Hackajob Ltd

Hackajob Ltd

Charing Cross, London

Sr Lead Software Engineer

Full-Time£100,000 - 100,000 per yearhierUnited Kingdom
IT

Job Description

Salary: £100,000 - 100,000 per year

Requirements:
  • Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 10 years of applied experience
  • Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
  • Advanced knowledge and demonstrated skills in programming languages C and C++
  • Demonstrated experience leading effective use of enterprise-authorized AI-assisted software development tools within the work environment, with the ability to set team expectations for validating AI outputs for correctness, performance, and security
  • Strong understanding of responsible AI use in engineering workflows, including data sensitivity considerations, secure handling of inputs and outputs, and adherence to resiliency and security expectations
  • Experience coaching senior engineers and leads on compliant usage patterns and controls
  • Advanced knowledge of software applications and technical processes with considerable in-depth knowledge in one or more technical disciplines, such as cloud, artificial intelligence, machine learning, or mobile
  • Ability to tackle design and functionality problems independently with little to no oversight
  • Practical cloud native experience
  • Experience in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Mathematics, or a related technical field
  • Hands-on experience working within the Financial Services Industry
  • Hands-on experience with high-throughput and low-latency systems
  • Hands-on experience in electronic trading systems
Responsibilities:
  • Provide technical guidance and direction to support the business, technical teams, contractors, and vendors
  • Develop secure and high-quality production code, and review and debug code written by others
  • Drive decisions that influence product design, application functionality, and technical operations and processes
  • Serve as a function-wide subject matter expert in one or more areas of focus
  • Contribute to the engineering community as an advocate of firmwide frameworks, tools, and Software Development Life Cycle practices
  • Influence peers and project decision-makers to consider leading-edge technologies
  • Add to the team culture of diversity, opportunity, inclusion, and respect
  • Drive adoption and governance of approved AI-assisted engineering practices across teams to improve code quality, delivery speed, and operational outcomes
  • Establish measurable validation standards, including secure coding, peer review, and automated testing
  • Promote reuse of proven patterns and automation within the SDLC and TLM toolchain
  • Apply knowledge of tools within the Software Development Life Cycle toolchain, including approved AI-assisted development and automation capabilities, to improve the value realized by automation at scale
Technologies:
  • AI
  • Cloud
  • Support
  • Machine Learning
  • Mobile
  • Security

More:

hackajob is partnering directly with JPMorganChase to hire for this role. We are seeking a Senior Lead Software Engineer to join our agile Commercial & Investment Bank eTrading team. We work to enhance, build, and deliver trusted market-leading technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable way, driving significant business impact through deep technical expertise and problem-solving. J.P. Morgan is a global leader in financial services, providing strategic advice and products to prominent corporations, governments, wealthy individuals, and institutional investors. Our first-class business in a first-class way approach drives everything we do, and we value diversity, inclusion, and reasonable accommodations. Our Commercial & Investment Bank is a global leader across banking, markets, securities services, and payments, operating in more than 100 countries.

last updated 35 week of 2026

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About Hackajob Ltd

Hackajob Ltd

Hackajob Ltd

Charing Cross

IT

Skills & Technologies

C++GoRustScalaMachine LearningAIAgileUI

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