Lead Software Engineer - React (Web)

Posted 4 days 22 hours ago by JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Permanent
Full Time
I.T. & Communications Jobs
London, United Kingdom
Job Description

As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within the accelerator, you are the heart of this venture, focused on getting smart ideas into the hands of our customers. You have a curious mindset, thrive in collaborative squads, and are passionate about new technology. By your nature, you are also solution-oriented, commercially savvy and have a head for fintech. You thrive in working in tribes and squads that focus on specific products and projects - and depending on your strengths and interests, you'll have the opportunity to move between them.

Job responsibilities
  • Significant contributions to designing and building scalable and performant front-end solutions written in TypeScript using React
  • Working across B2C and B2B features
  • Advocate for and encourage high standards and best practices to maintain high code quality.
    Providing constructive and insightful feedback to teammates, participating in a strong engineering culture.
  • Writing testable code, built for scalability, reliability and resilience.
  • Working as part of a cross-functional squad, taking ownership of issues and bringing together necessary stakeholders to drive decision making and action.
  • An active participant in technical discussions, contributing with insightful and informed opinions to the decision making process.
  • Drives team adoption of enterprise-authorized AI-assisted engineering practices within the work environment to improve code quality, delivery speed, and operational outcomes (e.g., AI-assisted code review/refactoring, test strategy acceleration, incident/root-cause analysis support), while establishing consistent validation standards (secure coding, peer review, automated testing) and promoting reuse of effective patterns across the team.
  • Applies knowledge of tools within the Software Development Life Cycle toolchain, including enterprise-authorized AI-assisted development and automation capabilities, to improve the value realized by automation.
Required qualifications, capabilities and skills
  • Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and proficient advanced experience
  • Technical: Highly competent at React with TypeScript, with a strong engineering-first mindset, an ability to solve complex problems elegantly with an emphasis on scalability and performance.
  • Adaptability: Thrive in an environment of uncertainty and rapid changes in direction.
    Collaborative Experience: A team player who thrives in working in cross-functional teams, driving things forward.
  • Quick Learner: Demonstrate a knack for rapid learning and possess an ambitious, results-driven personality.
  • Strong Communication: Excellent communication and organizational skills to work effectively within a fast-paced, high-performing team.
  • Team Player: Ability to excel as part of a cohesive team in a high-speed environment.
  • As our company continues to expand, you can expect new and exciting growth opportunities to arise swiftly.
  • Demonstrated experience leading effective use of approved AI-assisted software development tools (e.g., for coding, code review, test acceleration, troubleshooting) 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/outputs, and adherence to resiliency and security expectations; experience coaching engineers on safe, compliant adoption within delivery practices