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Lead Software Engineer - Python

JPMorganChase
Full-time
On-site
Glasgow, United Kingdom
Description

We have an opportunity to impact your career and provide an adventure where you can push the limits of what's possible.

As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within Cross Risk Technology, you are an integral part of an agile team that works to enhance, build, and deliver trusted market-leading technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable way. As a core technical contributor, you are responsible for conducting critical technology solutions across multiple technical areas within various business functions in support of the firm’s business objectives.

 

Job responsibilities

  • Executes creative software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting with ability to think beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions or break down technical problems
  • Develops secure high-quality production code, and reviews and debugs code written by others
  • Identifies opportunities to eliminate or automate remediation of recurring issues to improve overall operational stability of software applications and systems
  •  Leads evaluation sessions with external vendors, startups, and internal teams to drive outcomes-oriented probing of architectural designs, technical credentials, and applicability for use within existing systems and information architecture
  • Leads communities of practice across Software Engineering to drive awareness and use of new and leading-edge technologies
  • Adds to team culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and respect

  

Required Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills:

  • Advanced proficiency in Python programming.
  • Proficiency in SQL programming.
  • Practical experience with cloud-native technologies.
  • Hands-on experience in system design, application development, testing, and ensuring operational stability.
  • Demonstrated proficiency in code optimization and refactoring to enhance scalability and performance.
  • Experience with automation and continuous delivery methods.
  • Advanced understanding of agile methodologies, including CI/CD, application resiliency, and security.
  • Proficiency in all aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).

 

Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills:

  • Experience as a full stack developer, including proficiency in front-end technologies such as React.
  • Proficiency in big data technologies such as Hadoop, Spark, or Kafka for handling large-scale data processing
  • Experience using tools like GitHub Copilot or Codeium.
  • In-depth knowledge of the financial services industry and their IT systems
  • Formal training or certification in software engineering concepts with applied experience
  • Knowledge of orchestration technologies, such as Prefect, Airflow, or Dagster.