Sr Lead Software Engineer in Leeds

Salary: £100,000 - 100,000 per year

Requirements:

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 10 years of applied experience
• Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
• Advanced knowledge and demonstrated skills in programming languages C and C++
• Demonstrated experience leading effective use of enterprise-authorized AI-assisted software development tools within the work environment, 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 and outputs, and adherence to resiliency and security expectations
• Experience coaching senior engineers and leads on compliant usage patterns and controls
• Advanced knowledge of software applications and technical processes with considerable in-depth knowledge in one or more technical disciplines, such as cloud, artificial intelligence, machine learning, or mobile
• Ability to tackle design and functionality problems independently with little to no oversight
• Practical cloud native experience
• Experience in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Mathematics, or a related technical field
• Hands-on experience working within the Financial Services Industry
• Hands-on experience with high-throughput and low-latency systems
• Hands-on experience in electronic trading systems

Responsibilities:

• Provide technical guidance and direction to support the business, technical teams, contractors, and vendors
• Develop secure and high-quality production code, and review and debug code written by others
• Drive decisions that influence product design, application functionality, and technical operations and processes
• Serve as a function-wide subject matter expert in one or more areas of focus
• Contribute to the engineering community as an advocate of firmwide frameworks, tools, and Software Development Life Cycle practices
• Influence peers and project decision-makers to consider leading-edge technologies
• Add to the team culture of diversity, opportunity, inclusion, and respect
• Drive adoption and governance of approved AI-assisted engineering practices across teams to improve code quality, delivery speed, and operational outcomes
• Establish measurable validation standards, including secure coding, peer review, and automated testing
• Promote reuse of proven patterns and automation within the SDLC and TLM toolchain
• Apply knowledge of tools within the Software Development Life Cycle toolchain, including approved AI-assisted development and automation capabilities, to improve the value realized by automation at scale

Technologies:

• AI
• Cloud
• Support
• Machine Learning
• Mobile
• Security

More:

hackajob is partnering directly with JPMorganChase to hire for this role. We are seeking a Senior Lead Software Engineer to join our agile Commercial & Investment Bank eTrading team. We work to enhance, build, and deliver trusted market-leading technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable way, driving significant business impact through deep technical expertise and problem-solving. J.P. Morgan is a global leader in financial services, providing strategic advice and products to prominent corporations, governments, wealthy individuals, and institutional investors. Our first-class business in a first-class way approach drives everything we do, and we value diversity, inclusion, and reasonable accommodations. Our Commercial & Investment Bank is a global leader across banking, markets, securities services, and payments, operating in more than 100 countries.

last updated 40 week of 2026

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