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Lead Software Engineer

ExperiencedNo visa sponsorship
J.P. Morgan logo

at J.P. Morgan

Bulge Bracket Investment Banks

Posted 3 days ago

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**Lead Software Engineer - FX Services (Bournemouth, UK)** Lead our agile team designing secure, stable FX trading platforms. Drive innovation using Java 8+, Spring Boot, Kafka, and microservices. Troubleshoot complex code, optimize performance, and mentor juniors. Must-have: 8+ years' senior-level Java experience, PL/SQL, TDD, BDD, CI/CD, and cloud knowledge. Preferred: FX trading domain expertise, 24/7 application development. Promote diverse, inclusive culture.

Compensation
Not specified

Currency: Not specified

City
Not specified
Country
United Kingdom

Full Job Description

Location: BOURNEMOUTH, DORSET, 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 JPMorgan Chase within the Corporate & Investment Bank (CIB) Markets, FX Services AccessFX team, you are an integral member of an agile engineering group focused on designing, enhancing, and delivering secure, stable, and scalable marketleading technology products. In this role, you serve as a core technical contributor, promoting critical technology solutions across multiple domains and business functions, ensuring that our foreign exchange trading and services platforms effectively support the firms strategic objectives and the evolving needs of our clients.

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 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

  • Senior-level experience in Java backend development with JDK8+, Spring Boot, and microservice architecture.
  • Expert in Core Java, multithreading, low latency, scalability, and backward compatibility.
  • Skilled in managing complex codebase with a focus on performance and maintainability.
  • Hands-on experience with messaging APIs, including Kafka and IBM UM MQs.
  • Proficient in TDD and BDD, using mocking APIs and Cucumber.
  • Strong knowledge of Oracle database design and PL/SQL.
  • Practical experience in system design, application development, testing, and operational stability.
  • Proficient in automation and continuous delivery methods.
  • Advanced understanding of agile methodologies, CI/CD, application resiliency, and security.
  • Ability to mentor junior developers, resolve technical issues, and support production systems.
  • Strong communication skills, Ability to articulate technical solutions to Business and non technical audience. 
  • Demonstrated expertise in software applications and technical processes (cloud, AI/ML, etc.).
  •  
    Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills
     
    • Development experience with Highly available 24/7 applications.
    • Knowledge of FX Trading Application and Payments domain.
    • Knowledge of Co-pilot and AI Agents to gain productivity on repeated tasks.
       
    Lead Software Engineer for FX Services - AccessFX Pricing Team: Agile FX Trading app on a 24/7 scalable, low-latency Java microservices platform.

    Lead Software Engineer

    Compensation

    Not specified

    City: Not specified

    Country: United Kingdom

    J.P. Morgan logo
    Bulge Bracket Investment Banks

    3 days ago

    No clicks

    at J.P. Morgan

    ExperiencedNo visa sponsorship

    **Lead Software Engineer - FX Services (Bournemouth, UK)** Lead our agile team designing secure, stable FX trading platforms. Drive innovation using Java 8+, Spring Boot, Kafka, and microservices. Troubleshoot complex code, optimize performance, and mentor juniors. Must-have: 8+ years' senior-level Java experience, PL/SQL, TDD, BDD, CI/CD, and cloud knowledge. Preferred: FX trading domain expertise, 24/7 application development. Promote diverse, inclusive culture.

    Full Job Description

    Location: BOURNEMOUTH, DORSET, 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 JPMorgan Chase within the Corporate & Investment Bank (CIB) Markets, FX Services AccessFX team, you are an integral member of an agile engineering group focused on designing, enhancing, and delivering secure, stable, and scalable marketleading technology products. In this role, you serve as a core technical contributor, promoting critical technology solutions across multiple domains and business functions, ensuring that our foreign exchange trading and services platforms effectively support the firms strategic objectives and the evolving needs of our clients.

    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 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

  • Senior-level experience in Java backend development with JDK8+, Spring Boot, and microservice architecture.
  • Expert in Core Java, multithreading, low latency, scalability, and backward compatibility.
  • Skilled in managing complex codebase with a focus on performance and maintainability.
  • Hands-on experience with messaging APIs, including Kafka and IBM UM MQs.
  • Proficient in TDD and BDD, using mocking APIs and Cucumber.
  • Strong knowledge of Oracle database design and PL/SQL.
  • Practical experience in system design, application development, testing, and operational stability.
  • Proficient in automation and continuous delivery methods.
  • Advanced understanding of agile methodologies, CI/CD, application resiliency, and security.
  • Ability to mentor junior developers, resolve technical issues, and support production systems.
  • Strong communication skills, Ability to articulate technical solutions to Business and non technical audience. 
  • Demonstrated expertise in software applications and technical processes (cloud, AI/ML, etc.).
  •  
    Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills
     
    • Development experience with Highly available 24/7 applications.
    • Knowledge of FX Trading Application and Payments domain.
    • Knowledge of Co-pilot and AI Agents to gain productivity on repeated tasks.
       
    Lead Software Engineer for FX Services - AccessFX Pricing Team: Agile FX Trading app on a 24/7 scalable, low-latency Java microservices platform.