at J.P. Morgan
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**Lead Software Engineer - Java** at JPMorgan Chase in Glasgow, leads agile teams in building and enhancing secure, scalable technology. Key responsibilities include driving creative software solutions, mentoring AI-assisted engineering adoption (e.g., AI-code review, test acceleration), improving operational stability, and evaluating vendor designs. Role requires 5+ years of software engineering experience, deep Java proficiency, hands-on delivery, and leadership skills. Advanced understanding of CI/CD, cloud native experiences (AWS), and familiarity with MongoDB and MCP servers preferred.
- Compensation
- Not specified
- City
- Glasgow
- Country
- United Kingdom
Currency: Not specified
Full Job Description
Location: GLASGOW, LANARKSHIRE, United Kingdom
As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorganChase, 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 firms business objectives. This will be an individual contributor role.
Job Responsibilities
Executes creative software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting with ability to think beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions or breakdown technical problems
Develops secure and high-quality production code, and reviews and debugs code written by others
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
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
Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience
Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
Deep experience & competency in Java programming.
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
Proficient in all aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle
Advanced understanding of agile methodologies such as CI/CD, Application Resiliency, and Security
Practical cloud native experience, ideally AWS.
In-depth knowledge of the financial services industry and their IT systems
Proficiency with MongoDB
Familiairity working on & building MCP servers
