Lead Software Engineer Java JPM Personal Investing

Salary: £62,000 - 102,000 per year

Requirements:

• We require English working proficiency, as you will work with our team in London.
• We are looking for a product engineer mindset with a track record of delivering high-quality software that adapts to business and product needs.
• We need experience with a JVM language such as Java, Scala, or Kotlin, along with Spring Boot.
• We require experience designing systems from scratch and evolving existing architectures, including serverless and managed cloud solutions.
• We need hands-on experience designing and implementing event-driven architectures with message brokers such as Kafka.
• We require experience with monitoring and alerting to support production environments.
• We need a strong understanding of REST and API-based development.
• We require experience working with Git flow.
• We need strong communication skills and the ability to work well within a delivery team and across Product and Operations.
• We are looking for curiosity, openness to new ideas, and a proactive, collaborative approach.
• We require demonstrated experience leading the effective use of approved AI-assisted software development tools, with clear expectations for validating outputs for correctness, performance, and security.
• We need a strong understanding of responsible AI use in engineering workflows, including data sensitivity, secure handling of inputs and outputs, and adherence to resiliency and security expectations.
• Preferred: experience with DynamoDB and/or Aurora.
• Preferred: experience in the FinTech sector.
• Preferred: experience developing a multi-country product with multiple localizations and currencies.
• We encourage candidates to share a GitHub, Stack Overflow, or app portfolio.

Responsibilities:

• We work with the Product team to understand user needs and deliver product features using an Agile SDLC.
• We participate in designing how our architecture evolves to meet our needs.
• We take ownership of tasks from estimation through release and post-production.
• We identify, troubleshoot, and resolve prioritised defects.
• We write tests for all code we deliver and follow best practices and standards to ensure high-quality code.
• We take ownership of, or assist others with, releases and related processes.
• We participate in code reviews to maintain high code quality and support continuous learning.
• We share knowledge and participate in skill-share sessions across the team and wider Engineering department.
• We propose, contribute to, and collaborate on technical initiatives to improve and evolve our codebase and toolset.
• We focus on solving the root cause of problems rather than only addressing symptoms.
• We drive team adoption of enterprise-authorized AI-assisted engineering practices to improve code quality, delivery speed, and operational outcomes.
• We apply knowledge of SDLC toolchain capabilities, including authorized AI-assisted development and automation, to increase automation value.

Technologies:

• AI
• API
• Cloud
• Flow
• Git
• GitHub
• Support
• JVM
• Java
• Kafka
• Kotlin
• Mobile
• REST
• Scala
• Security
• Serverless
• Spring
• Spring Boot
• Web
• AWS
• Kubernetes
• MySQL
• microservices

More:

We are J.P. Morgan Personal Investing, offering award-winning investments, products, and digital wealth management services to over 275,000 investors in the UK. Our business is built on innovation, transparency, and the trust of 150 years of J.P. Morgan heritage, helping clients make informed investment decisions and achieve their financial goals. As part of our Engineering team, you will help build a top-in-market suite of mobile and web apps in a collaborative tribe-and-squad environment focused on delivering smart ideas to customers. We are a global financial services firm committed to diversity and inclusion, and this role is part of our Cybersecurity & Technology Controls environment, supporting the firms safe, stable, and resilient operations. This is a full-time role based in London.

last updated 34 week of 2026