IT & Software

Java, Python Lead Software Engineering - Risk Data Platform & Strategy

JP Morgan Chase

London · Greater London · United Kingdom

Overview

As a Lead Software Engineer in the Data Platform & Strategy team within Corporate Risk Technology, you design and build scalable, secure data engineering solutions for enterprise risk. You will collaborate with agile teams to shape technical strategy and drive innovation across multiple domains. The role emphasizes production-grade code, operational stability, and responsible AI-assisted development practices that improve delivery speed and quality. This is an opportunity to impact risk technology at scale, fostering a culture of inclusion and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities
  • Design, develop, and troubleshoot data-intensive applications; produce secure, high-quality production code
  • Automate remediation and improve operational stability across systems
  • Lead evaluation sessions with vendors and internal teams on architecture and technical credentials
  • Promote and govern AI-assisted engineering practices to improve code quality, testing, and release readiness
  • Leverage SDLC tools and AI-assisted automation to maximize value and reuse
  • Drive communities of practice to adopt new technologies
  • Foster a culture of diversity, inclusion, and respect
Key requirements
  • Engineering & Architecture, AI/ML expertise with hands-on data platform experience
  • Proficiency in Java, Python, C/C++, or C#
  • Experience in system design, development, testing, and operational stability
  • Knowledge of relational and NoSQL databases and data lake architectures
  • Experience with large-scale data processing, microservices, API design, Kafka, Redis, MemCached, Observability tools, and orchestration tools
  • Experience using AI-assisted software development tools and setting expectations for validating AI outputs
  • Understanding of responsible AI use, data sensitivity, security, and resiliency
  • Automation, CI/CD, and full SDLC knowledge
  • Cloud-native experience
  • Agile methodologies and security-conscious practices
  • Leadership and mentoring
  • Cross-functional collaboration
  • Strong communication and stakeholder management
  • Databricks or Snowflake
  • Spark/PySpark
  • Big data processing technologies

Reference: WJ-747_30185841

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