Lead Software Engineer

JPMorgan Chase JPMorgan Chase · Banking · BOURNEMOUTH, DORSET, United Kingdom · Commercial & Investment Bank

Lead Software Engineer for JPMorgan Chase's FX Services team, focusing on enhancing and delivering secure, stable, and scalable technology products for foreign exchange trading. The role involves executing creative software solutions, developing high-quality production code, leading evaluation sessions, and mentoring junior developers within an agile environment.

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. Leads evaluation sessions with internal teams 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 backend development
  • JDK8+
  • Spring Boot
  • microservice architecture
  • Core Java
  • multithreading
  • low latency
  • scalability
  • backward compatibility
  • complex codebase management
  • performance optimization
  • maintainability
  • messaging APIs
  • Kafka
  • IBM UM MQs
  • TDD
  • BDD
  • mocking APIs
  • Cucumber
  • Oracle database design
  • PL/SQL
  • system design
  • application development
  • testing
  • operational stability
  • automation
  • continuous delivery
  • agile methodologies
  • CI/CD
  • application resiliency
  • security
  • mentoring junior developers
  • technical issue resolution
  • production system support
  • communication skills
  • technical articulation

Nice to have

  • Highly available 24/7 applications
  • FX Trading Application
  • Payments domain
  • Co-pilot
  • AI Agents

What the JD emphasized

  • Senior-level experience in Java backend development with JDK8+
  • Expert in Core Java, multithreading, low latency, scalability, and backward compatibility
  • Skilled in managing complex codebase with a focus on performance and maintainability
  • Hands-on experience with messaging APIs, including Kafka and IBM UM MQs
  • Proficient in TDD and BDD, using mocking APIs and Cucumber
  • Strong knowledge of Oracle database design and PL/SQL
  • Practical experience in system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
  • Proficient in automation and continuous delivery methods
  • Advanced understanding of agile methodologies, CI/CD, application resiliency, and security
  • Ability to mentor junior developers, resolve technical issues, and support production systems
  • Strong communication skills, Ability to articulate technical solutions to Business and non technical audience
  • Demonstrated expertise in software applications and technical processes (cloud, AI/ML, etc.)