Lead Software Engineer - Java

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London, Greater London, England, GBR
Hybrid
Entry level
Financial Services
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The Role
Lead software engineering role responsible for designing, developing, testing, securing, and supporting scalable Java applications. The position requires technical leadership, code reviews, mentoring, cloud-native development, CI/CD expertise, operational stability improvements, software architecture knowledge, and responsible adoption of AI-assisted engineering tools. The engineer will also evaluate architectures and vendors, promote modern technologies, and contribute to communities of practice within a financial services environment.
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We have an opportunity to impact your career and provide an adventure where you can push the limits of what’s possible. Join a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement. You’ll help build trusted technology products that support meaningful business outcomes. You’ll grow your technical leadership and influence how we design, develop, and deliver software. Our culture prioritizes inclusion, respect, and opportunity for all.

Job Summary:
As a Lead Software Engineer in the EVO team, you will play a key role in enhancing, building, and delivering market-leading technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable way. You will act as a core technical contributor, conducting critical technology solutions across multiple technical areas and business functions to support the firm’s objectives. You will help set high standards for code quality, resiliency, and security through hands-on engineering and thoughtful collaboration. You will contribute to a team culture grounded in diversity, opportunity, inclusion, and respect.

Job Responsibilities

  • Execute creative software solutions through design, development, and technical troubleshooting to break down complex problems
  • Develop secure, high-quality production code and review and debug code written by others
  • Drive team adoption of enterprise-authorized AI-assisted engineering practices within the work environment to improve code quality, delivery speed, and operational outcomes (e.g., AI-assisted code review/refactoring, test strategy acceleration, incident/root-cause analysis support), while establishing consistent validation standards (secure coding, peer review, automated testing) and promoting reuse of effective patterns across the team
  • Apply 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
  • Identify opportunities to eliminate or automate remediation of recurring issues to improve overall operational stability of software applications and systems
  • Lead evaluation sessions with external vendors, startups, and internal teams to drive outcomes-oriented review of architectural designs, technical credentials, and fit within existing systems and information architecture
  • Lead communities of practice across Software Engineering to drive awareness and use of new and leading-edge technologies
  • Contribute to a team culture of diversity, opportunity, inclusion, and respect
  • Drive team adoption of enterprise-authorized AI-assisted engineering practices within the work environment to improve code quality, delivery speed, and operational outcomes (e.g., AI-assisted code review/refactoring, test strategy acceleration, incident/root-cause analysis support), while establishing consistent validation standards (secure coding, peer review, automated testing) and promoting reuse of effective patterns across the team
  • Apply 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

  • Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
  • Advanced proficiency in one or more programming languages
  • Expert Java Programmer (Java 11+) with dedication to clean, maintainable code
  • Hands-on experience using enterprise-authorized AI-assisted software development tools within the work environment (e.g., for coding, test creation, troubleshooting, or documentation) with demonstrated ability to critically evaluate, validate, and refine AI-generated outputs for correctness, performance, and security
  • Understanding of responsible AI use in engineering workflows, including data sensitivity considerations, secure handling of inputs/outputs, and adherence to resiliency and security expectations; ability to guide peers on safe and effective usage within team practices
  • Advanced understanding of agile methodologies such as CI/CD, application resiliency, and security
  • Demonstrated proficiency in software applications and technical processes within a technical discipline (e.g., cloud, artificial intelligence, machine learning, mobile)
  • Practical cloud-native experience
  • In-depth knowledge of software design and architecture principles
  • Agile SDLC experience – Scrum, code reviews, and mentoring junior team members
  • Experience using modern engineering toolchains for build, dependency management, CI/CD, and code quality (e.g., Git, Gradle, Jenkins, Sonar)
  • In-depth knowledge of the financial services industry and their IT systems

Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills

  • Strong Linux command line skills
  • Cloud platform experience, preferably AWS
  • Familiarity with modern web UI technologies
 
About UsJ.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. Visit our FAQs for more information about requesting an accommodation.
About the TeamJ.P. Morgan’s Commercial & Investment Bank is a global leader across banking, markets, securities services and payments. Corporations, governments and institutions throughout the world entrust us with their business in more than 100 countries. The Commercial & Investment Bank provides strategic advice, raises capital, manages risk and extends liquidity in markets around the world. 

Skills Required

  • Hands-on experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
  • Advanced proficiency in one or more programming languages
  • Expert proficiency in Java 11 or later
  • Hands-on experience using enterprise-authorized AI-assisted software development tools, including evaluating and validating generated outputs
  • Understanding of responsible AI use in engineering workflows, data sensitivity, secure input and output handling, resiliency, and security
  • Advanced understanding of agile methodologies, CI/CD, application resiliency, and security
  • Proficiency in software applications and technical processes within a technical discipline such as cloud, artificial intelligence, machine learning, or mobile
  • Practical cloud-native experience
  • In-depth knowledge of software design and architecture principles
  • Agile SDLC experience, including Scrum, code reviews, and mentoring junior team members
  • Experience with modern engineering toolchains for build, dependency management, CI/CD, and code quality, such as Git, Gradle, Jenkins, and Sonar
  • In-depth knowledge of the financial services industry and its IT systems
  • Strong Linux command-line skills
  • Cloud platform experience, preferably AWS
  • Familiarity with modern web UI technologies

JPMorganChase Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about JPMorganChase and has not been reviewed or approved by JPMorganChase.

  • Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is considered comprehensive, including medical, dental, and vision, alongside wellness and mental health resources. Some locations add onsite health centers and related wellbeing support.
  • Retirement Support — Retirement offerings include a 401(k)-type savings plan and related financial benefits, with options such as employee stock purchase participation. Financial planning resources are also highlighted to support long-term savings.
  • Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave of 16 weeks for birth or adoption is available for all parents. Child care and back-up child care resources further reinforce family support.

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The Company
HQ: New York, NY
289,097 Employees
Year Founded: 1799

What We Do

JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) is a leading global financial services firm with assets of $3.7 trillion and operations worldwide. The firm is a leader in investment banking, financial services for consumers and small businesses, commercial banking, financial transaction processing, and asset management. A component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average, JPMorgan Chase & Co. serves millions of consumers in the United States and many of the world’s most prominent corporate, institutional and government clients under its J.P. Morgan and Chase brands. Technology fuels every aspect of our company and is at the heart of everything we do. With over 50,000 technologists globally and an annual tech spend of $12 billion, we are dedicated to improving the design, analytics, development, coding, testing and application programming that goes into creating high quality software and new products. Learn more about technology at our firm, explore resources from our Distinguished Engineers, AI & ML researchers, and other experts; access the latest episode of our TechTrends podcast, and more at www.jpmorgan.com/technology. Information about JPMorgan Chase & Co. is available at www.jpmorganchase.com. ©2023 JPMorgan Chase & Co. All rights reserved. JPMorgan Chase is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Veterans.

Why Work With Us

Our technologists work on a diverse range of solutions that include strategic technology initiatives, big data, mobile, electronic payments, machine learning, cybersecurity, enterprise cloud development, and other state-of-the-art technologies.

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