Lead Software Engineer - Java

Location: GLASGOW, LANARKSHIRE, United Kingdom

Join us and shape the future of technology in financial services. As a Lead Software Engineer, you will have the opportunity to push boundaries, solve complex challenges, and make a meaningful impact. We value creativity, collaboration, and continuous learning. You’ll work with talented professionals who are passionate about building trusted, scalable solutions. Discover a place where your skills and ideas are celebrated.

Job Summary:
As a Lead Software Engineer in the Corporate Investment Bank team, you will play a pivotal role in designing, developing, and delivering innovative technology products. You will collaborate with agile teams to enhance operational stability and drive business objectives. Your expertise will help us build secure, scalable solutions that support our clients and the firm. You will contribute to a culture of diversity, inclusion, and respect, while advancing your career in a dynamic environment.

Job Responsibilities:

• Execute creative software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting
• Develop secure, high-quality production code and review and debug code written by others
• Identify opportunities to eliminate or automate remediation of recurring issues
• Lead evaluation sessions with external vendors, startups, and internal teams
• Drive outcomes-oriented probing of architectural designs and technical credentials
• Lead communities of practice across Software Engineering
• Promote awareness and use of new and leading-edge technologies
• Foster a team culture of diversity, opportunity, inclusion, and respect

Required Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills:

• Hands-on practical experience in system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
• Advanced proficiency in one or more programming languages
• Proficiency in automation and continuous delivery methods
• Skilled in all aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle
• Advanced understanding of agile methodologies, including 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

Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills:

• Background in delivering complex changes within a Financial Services organization
• Working knowledge of Equities and common derivative products, and the product lifecycle

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.

About the Organization

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. Drive innovation and deliver secure, market-leading technology solutions as a Lead Software Engineer on our agile team