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Sr Lead Software Engineer

JPMorgan· LONDON, United Kingdom· £78,000–£120,000/yr (est.)Licensed sponsor
Posted 5 Aug 2026 · Added 5 Aug 2026, 10:22
JPMorgan3.9 (20,400)10,000+ employees

Headquartered in New York City, JPMorgan Chase is the largest bank in the United States.

Levels.fyi · global compSWE $164k TC ($122k–$205k)
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You'll develop production code and provide technical guidance within the Commercial & Investment Bank's eTrading team, using C and C++. The agile team builds and delivers market-leading technology products, and you'll drive adoption of AI-assisted engineering tools and practices.

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Be an integral part of an agile team that's constantly pushing the envelope to enhance, build, and deliver top-notch technology products.

As a Senior Lead Software Engineer at JPMorganChase within the Commercial & Investment Bank - eTrading team, you are an integral part of an agile team that works to enhance, build, and deliver trusted market-leading technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable way. Drive significant business impact through your capabilities and contributions, and apply deep technical expertise and problem-solving methodologies to tackle a diverse array of challenges that span multiple technologies and applications.

Job responsibilities

Regularly provides technical guidance and direction to support the business and its technical teams, contractors, and vendors

Develops secure and high-quality production code, and reviews and debugs code written by others

Drives decisions that influence the product design, application functionality, and technical operations and processes

Serves as a function-wide subject matter expert in one or more areas of focus

Actively contributes to the engineering community as an advocate of firmwide frameworks, tools, and practices of the Software  Development Life Cycle

Influences peers and project decision-makers to consider the use and application of leading-edge technologies

Adds to the team culture of diversity, opportunity, inclusion, and respect

Drives adoption and governance of approved AI-assisted engineering practices across teams to improve code quality, delivery speed, and operational outcomes (e.g., AI-assisted code review/refactoring, test acceleration, release readiness, incident/root-cause analysis), while establishing measurable validation standards (secure coding, peer review, automated testing) and promoting reuse of proven patterns and automation within the SDLC/TLM toolchain.

Applies 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.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

Formal training or certification on software engineering* concepts and 10+ years applied experience

Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability

Advanced knowledge and demonstrated skills in in programming languages C and C++

Demonstrated experience leading effective use of enterprise-authorized AI-assisted software development tools within the work environment (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 senior engineers/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 (e.g., cloud, artificial intelligence, machine learning, mobile, etc.)

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

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

Hands on experience working within Financial Services Industry

Hands on experience on high throughput and low latency systems

Hands on experience in electronic trading systems