Lead Software Engineer- Java- Hands On- Nutmeg

Social network you want to login/join with: Lead Software Engineer- Java- Hands On- Nutmeg, London col-narrow-left Client: Nutmeg Saving and Investment Limited Location: London, United Kingdom Job Category: Other – EU work permit required: Yes col-narrow-right Job Reference: 20c4f2cc951f Job Views: 3 Posted: 29.06.2025 Expiry Date: 13.08.2025 col-wide Job Description: Nutmeg is a J.P. Morgan company within the International Consumer Bank – Chase division offering award-winning investments, products and digital wealth management services to over 250,000 investors in the UK. We built the business from scratch, with constant innovation a core part of our ethos since the beginning. We aim to provide clients with the best digital investing experience, ensuring digital security and customer satisfaction – meaning you’ll have the opportunity to make a real difference. As an Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within Nutmeg, you will be part of a team with great ambitions. We aim to build a top-in-market suite of mobile and web apps to provide the best investment experience for our clients. Our team is at the heart of this venture, focused on getting smart ideas into the hands of our customers. 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. By their nature, our people are also solution-oriented, commercially savvy and have a head for fintech. We work in tribes and squads that focus on specific products and projects. Job Responsibilities Work with the Product team to understand user’s 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. Participate with the rest of the team in the process of designing how our architecture needs to evolve to meet our needs. We use ADRs as part of our decision-making process and our architecture is microservices running on Kubernetes with a heavy use of Kafka and even-driven design. Take ownership of tasks from the estimation stage right through until the release stage and post production Identify, troubleshoot and resolve existing or newly-identified prioritised defects Write tests for all code you deliver and adhere to best practices/standards, ensuring high-quality code Take ownership of, or assist others with, releases and associated processes (we try to deploy as often as possible) Participate in code reviews, ensuring high code quality and continuous development and learning for yourself and your colleagues Be someone who enjoys knowledge sharing, who is keen to attend and participate in some of the many skill share sessions we regularly hold in the team and across the wider Engineering department. Propose/contribute/collaborate on Technical Initiatives – improving and evolving the existing codebase and toolset Be keen to ensure that we focus on solving the essence of the problem rather than merely dealing with the symptoms Required qualifications, capabilities and skills English working proficiency is a must, you will be working with the team in London 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 Experience designing systems from scratch as well as understanding how to evolve existing architectures to achieve new goals, both serverless and managed in the cloud Hands-on experience designing and implementing event-driven architectures with different message brokers, including Kafka Experience with monitoring and alerting in order to maintain a production environment Good understanding of REST and what it means to work with APIs Experience with Git flow Good communication skills, you can work well within a delivery team and manage interactions with other parts of the organisation, such as Product and Operations Curious about new ways of working and open to different approaches and ideas Proactive and willing to help others put forward ideas Preferred qualifications, capabilities and skills- nice to haves Experience with DynamoDB and/or Aurora Experience in the FinTech sector Experience developing a multi-country product with multiple localizations and currencies. Show us your Github/Stack Overflow/app portfolio! #J-18808-Ljbffr