Lead Software Engineer - AI/Java Full Stack

JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Glasgow, UK
6 days ago

Role details

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

Tech stack

Java (Programming Language) Artificial Intelligence Amazon Web Services Unit Testing Big Data Software Quality Data Infrastructure Distributed Systems Elasticsearch MongoDB Object-Oriented Software Development Oracle (Applications)
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Standard Sql Software Engineering Software Systems ReactJS Retrieval-Augmented Generation Large Language Models Multi-Agent Systems Spring-boot Software Application Programming Generative AI Web Filtering Build Management Containerization Integration Tests Kubernetes Production Code Graphql Front End Software Development Virtual Agents Api Design Docker Databricks Microservices

Job description

As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorganChase within Corporate Technology, you will be a key technical leader within an agile team responsible for designing, building, and delivering secure, scalable, and high-performing technology solutions. You will contribute across multiple domains, partnering with business and technology stakeholders to deliver strategic platforms that enable the firm’s objectives., * Lead the design, development, and delivery of innovative software solutions, solving complex problems with creative and forward-thinking approaches

  • Build and maintain high-quality, secure, and production-grade code, while mentoring and reviewing the work of other engineers
  • Drive architecture decisions to ensure scalability, resiliency, and zero-downtime deployments
  • Identify opportunities to automate operational processes and eliminate recurring issues, improving platform stability and efficiency
  • Develop and implement data-intensive and statistical solutions using Java/Scala on large-scale datasets
  • Design and build AI-enabled applications, including AI Agents and agentic workflows
  • Work across hybrid data ecosystems (AWS, Databricks, Kubernetes)
  • Ensure code quality through unit testing, integration testing, and continuous validation practices
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver end-to-end solutions aligned with enterprise standards

Requirements

  • Significant experience in software engineering with formal training or equivalent practical expertise
  • Strong proficiency in Java and Spring Boot, with working knowledge of SQL and modern front-end frameworks (e.g., React)
  • Demonstrated experience in designing scalable, secure, and resilient distributed systems
  • Strong understanding of modern architecture patterns (microservices, event-driven, API-first)
  • Experience with CI/CD pipelines, containerization (Docker, Kubernetes/ECS/EKS), and Infrastructure as Code
  • Expertise in API design (REST, GraphQL) and integration patterns
  • Hands-on experience building applications on AWS or other public cloud platforms
  • Experience with Generative AI systems, including:
  • RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) architecture
  • AI orchestration frameworks (LangChain, LlamaIndex, etc.)
  • LLM evaluation frameworks and responsible AI practices (guardrails, content filtering)

Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills

  • Deep expertise in Java, object-oriented design, and system design
  • Experience with ElasticSearch, Oracle, MongoDB, and modern data platforms
  • Proven experience building AI-enabled applications and agentic architecture
  • Experience developing reusable AI Agent skills/frameworks to accelerate engineering teams.

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., Our professionals in our Corporate Functions cover a diverse range of areas from finance and risk to human resources and marketing. Our corporate teams are an essential part of our company, ensuring that we’re setting our businesses, clients, customers and employees up for success.

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