Lead Software Engineering

JP Morgan

Location: Greater London

Job Type: Full time

Posted


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As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase, you are an integral part of an agile team that works to enhance, build, and deliver trusted market-leading technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable way. As a core technical contributor, you are responsible for conducting critical technology solutions across multiple technical areas within various business functions in support of the firm’s business objectives.

Sales and Research Technology is a team that supports the global Sales & Research and Client Services organization for front office daily digital workflows and MIS tools across the Investment Bank. This involves leveraging a wide range of tools that will help sales make decision efficiently, while collecting valuable client intelligence data points (trade, revenue, deal, profitability, clients, contacts, etc.), with a user base of roughly 4,500 staff globally.

Job responsibilities

  • We work across the full stack so value good all-round technologists who don’t define themselves by the language they prefer to code in. The role will be primarily Java (server side) and JavaScript, React (client side) based with some database and web front end work also an expectation
  • Experience developing applications on cloud platforms such as private or public cloud AWS
  • Exposure of asynchronous messaging protocols (IBM MQ, JMS, Kafka)
  • Motivation and enthusiasm to pick up new technologies as required
  • Ability to drive and lead complex technical deliveries
  • Ability to communicate technical ideas to a non-technical audience
  • Knowledge of agile software development methodologies such as Scrum

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

  • Motivation and enthusiasm to pick up new technologies as required
  • Knowledge of Search API’s using Elastic Search, GraphQL is a plus
  • Understanding of software skills such as business analysis, development, maintenance, and software improvement
  • Ability to drive and lead complex technical deliveries
  • Ability to communicate technical ideas to a non-technical audience

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

  • Full Stack Engineers
  • Java
  • JavaScript/React

The hiring manager for this job opening would welcome a conversation about flexible working. This could range from ad hoc flexibility in a full time position, to a more formal Flexible Work Arrangement.

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