
Lead Software Engineer - Java
at J.P. Morgan
Posted 17 days ago
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Lead Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within the Corporate & Investment Bank, working as part of an agile team to design, build, and deliver secure, scalable Java-based systems. The role is a hands-on technical contributor responsible for system design, development, testing, operational stability, and code review. You will drive automation, CI/CD practices, application resiliency and security, lead technical evaluations with vendors, and help grow engineering communities of practice. Requires advanced Core Java and Oracle SQL skills, practical AWS experience (MSK, S3, Glue, Athena) and knowledge of financial services IT systems.
- Compensation
- Not specified
- City
- London
- Country
- United Kingdom
Currency: Not specified
Full Job Description
Location: LONDON, LONDON, United Kingdom
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 JPMorganChase, within Corporate & Investment Bank, you are an integral part of an agile team that works to enhance, build, and deliver trusted market-leading technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable way. As a core technical contributor, you are responsible for conducting critical technology solutions across multiple technical areas within various business functions in support of the firm’s business objectives.
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
- Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
- Advanced in Core Java and Oracle SQL
- 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 AWS cloud experience; MSK, S3, Glue, Athena, etc
Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- Strong Computer Science background with good exposure to financial products.





