At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead innovative software engineering projects and drive technical direction across teams.
- Company: Join J.P. Morgan, a global leader in financial services with a focus on diversity and inclusion.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, career growth opportunities, and a dynamic work environment.
- Other info: Be part of a collaborative culture that values your unique talents and perspectives.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in technology while working with cutting-edge tools and practices.
- Qualifications: Experience in software engineering and leading cross-functional teams is essential.
The predicted salary is between 72000 - 88000 £ per year.
The JP Morgan Markets (JPMM) Web Platform Engineering Lead is a senior technology leadership role within Markets Experience Technology (Markets XT), part of the wider Markets Sales, Research, and Digital Technology (SRDT) organization. Based in the Bank Street office in London, this role will report directly to the Head of Markets XT and will be accountable for engineering delivery, technical direction, and cross-organization partnerships for the JPMM program.
As a Director of Software Engineering at JPMorganChase within Markets Experience Technology (Markets XT), you'll lead a technical area and drive impact within teams, technologies, and projects across departments. Utilising your in-depth knowledge of software, applications, technical processes, and product management to drive multiple complex projects and initiatives, while serving as a primary decision maker for your teams and be a driver of innovation and solution delivery.
Job Responsibilities
- Leads technology and process implementations to achieve functional technology objectives.
- Accountable for decisions that influence teams' resources, budget, tactical operations, and the execution and implementation of processes and procedures.
- Sets direction and governance for agentic AI-enabled engineering and SDLC/TLM automation within a technical area to drive measurable improvements in speed, quality, and operational outcomes.
- Applies knowledge of tools within the Software Development Life Cycle toolchain to improve the value realized by automation and support capacity unlock initiatives at scale.
- Delivers technical solutions that can be leveraged across multiple businesses and domains.
- Influences peer leaders and senior stakeholders across the business, product, and technology teams.
Required Qualifications, Capabilities, And Skills
- Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and advanced applied experience.
- Experience developing or leading cross-functional teams of technologists.
- Experience of leading adoption of agentic AI-enabled engineering practices across teams.
- Strong understanding of responsible AI use and control expectations in engineering workflows.
- Practical cloud native experience.
- Strong hands-on or close-to-hands-on experience with modern web platforms and service-oriented backends.
- Demonstrated ability to lead architectural modernization initiatives focused on scalability, reuse, and runtime configurability.
- Track record of operating production systems with strong observability, incident management discipline, and reliability-focused leadership.
- Experience with hiring, developing, and recognizing talent.
Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities, And Skills
- Experience with personalization systems, recommendation/curation pipelines, or signal-driven experiences.
- Familiarity with graph databases and API platform design for downstream tenants.
- Experience with interoperability standards and cross-application messaging patterns.
- Experience building analytics dashboards and/or integrating BI tools.
- Experience delivering in Markets-adjacent environments with close partnership to Sales, Research, and Product stakeholders.
J.P. 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. Our first-class business in a first-class way approach to serving clients drives everything we do. 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’re Hiring: Director of Software Engineering - Executive Director employer: JPMorganChase
JPMorganChase is an exceptional employer, offering a dynamic work environment in Greater London where innovation thrives. With a strong commitment to diversity and inclusion, employees benefit from collaborative agile teams, extensive professional development opportunities, and the chance to work on cutting-edge technology products that shape the future of finance. Join us to be part of a culture that values your contributions and supports your growth.
