Lead Software Engineer (UI) - Digital Markets Execution Technology (DMET), Execute

JPMorgan Chase & Co., City of Westminster

Lead Software Engineer (UI) - Digital Markets Execution Technology (DMET), Execute

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JPMorgan Chase & Co., City of Westminster

  • Full time
  • Permanent
  • Onsite working

Posted today, 16 Jun | Get your application in now to be one of the first to apply.

Closing date: Closing date not specified

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Location ref: City of Westminster

Full Job Description

Join Digital Markets Execution Technology (DMET) to shape the future of Execute, our front-office trading platform powering Markets businesses. As a Lead Software Engineer (UI), you will set front-end technical direction and lead hands-on delivery of a latency-sensitive, real-time user experience used directly by traders and sales. You will partner closely with business stakeholders, product specialists, designers, and control partners to build intuitive, high-signal workflows at scale. This role emphasizes engineering excellence, operational readiness, and secure, compliant delivery in a fast-paced global environment.,

  • Lead the design and delivery of user interface capabilities across Execute, from discovery to production support
  • Set front-end technical direction, including architecture, standards, performance, and testing strategy
  • Partner with product, business stakeholders, and designers to translate trading workflows into intuitive UX
  • Drive quality through thorough testing, troubleshooting, and performance optimization
  • Build high-performance, real-time UIs with strong responsiveness and stability
  • Establish and evolve scalable UI architecture, including component libraries and shared platform services
  • Drive engineering excellence through code reviews, quality gates, CI/CD, observability, and operational readiness
  • Ensure secure, compliant development practices aligned to firm standards
  • Mentor and develop engineers, cultivating an inclusive team culture
  • Collaborate with backend, platform, and SRE partners to deliver end-to-end solutions
  • 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

    Hands-on experience building production UIs with React and TypeScript in large-scale applications
  • Strong knowledge of modern front-end engineering, including state management, asynchronous data flows, and UI architecture
  • Expertise in performance optimization, testing strategies, and automation in CI/CD pipelines
  • Experience delivering real-time or data-intensive user experiences
  • Demonstrated technical leadership in setting standards, leading designs, and mentoring teams
  • Solid software engineering fundamentals, including OO/design patterns, debugging, and documentation
  • Familiarity with agentic development approaches across the software development lifecycle
  • Strong communication skills and ability to work effectively in global, cross-functional environments
  • Ability to tackle design and functionality problems independently
  • 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
  • Preferred Qualifications / Skills
  • Experience in front-office trading or electronic execution domains
  • Familiarity with financial market concepts and protocols
  • Experience with UI component libraries, advanced data grid patterns, and visualization
  • Exposure to backend-for-frontend patterns, event-driven architectures, and API design collaboration
  • Experience operating UIs in regulated environments with strong auditability and controls

    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., J.P. Morgan's Commercial & Investment Bank is a global leader across banking, markets, securities services and payments. Corporations, governments and institutions throughout the world entrust us with their business in more than 100 countries. The Commercial & Investment Bank provides strategic advice, raises capital, manages risk and extends liquidity in markets around the world.

Direct job link

https://www.jobs24.co.uk/job/lead-software-engineer-ui-digital-markets-execution-126983050