Overview

Senior Lead Software Engineer - Tech, Data & Product Talent Development

Location: Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

We have an exciting opportunity to advance your software engineering career. As a Senior Lead Software Engineer at JPMorganChase within the Tech, Data & Product Talent Development team, you will drive digital transformation and innovation. You will leverage front-end and back-end technologies, as well as cloud infrastructure, to deliver modern, robust, automated and scalable solutions that enhance learning offerings and community engagement.

Responsibilities

• Develop and enhance the technology and engineering roadmap for the team, aligning with the firm’s architectural roadmap and strategic objectives.
• Provide technical guidance and direction, lead, coach, and mentor other engineers to support the business and its technical teams.
• Demonstrate flexibility in selecting the appropriate technical approach to solve business problems; consult with Product leadership and Talent Development team members to identify the most suitable technical solutions.
• Create secure, high-quality production code, and review and debug code written by others.
• Drive decisions that influence product design, application functionality, and technical operations, adhering to best practices and the architectural roadmap.
• Serve as a subject matter expert in Java, React, Oracle, AWS Public Cloud and JPMorganChase’s Internal Cloud platform, supporting various applications and components.
• Actively contribute to the engineering community, advocating for firmwide frameworks, tools, and Software Development Life Cycle practices.
• Oversee potential to open source a firmwide platform for community contributions via supervised coding challenges in partnership with Product leadership.
• Collaborate with technology teams across the broader organization to optimize alignment with strategic initiatives and frameworks, and, over time, oversee team growth to optimize business alignment and employee experience.
• Foster a team culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and respect.

Qualifications

• Key Skills: Expertise in Java programming for building high-performance, reliable, and maintainable server-side applications.
• Strong proficiency in React for developing dynamic and responsive user interfaces.
• Extensive experience with databases such as Oracle, including designing schemas, writing complex queries, and optimizing database performance.
• In-depth knowledge of cloud services and architecture (AWS) enabling design and deployment of scalable and secure cloud-based applications.
• Experience with automation technologies such as Alteryx and Tableau is beneficial.

Preferred Qualifications

• Formal training or certification in software engineering concepts with demonstrable applied experience.
• Hands-on experience in system design, application development, testing, and operational stability.
• Advanced proficiency in one or more programming languages, with deep expertise in Java and React.
• Ability to independently troubleshoot design and functionality issues with minimal oversight.
• Practical cloud-native experience, particularly with AWS.

About Us

J.P. Morgan is a global leader in financial services, providing strategic advice and products to corporations, governments, high-net-worth individuals and institutional investors. We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity and inclusion. We do not discriminate on the basis of protected attributes and provide reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with religious practices, mental health or physical disability needs.

Team & Culture

Our professionals in Corporate Functions cover areas from finance and risk to human resources and marketing. Our corporate teams support success for our businesses, clients, customers and employees.

Job Details

• Seniority level: Mid-Senior level
• Employment type: Full-time
• Job function: Engineering and Information Technology
• Industries: Software Development