Lead Software Engineer - Backend

Job Description
We know that people want great value combined with an excellent experience from a bank they can trust, so we launched our digital bank, Chase UK, to revolutionize mobile banking with seamless journeys that our customers love. We're already trusted by millions of customers in the US and we're quickly catching up in the UK. We've been building the bank of the future from scratch, where you'll have the opportunity to join us and make a real impact.
Our team is at the heart of this venture, focused on getting great banking experience into the hands of our customers. We're looking for people who have a curious mindset, thrive in collaboration, and are passionate about new technology. By their nature, our people are also solution-oriented, commercially savvy and have a head for fintech. We work in Testing Technologies team that focus on specific projects including providing testing services and tooling for customer products, AI/ML ops, supporting innovations and more.
This is a hands-on role for a senior back-end engineer at JPMorgan Chase within the International Consumer Bank, your responsibilities are to deliver end-to-end cutting-edge solutions in the form of cloud-native microservices architecture applications leveraging the latest technologies and the best industry practices. You are expected to be involved in the design and architecture of the solutions while also focusing on the entire SDLC lifecycle stages
We are looking for proactive, engaging technologists with a positive attitude and a wide variety of strengths and capabilities, including:

• A willingness to actively participate in all aspects of the software development lifecycle, including but not limited to refinement of requirements, estimation and planning, platform design and implementation, test and deployment automation, and platform resiliency and support.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English, with the ability to tailor communications for different audiences, ranging from senior business partners to junior technology colleagues.
• Ability to work in a dynamic, collaborative, agile environment within a geographically distributed team
• Ability to work within a diverse and inclusive team where challenging each other respectfully is encouraged
• Ability to comply with the firm's return to office policies

Minimum qualification, capabilities and skills:

• Proficiency in multiple programming languages (i.e. Java and python)

• Experience in developing micro-services using Java and modern frameworks (Spring Boot).
• Experience of designing and implementing RESTful APIs and web technologies (GraphQL)
• A working knowledge of relational database systems.
• Proficiency in CI/CD pipeline build deployment e.g. Jenkins, Harness, GitHub Actions, Spinnaker.
• Ability to coach other team members on coding practices, design principles, and implementation patterns that lead to high-quality maintainable solutions

• Good understanding of distributed systems and microservices architecture
• Experience designing and implementing effective tests ranging from unit level tests using mocking frameworks, as well as automating component, integration and end-to-end tests
• Ability to identify and resolve issues related to data quality and optimization, ensuring that test data meets the requirements of various testing scenarios.

Additional qualifications, capabilities and skills:

• Good understanding of cloud technologies (AWS, GCP, Azure, etc.)
• Good understanding of security frameworks / standards
• Good understanding of data streaming and messaging frameworks (Kafka, Spark, etc.)
• Good understanding of distributed tracing and monitoring (Zipkin, OpenTracing, Prometheus, ELK stack, Micrometer metrics, etc.)
• Good understanding of containers (Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, etc.)
• Experience with web technologies: ReactJS, JavaScript/TypeScript, CSS and responsive designs.
• Experience working in a highly regulated environment.
• Experience with AI/ML ops.

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About Us
J.P. Morgan is a global leader in financial services, providing strategic advice and products to the world's most prominent corporations, governments, wealthy individuals and institutional investors. Our first-class business in a first-class way approach to serving clients drives everything we do. We strive to build trusted, long-term partnerships to help our clients achieve their business objectives.
We recognize that our people are our strength and the diverse talents they bring to our global workforce are directly linked to our success. We are an equal opportunity employer and place a high value on diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute, including race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital or veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. We also make reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs. Visit our FAQs for more information about requesting an accommodation.
About the Team
Our professionals in our Corporate Functions cover a diverse range of areas from finance and risk to human resources and marketing. Our corporate teams are an essential part of our company, ensuring that we're setting our businesses, clients, customers and employees up for success.