Lead / Senior Software Engineer in FX Payments tech

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

Java
Agile Methodologies
Artificial Intelligence
Software Applications
Cloud Computing
Continuous Delivery
Continuous Integration
Relational Databases
Software Debugging
Spring
Machine Learning
NoSQL
Software Engineering
Software Systems
Spring-boot
Information Technology
Production Code
Kafka
Programming Languages
Microservices

Job description

Join us to shape the future of payments technology and make a real impact on your career. As part of our agile team, you'll help build trusted solutions that power global transactions. You'll have the opportunity to grow your skills, collaborate with talented colleagues, and contribute to a culture of inclusion and respect. We value creativity, technical excellence, and your unique perspective. Discover how you can push the limits of what's possible with us.

As a Lead Software Engineer in Wholesale Payments, FX Payments Tech, you will play a pivotal role in designing and delivering secure, scalable technology products. You will work closely with cross-functional teams to drive critical solutions that support our business objectives. You'll lead technical initiatives, foster innovation, and help shape our team's culture. Your expertise will enable us to build reliable systems that meet the evolving needs of our clients. You will be empowered to make a difference every day.

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 automate remediation of recurring issues and improve operational stability
  • Lead evaluation sessions with external vendors, startups, and internal teams to assess architectural designs and technical credentials
  • Drive outcomes-oriented probing for applicability within existing systems and information architecture
  • Lead communities of practice across Software Engineering to promote awareness and adoption of new technologies
  • Add to team culture of diversity, opportunity, inclusion, and respect

Requirements

  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in computer science
  • 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 (such as cloud, artificial intelligence, machine learning, or mobile)
  • In-depth knowledge of the financial services industry and IT systems
  • Practical cloud native experience

Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills:

  • Experience with Java 21
  • Familiarity with Spring framework and Spring Boot
  • Knowledge of RDBMS and NoSQL databases
  • Experience with Kafka
  • Expertise in microservices architecture
  • Ability to leverage AI tools like MCP servers and Claude to enhance productivity

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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