Java Lead Software Engineer - VP

JPMorgan Chase JPMorgan Chase · Banking · LONDON, LONDON, United Kingdom · Commercial & Investment Bank

Lead Software Engineer with VP title in Equities Technology at JPMorgan Chase, London. Focuses on enhancing, building, and delivering technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable way. Requires 12+ years of experience in Java/Python, RDMS, SQL, automation, CI/CD, and agile methodologies. Experience in financial services IT systems and designing enterprise-scale data processing applications is essential. Familiarity with cloud and AI development tools is preferred.

What you'd actually do

  1. 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
  2. Develops secure high-quality production code, and reviews and debugs code written by others
  3. Identifies opportunities to eliminate or automate remediation of recurring issues to improve overall operational stability of software applications and systems
  4. Collaborates with internal teams and users to drive outcomes-oriented probing of architectural designs, technical credentials, and applicability for use within existing systems and information architecture
  5. Leads communities of practice across Software Engineering to drive awareness and use of new and leading-edge technologies

Skills

Required

  • Java
  • Python
  • RDMS
  • SQL
  • automation
  • continuous delivery
  • Software Development Life Cycle
  • agile methodologies
  • CI/CD
  • Application Resiliency
  • Security
  • enterprise-scale data processing
  • high-volume data processing
  • SQL databases
  • NoSQL databases

Nice to have

  • modern front-end technologies
  • cloud technologies
  • AI enabled software development tools

What the JD emphasized

  • 12+ years applied software engineering experience
  • Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
  • In-depth knowledge of the financial services industry and their IT systems
  • Hands-on experience in designing and building enterprise-scale, high-volume data processing applications using SQL and NoSQL databases