Lead Software Engineer - Backend Engineer - Chase UK
JPMorgan Chase8 hours ago
London, United KingdomStaff+
Responsibilities
- Deliver end-to-end backend solutions using cloud-native microservices architecture and scalable architectural patterns.
- Use domain modelling and maintainable software design to build business products that are easy to understand, test, and evolve.
- Develop secure code and ensure systems are reliable, operable, performant, and resilient against single points of failure.
- Design optimized data access and support zero-downtime releases.
- Investigate and resolve production issues, prevent recurrence, and support products through their full lifecycle, including incident management.
- Coach team members on coding practices, design principles, implementation patterns, and high-quality maintainable solutions.
- Lead adoption of approved AI-assisted engineering tools and establish validation standards for correctness, performance, security, and responsible data handling.
- Manage stakeholders and prioritize work across multiple workstreams.
Requirements
- Formal training or certification in software engineering concepts with applied experience.
- Recent hands-on professional experience as a backend software engineer.
- Experience coding in a recent version of Java.
- Experience designing and implementing unit, component, integration, end-to-end, and performance tests.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.
- Experience with cloud technologies, distributed systems, RESTful APIs, web technologies, and messaging frameworks.
- Experience operating, supporting, and securing mission-critical software applications.
- Understanding of different types of data stores, including relational data stores.
- Experience coaching engineers and leading effective use of approved AI-assisted software development tools.
- Understanding of responsible AI use in engineering workflows, including data sensitivity, secure handling of inputs and outputs, resiliency, and security expectations.
- Preferred: experience in highly regulated environments, cloud-native microservices architecture, and AWS cloud technologies.
About JPMorgan Chase
JPMorgan Chase provides consumer and commercial banking, payments, credit card, wealth management, and corporate and investment banking services to individuals, businesses, institutions, and governments. The public company (NYSE: JPM) earns revenue from interest, fees, trading, and asset management across operations in more than 100 markets. Headquartered in New York City with roots dating to 1799, it serves retail customers and prominent corporate and government clients through brands including Chase and J.P. Morgan.