Morgan heritage brings. Morgan Personal Investing offers award-winning investments, products and digital wealth management services to over 275,000 investors in the UK. We built the business with innovation as a core part of our ethos to give consumers the confidence and clarity to make informed investment decisions and achieve their financial goals. We aim to build a first-class suite of mobile and web apps to provide the best investment experience for our clients. We're looking for people who have a curious mindset, thrive in collaborative squads, and are passionate about building quality software that has a big impact in a rapidly changing environment. We work in tribes and squads that focus on specific products and projects. Job ResponsibilitiesBuild and maintain integrations with digital asset providers and infrastructure (on ramp/off ramp), optimising for security, stability and escalability.Work with the Product team to understand user needs and follow an Agile SDLC to develop and deliver product features. Our stack is Java/Springboot with a bit of Kotlin, DynamoDB, Aurora/MySQL and AWS.We use ADRs as part of our decision-making process, and our architecture is microservices running on Kubernetes with heavy use of Kafka and event-driven design — a natural fit for streaming real-time market data and trade events. Partner with Compliance, Risk, and Operations to ensure integrations meet regulatory, security, and controls requirements relevant to digital assets (e.g., transaction monitoring, wallet screening, key-management controls). Identify, troubleshoot and resolve existing or newly identified prioritised defects — with particular care around anything touching balances, order flow, settlement, or asset movement, where correctness is non-negotiable.Write tests for all code you deliver and adhere to best practices/standards, ensuring high-quality code. Given the financial and irreversible nature of on-chain transactions, expect a strong emphasis on deterministic, well-tested, and auditable code paths. Participate in code reviews, ensuring high code quality and continuous development and learning for yourself and your colleagues. Help ensure we focus on solving the essence of the problem rather than merely dealing with the symptoms. Hands-on experience with exchange, brokerage, custody, wallet, or settlement systems for digital assets. Drives adoption and governance of approved AI-assisted engineering practices across teams to improve code quality, delivery speed, and operational outcomes (e.g., AI-assisted code review/refactoring, test acceleration, release readiness, incident/root-cause analysis), while establishing measurable validation standards (secure coding, peer review, automated testing) and promoting reuse of proven patterns and automation within the SDLC/TLM toolchain.Applies 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.Solid working understanding of digital-asset fundamentals: blockchains, wallets, public/private keys and signing, transactions and fees (e.g., gas), tokens (e.g., Experience with smart contracts and/or reading on-chain data (e.g., Familiarity with how connectivity with blockchain networks and nodes work (e.g., Bitcoin, Ethereum and EVM-compatible chains, Layer 2s), including transaction construction, broadcasting, monitoring for confirmations/reorgs, and reconciliation of on-chain and off-chain state.Awareness of the regulatory and compliance landscape for digital assets (e.g., AML/KYC, travel rule, market-abuse considerations). You have a product engineer mindset and a track record of delivering high-quality software that adjusts to business and product needs to provide a great user experience in a timely manner.Experience with a JVM language (Java/Scala/Kotlin) and Springboot.Hands-on experience designing and implementing event-driven architectures with different message brokers, including Kafka — ideally applied to high-throughput, low-latency data such as market or trade feeds. Experience integrating with third-party financial or trading APIs (REST, WebSocket, and/or FIX), including handling rate limits, authentication/signing schemes, reconnection, and idempotency. Experience with monitoring and alerting to maintain a production environment — with an appreciation that in trading/crypto contexts, downtime and latency have direct financial consequences.you can work well within a delivery team and manage interactions with other parts of the organisation, such as Product, Operations, Compliance, and Risk.Proactive and willing to help others and put forward ideas. Experience in the FinTech, trading, or digital-asset sector. Show us your Github/Stack Overflow/app portfolio — bonus points for crypto/blockchain projects!#Morgan is a global leader in financial services, providing strategic advice and products to the world’s most prominent corporations, governments, wealthy individuals and institutional investors. We strive to build trusted, long-term partnerships to help our clients achieve their business objectives. 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 our FAQs for more information about requesting an accommodation. Our professionals in our Corporate Functions cover a diverse range of areas from finance and risk to human resources and marketing.
Senior Software Engineering Lead in London employer: JP Morgan Chase
At J.P. Morgan, we pride ourselves on being an exceptional employer, particularly within our Global Financial Crimes Compliance team in EMEA. Our commitment to diversity and inclusion fosters a collaborative work culture where employees are empowered to grow and develop their skills in a dynamic environment. With access to comprehensive training and the opportunity to engage with a wide range of financial services, you will find meaningful and rewarding career advancement in a company that values your contributions.
