Lead Software Engineer for Digital Platforms Team

JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Charing Cross, United Kingdom
2 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
English
Experience level
Senior

Job location

Charing Cross, United Kingdom

Tech stack

JavaScript
Software Quality
Continuous Integration
E2e Testing
Next.js
Semantic HTML
TypeScript
Management of Software Versions
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines
Web Platforms
React
Cypress
Caching
Backend
Data Layers
WebPack
Playwright
GraphQL
Front End Software Development
React

Job description

As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorganChase within the Digital Platforms Team 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., * Architect scalable, resilient UI platforms -Define and evolve clean, modular React architectures (state management, routing, SSR/SSG, hydration) that scale across teams and products, emphasizing maintainability, resiliency, and long-term sustainability.

  • Lead performance engineering - Set and enforce performance budgets and Web Vitals targets; drive bundle strategy (code splitting, lazy loading), caching/CDN policies, image optimization, profiling, and regression monitoring to ensure consistently fast, reliable experiences.
  • Build and govern reusable component libraries and design systems - Develop typed, accessible, and themeable React component libraries; establish versioning, documentation, and adoption guidelines to promote reuse, consistency, and platform-wide efficiency.
  • Enforce code quality, testing, and accessibility - Establish coding standards and review practices; implement robust testing (unit/integration/E2E) and CI coverage; ensure WCAG-compliant accessibility and front-end security hygiene throughout the platform.
  • Provide cross-functional leadership and mentorship - Translate product and UX requirements into technical roadmaps; collaborate tightly with product, design, and backend teams; mentor engineers in platform-thinking and React best practices; use data and observability to guide decisions and drive continuous improvement.

Requirements

  • 10+ years in UI and frontend development with React Proven track record building and scaling complex, production-grade React applications across multiple products and teams.
  • Demonstrated platform mindset with strong focus on performance -Emphasis on clean architecture, robustness, resiliency, reusability, and measurable improvements to Core Web Vitals.
  • Advanced React and TypeScript expertise -Deep knowledge of hooks, context, Suspense/concurrent features, SSR/SSG patterns (e.g., Next.js), and strict typing for safety and maintainability.
  • UI architecture and systems design -Ability to define scalable component architectures, design systems, modular libraries, and (where appropriate) micro frontends or module federation.
  • State management and data layer proficiency -Experience with Redux Toolkit, Zustand, React Query/TanStack Query, and GraphQL, including caching, synchronization, and error handling strategies.
  • Accessibility and standards compliance -WCAG compliance, semantic HTML, keyboard navigation, screen-reader support, and inclusive design integrated into the development workflow.
  • Testing, tooling, and CI/CD excellence -Strong in unit/integration/E2E testing (Jest, Testing Library, Playwright/Cypress), code quality gates, linting, type checks, and modern bundlers/dev servers (Webpack, Vite) with automated, reliable release pipelines.

About the company

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., 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.

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