IT & Software

Lead Software Engineer - Full Stack React/Java - Risk Frameworks

JP Morgan Chase

Glasgow · Glasgow City · United Kingdom

Overview

As Lead Software Engineer in Risk Technology, you will drive full-stack development in an agile team with a frontend focus. You own code quality, shape technical direction, and work across React frontends and Java/Spring Boot services. You’ll build cloud-native microservices with robust resilience and zero-downtime releases, while collaborating with stakeholders to refine requirements and raise engineering standards. This role offers impact through secure, scalable software in a risk-focused domain.

Responsibilities
  • Write, review, and debug secure production code across frontend and backend services
  • Design and build cloud-native, microservices-based applications with zero-downtime releases
  • Apply domain modeling to structure software for clarity and maintainability
  • Identify recurring failure patterns and automate remediation
  • Lead communities of practice to raise engineering standards
  • Design for resilience with scalable patterns and optimized data access
  • Collaborate with stakeholders to refine requirements before coding
Key requirements
  • Significant hands-on software engineering experience
  • Strong proficiency in TypeScript and React
  • Backend experience with Java and Spring Boot
  • Solid understanding of HTML5, CSS, and a preprocessor such as Sass
  • Experience with CI/CD pipelines and automated testing
  • Comfortable in agile delivery (Scrum or Kanban)
  • Able to solve complex design and functionality problems independently
  • Experience with cloud platforms (AWS or equivalent), RESTful APIs, and distributed systems
  • Hands-on experience designing and building applications with SQL and NoSQL databases
  • Mentoring engineers and presenting technical work to stakeholders
  • Collaborative mindset and openness to diverse perspectives
  • TypeScript
  • React
  • Java
  • Spring Boot

Reference: WJ-747_30162665

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