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Lead Software Engineer

Yesterday Glasgow, United Kingdom

We have an opportunity to impact your career and provide an adventure where you can push the limits of what's possible. As a Lead Software Engineer, you'll join a talented team in the CIB PTT space, where you'll help deliver market-leading technology products and drive innovation across multiple technical areas. You'll collaborate with passionate professionals, solve complex problems, and grow your expertise in a supportive, inclusive environment.

Job Summary:

As a Lead Software Engineer in the CIB PTT space, you will be an integral part of an agile team enhancing, building, and delivering trusted technology solutions. You will serve as a core technical contributor, developing critical solutions across various business functions to support the firm's objectives. Your role will involve leading technical evaluations, mentoring team members, and fostering a culture of diversity, opportunity, inclusion, and respect.

Job Responsibilities:

  • Execute creative software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting to build and optimize technology products.
  • Develop secure, high-quality production code, and review and debug code written by others.
  • Identify opportunities to eliminate or automate remediation of recurring issues to improve operational stability.
  • Lead evaluation sessions with external vendors, startups, and internal teams to assess architectural designs and technical credentials.
  • Lead communities of practice across Software Engineering to drive awareness and adoption of new technologies.
  • Add to team culture of diversity, opportunity, inclusion, and respect.

Required Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills:

  • Extensive experience in Java software engineering.
  • Hands-on experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability.
  • Advanced proficiency in one or more programming languages, with Java at a high level.
  • Proficiency in automation and continuous delivery methods.
  • Proficient in all aspects of the software development life cycle.
  • Experience mentoring junior team members.
  • Advanced understanding of agile methodologies such as CI/CD, application resiliency, and security.
  • Demonstrated proficiency in software applications and technical processes within a technical discipline (e.g., cloud, artificial intelligence, machine learning, mobile).
  • In-depth knowledge of the financial services industry and IT systems.
  • Practical cloud native experience.

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Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills:

  • Experience with GraphQL.
  • Experience with Mongo.
  • Experience with Kubernetes.
  • Experience with Spring, including WebFlux and cloud.
  • Experience with Maven.
  • Experience with caching solutions, both in-memory and distributed.


ABOUT US

J.P. Morgan is a global leader in financial services, providing strategic advice and products to the world's most prominent corporations, governments, wealthy individuals and institutional investors. Our first-class business in a first-class way approach to serving clients drives everything we do. We strive to build trusted, long-term partnerships to help our clients achieve their business objectives.

We recognize that our people are our strength and the diverse talents they bring to our global workforce are directly linked to our success. We are an equal opportunity employer and place a high value on diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute, including race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital or veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. We also make reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs. Visit our FAQs for more information about requesting an accommodation.

ABOUT THE TEAM

J.P. Morgan's Commercial & Investment Bank is a global leader across banking, markets, securities services and payments. Corporations, governments and institutions throughout the world entrust us with their business in more than 100 countries. The Commercial & Investment Bank provides strategic advice, raises capital, manages risk and extends liquidity in markets around the world.

Client-provided location(s): Glasgow, United Kingdom
Job ID: JPMorgan-210708998
Employment Type: FULL_TIME
Posted: 2026-02-10T19:01:29

Perks and Benefits

  • Health and Wellness

    • Parental Benefits

      • Work Flexibility

        • Office Life and Perks

          • Vacation and Time Off

            • Financial and Retirement

              • Professional Development

                • Diversity and Inclusion