Senior Lead Software Engineer - Java | Bournemouth, UK

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; Bournemouth; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 100,000

Job description

Job Description

Be an integral part of an agile team that's constantly pushing the envelope to enhance, build, and deliver top-notch technology products.

As a Senior Lead Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within Technology Operate and Production Management Tools - you will play a crucial role in enhancing the software delivery Automation Platforms for the firm's 15,000 engineers. Your responsibilities will include establishing best practices, developing innovative tools, and integrating them into our global delivery pipeline. Additionally, you will conduct research on the latest technologies and promote engineering excellence across JPMorgan Chase.

Job responsibilities

• Regularly provides technical guidance and direction to support the business and its technical teams, contractors, and vendors
• Develops secure and high-quality production code, and reviews and debugs code written by others
• Serves as a function-wide subject matter expert in one or more areas of focus
• Actively builds an engineering community as an advocate of firmwide frameworks, tools, and practices of the Software Development Life Cycle
• Influences peers and project decision-makers to consider the use and application of leading-edge technologies
• Adds to the team culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and respect
• Inspires software engineers across all levels and guide senior technology leaders to embrace strategic initiatives and invest in cutting-edge technologies.
• Champions and upholds best practices for the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) throughout TOPMT Organization.
• Drives decisions that influence the product design, application functionality, and technical operations and processes
• Conducts Proofs of Concept (PoCs) to assess and introduce innovative technologies.
• Leads evaluation sessions with external vendors, startups, and internal teams to drive outcomes-oriented probing of architectural designs, technical credentials, and applicability for use within existing systems and information architecture
• Executes creative software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting with ability to think beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions or break down technical problems

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and senior level applied experience.
• Hands-on experience of developing microservices using Java and Spring Boot, API Gateway, Kafka utilizing event driven architecture.
• Hands-on Platform Engineering: Strong experience in designing, building, and maintaining large-scale, high-performance platforms.
• Cloud & Distributed Systems: Deep knowledge of cloud environments (AWS, GAP) and distributed systems architectures.
• Scalability & Reliability: Experience in scaling platforms to support thousands of engineers, ensuring high availability and reliability.
• Cross-Team Collaboration: Ability to work across engineering teams, influencing best practices, and aligning technical goals with business needs.
• Experience in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Mathematics, or a related technical field

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Automation & CI/CD: Expertise in building and managing CI/CD pipelines, automation, and DevOps practices to improve development workflows.
• Tech Leadership: Proven experience leading teams in building and optimizing developer tools, infrastructure, and platform services.

About Us

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 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.

About the Team

Our professionals in our Corporate Functions cover a diverse range of areas from finance and risk to human resources and marketing. Our corporate teams are an essential part of our company, ensuring that we're setting our businesses, clients, customers and employees up for success.