Lead Software Engineer – JAVA – Equities – Vice President

Company: JP Morgan Chase
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Location: London
Job Description:

Overview

In this role, you will lead the development of market-leading software for the Equity Derivatives Group, working within an agile, collaborative environment. You’ll build and support high-quality solutions that empower traders, sales, quants, and product owners across global teams. The position emphasizes curiosity, innovation, and continuous learning to advance the firm’s technology stack. You’ll contribute to a culture that values diversity, inclusion, and strong engineering practices, shaping the platform that serves clients in a front-line trading context.

Responsibilities

  • Design and implement innovative software solutions and troubleshoot complex technical problems
  • Collaborate with engineers, product owners, traders, sales and quants to deliver best-in-class software
  • Work in an Agile/Scrum team to analyze requirements and implement changes
  • Support business processes and end users in production environments with technical expertise
  • Lead and contribute to communities of practice to promote new technologies and devex
  • Foster a culture of diversity, opportunity, inclusion, and respect

Key requirements

  • Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts
  • 3+ years of applied software engineering experience
  • Experience with Java/JVM and Spring Boot
  • Experience with TypeScript/React development
  • Experience with object-oriented design and microservice architectures
  • Proficient in the Software Development Life Cycle
  • Strong understanding of design patterns and clean code
  • Proficiency in automation and continuous delivery methods
  • Advanced understanding of agile methodologies, CI/CD, Application Resiliency, and Security
  • Experience partnering with product and engineering teams
  • strong written and oral communication skills
  • cross-functional collaboration
  • ability to work with traders, quants and product owners
  • Java/JVM
  • Spring Boot
  • TypeScript

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Posted: September 14th, 2026