IT & Software

Senior Lead Software Engineer - Backend Engineering - Java/Kotlin

JP Morgan Chase

London · Greater London · United Kingdom

Overview

In this role you drive the transformation of ideas into customer-facing fintech products within the Accelerator business. You will shape scalable, secure software through thoughtful domain modeling and architecture, collaborating with cross-functional squads. You’ll tackle performance, reliability, and up-to-date technology challenges to deliver zero-downtime releases. This role blends technical leadership with a culture that values curiosity, collaboration and diversity, offering meaningful impact on real-world customers.

Responsibilities
  • Apply domain modeling to build best-in-class business products
  • Structure code for clarity, testability, and evolvability
  • Use scalable architectural patterns to avoid single points of failure
  • Develop secure code to protect customers and the platform
  • Investigate and fix issues quickly to prevent recurrences
  • Coordinate releases with zero downtime for end users
  • Optimize data access patterns for performance
  • Ensure reliability and ease of operation of systems
  • Continuously update technologies and design patterns
Key requirements
  • Formal training or certification in problem-solving concepts and applied experience
  • Identifies problems, proposes solutions, and prioritizes focus
  • Contributes beyond own area of specialization and participates as a team player
  • Desire to teach others and share knowledge
  • Adapts quickly to changing priorities and complexity
  • Learns new technologies rapidly and remains comfortable in uncharted areas
  • Sees long-term value, choosing technologies to meet end goals
  • Maintains high personal and team performance standards and ethical integrity
  • Takes initiative and follows a pragmatic, iterative path toward long-term goals
  • team player
  • teaches others
  • adaptability
  • JVM-based languages (Java/Kotlin)
  • cloud-native and multi-cloud architecture
  • open source technologies when appropriate

Reference: WJ-747_30146045

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