Senior Lead Software Engineer - Python / Go

JPMorgan Chase JPMorgan Chase · Banking · GLASGOW, LANARKSHIRE, United Kingdom · Corporate Sector

Senior Lead Software Engineer role focused on building cloud platforms for AI/ML data and analytics strategy. The role involves technical leadership, designing and developing cloud infrastructure, driving DevEx and CI/CD, and implementing AI-assisted coding tools and AI agents. Experience with cloud providers, containerization, security, Python/Go, and AI frameworks is required.

What you'd actually do

  1. Provide technical leadership and guidance to the cloud engineering team.
  2. Lead the design and development of secure, scalable, and reliable cloud infrastructure and platform tools.
  3. Drive adoption of modern Developer Experience (DevEx) practices and evolve CI/CD and developer tooling.
  4. Align platform strategy and roadmaps with business priorities and lead cross-functional modernization initiatives.
  5. Evaluate, integrate, and govern strategic tooling to improve developer experience.

Skills

Required

  • Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts.
  • Hands-on experience with at least one major cloud provider (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
  • Advanced knowledge of containerization and orchestration platforms (Docker, Kubernetes, ECS, etc.).
  • Expertise in Developer Experience (DevEx) and CI/CD tools (Jenkins, Spinnaker, Bitbucket, GitHub, etc.).
  • Strong knowledge of cloud security best practices, shift-left methodologies, and DevSecOps processes.
  • Programming skills in Golang or Python, with understanding of software development best practices.
  • Proficiency with cloud infrastructure provisioning tools (Terraform, KRO, Crossplane, etc.).
  • Experience with logging and monitoring tools (Splunk, Grafana, Datadog, Prometheus, etc.).
  • Deep understanding of cloud infrastructure design, architecture, and migration strategies.
  • Proficiency with AI-assisted coding workflows, including LLM-powered development tools, spec-driven development, and prompt engineering.

Nice to have

  • Master’s degree in a related field and certifications in Cloud, Kubernetes, or infrastructure-as-code technologies.
  • Experience implementing multi-cloud architectures and leading end-to-end platform development.
  • Background in designing and developing scalable AI/ML or Data platforms.
  • Experience with automation and workflow orchestration for operational efficiency.
  • Published contributions to open-source or industry-recognized projects.
  • Hands-on experience building AI agents and MCP servers/integrations at scale using frameworks such as Google ADK, Anthropic SDKs, and agent orchestration tooling.
  • Experience enhancing AI-powered coding ecosystems with enterprise-specific tooling to improve developer productivity and platform engineering workflows.

What the JD emphasized

  • Hands-on experience with at least one major cloud provider (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
  • Advanced knowledge of containerization and orchestration platforms (Docker, Kubernetes, ECS, etc.).
  • Expertise in Developer Experience (DevEx) and CI/CD tools (Jenkins, Spinnaker, Bitbucket, GitHub, etc.).
  • Strong knowledge of cloud security best practices, shift-left methodologies, and DevSecOps processes.
  • Programming skills in Golang or Python, with understanding of software development best practices.
  • Proficiency with cloud infrastructure provisioning tools (Terraform, KRO, Crossplane, etc.).
  • Experience with logging and monitoring tools (Splunk, Grafana, Datadog, Prometheus, etc.).
  • Deep understanding of cloud infrastructure design, architecture, and migration strategies.
  • Proficiency with AI-assisted coding workflows, including LLM-powered development tools, spec-driven development, and prompt engineering.
  • Hands-on experience building AI agents and MCP servers/integrations at scale using frameworks such as Google ADK, Anthropic SDKs, and agent orchestration tooling.

Other signals

  • AI agents
  • Model Context Protocol (MCP) integrations
  • Google ADK
  • Anthropic SDKs
  • AI-assisted coding tools
  • AI-powered development ecosystems