investigate and fix issues and ensure they do not resurface in the future.
• Make sure our releases happen with zero downtime for our end-users.
• See that our data is written and read in a way that's optimized for our needs.
• Keep an eye on performance, making sure we use the right approach to identify and solve problems.
• Ensure our systems are reliable and easy to operate and keep us up to date by continuously updating our technologies and patterns.
• Support the products you've built through their entire lifecycle, including in production and during incident management
• Drives team adoption of enterprise-authorized AI-assisted engineering practices within the work environment to improve code quality, delivery speed, and operational outcomes (e.g., AI-assisted code review/refactoring, test strategy acceleration, incident/root-cause analysis support), while establishing consistent validation standards (secure coding, peer review, automated testing) and promoting reuse of effective patterns across the team.
• Applies knowledge of tools within the Software Development Life Cycle toolchain, including enterprise-authorized AI-assisted development and automation capabilities, to improve the value realized by automation.

Required qualifications, capabilities and skills

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and applied experience
• Recent hands-on professional experience as a back-end software engineer
• Experience in coding in a recent version of the Java programming language
• Experience in designing and implementing effective tests (unit, component, integration, end-to-end, performance, etc.)
• Excellent written and verbal communicationskills in English
• Experience with cloud technologies and distributed systems, RESTful APIs and web technologies.
• Knowledge of messaging frameworks.
• Seasoned with operating, supporting and the security of mission critical software applications.
• Understanding with different kinds of data stores (including relational data stores)
• Coach other team members on coding practices, design principles, and implementation patterns that lead to high-quality maintainable solutions.
• Manage stakeholders and effectively prioritize work across multiple work streams.
• Demonstrated experience leading effective use of approved AI-assisted software development tools (e.g., for coding, code review, test acceleration, troubleshooting) with the ability to set team expectations for validating AI outputs for correctness, performance, and security.
• Strong understanding of responsible AI use in engineering workflows, including data sensitivity considerations, secure handling of inputs/outputs, and adherence to resiliency and security expectations; experience coaching engineers on safe, compliant adoption within delivery practices

Preferred qualifications, capabilities and skills

• Experience in working in a highly regulated environment / industry
• Seasoned with cloud-native microservices architecture
• Proficient with AWS cloud technologies

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About Us

JPMorganChase, one of the oldest financial institutions, offers innovative financial solutions to millions of consumers, small businesses and many of the world’s most prominent corporate, institutional and government clients under the J.P. Morgan and Chase brands. Our history spans over 200 years and today we are a leader in investment banking, consumer and small business banking, commercial banking, financial transaction processing and asset management. 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 ourFAQs for more information about requesting an accommodation.

About the Team

Our Corporate Technology team relies on smart, driven people like you to develop applications and provide tech support for all our corporate functions across our network. Your efforts will touch lives all over the financial spectrum and across all our divisions: Global Finance, Corporate Treasury, Risk Management, Human Resources, Compliance, Legal, and within the Corporate Administrative Office. You’ll be part of a team specifically built to meet and exceed our evolving technology needs, as well as our technology controls agenda.