Lead Software Engineer - Platform

Behind every investment is a person with ambitions, motivations and values. While we know that every client is unique, they come to J.P. Morgan Personal Investing for the same reason: our straightforward and transparent approach to investing, and the trust that 150 years of J.P. Morgan heritage brings. J.P. Morgan Personal Investing offers award-winning investments, products and digital wealth management services to almost 300,000 investors in the UK. We built the business with innovation as a core part of our ethos to give consumers the confidence and clarity to make informed investment decisions and achieve their financial goals. As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within J.P. Morgan Personal Investing, you will join a Backend Engineering Platform team dedicated to building a Spring Boot based framework and libraries that enable our product engineering teams to build and run financial services at scale. This hands-on role combines deep technical expertise in Java and the Spring ecosystem, with strong problem-solving abilities. You will work closely with SDLC and Infrastructure teams and play a pivotal role in driving standardization and promoting best practices across Investments' technology landscape. Job responsibilities Design, develop, and maintain backend frameworks and libraries using Java and Spring Boot. Build components that provide out of the box implementations of functional and non-functional requirements. Collaborate closely with product engineering teams to understand their needs and deliver solutions that improve their productivity and engineering experience. Tackle complex technical challenges, design innovative strategic solutions and provide guidance to the team. Close collaboration with SDLC and Infrastructure teams to enable delivery of Platform as a Product Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills Strong proficiency in Java and Spring Boot (or similar) framework. Experience with managing build tools such as Maven and Gradle and their role in SDLC standardisation. Experience with building APIs in micro-service-oriented architectures and distributed systems with high level of complexity. Solid understanding of software engineering principles, design patterns, and best practices. Excellent communication, mentoring, and stakeholder management skills. Understanding the needs of engineering teams with the ability to drive change and influence their technical direction. Passion for driving standardisation, process improvement, and engineering excellence. Understanding importance of controls and compliance in regulated organisations. Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills Experience with designing libraries that have been used across multiple engineering teams. Deep understanding of Spring and Spring Boot internals. Experience working in financial services, investment platforms, or similar regulated organisations. Experience with building self-serve tooling for engineering teams. Hands-on experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines.