At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead a team to develop innovative software solutions and mentor fellow engineers.
- Company: Join JPMorganChase, a leader in financial technology with a dynamic culture.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, health benefits, remote work options, and career development opportunities.
- Other info: Exciting environment with opportunities for growth and the use of AI-assisted engineering practices.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in tech while working with cutting-edge tools and technologies.
- Qualifications: Experience in Java, Kubernetes, and cloud-native applications; leadership skills required.
The predicted salary is between 63000 - 77000 £ per year.
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 the Commercial & Investment Bank, Payments technology team; 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
- Own the technical strategy and architecture for mission-critical applications, ensuring alignment with business goals and industry best practices.
- Lead and mentor a team of software engineers, providing guidance, support, and professional development opportunities.
- Drive the design and implementation of high-performance backend services using Java and cloud-native technologies.
- Champion the development of highly resilient, share-nothing, multi-region architectures to achieve fault tolerance, high availability, and disaster recovery.
- Drive the adoption and optimization of MongoDB (including change streams), Kubernetes, and other modern platforms.
- Set and enforce standards for API design and development (REST/gRPC), including best practices for versioning, documentation, and error handling to ensure robust, secure, and scalable interfaces.
- Guide the integration and management of service registries for dynamic service discovery and orchestration in microservices environments.
- Promote the creation of custom frameworks and reusable components to accelerate development and maintain consistency.
- Manage project delivery, ensuring timelines, quality, and stakeholder satisfaction while identifying and mitigating technical risks.
- Drives team adoption of enterprise-authorized AI-assisted engineering practices within the work environment to improve code quality, delivery speed, and operational outcomes.
- 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.
Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- Formal training or certification on Software Engineering concepts and applied experience.
- Extensive experience in Java and object-oriented programming.
- Proven leadership in Kubernetes and cloud-native application development.
- Deep expertise in MongoDB, including change streams and schema design.
- Strong background in RESTful and gRPC API design and implementation.
- Demonstrated experience with API best practices and service registry concepts.
- Track record of designing highly resilient, share-nothing, multi-region architectures.
- Ability to architect and promote custom frameworks and reusable components.
- Experience leading Agile, self-managing teams.
- Demonstrated experience leading effective use of approved AI-assisted software development tools.
- 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.
Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
- Proven experience in senior leadership or engineering management roles.
- Hands-on expertise with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP), CI/CD pipelines, and DevOps practices.
- UI development experience with modern frameworks such as React, Angular, or similar.
Lead Software Engineer - GLCM Postings in Bournemouth employer: Jpmorgan Chase & Co.
JPMorgan Chase & Co. is an exceptional employer, offering a dynamic work environment in Bournemouth where innovation and collaboration thrive. Employees benefit from a strong focus on professional development, inclusive team culture, and the opportunity to work with cutting-edge technology in a supportive atmosphere that values continuous improvement and engineering excellence.
