About this role
Salary: £62,000 - 102,000 per year
Requirements: Formal training or certification in software engineering concepts, such as CKAD, Google Associate Cloud Engineer Certification, AWS Certified Solutions Architect, or equivalent experience.Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability in complex environments.Advanced proficiency in one or more programming languages, such as Go, Java, or Kotlin.Advanced understanding of agile methodologies, CI/CD, application resiliency, and security, with experience setting standards and driving adoption across teams.Demonstrated proficiency in software applications and processes within a technical domain such as cloud, artificial intelligence, machine learning, or mobile.Practical cloud-native experience deploying Kubernetes applications on a cloud service provider such as Google Cloud, Amazon Web Services, or Microsoft Azure at meaningful scale.Demonstrated experience leading the effective use of enterprise-authorized AI-assisted software development tools, 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, secure handling of inputs and outputs, and adherence to resiliency and security expectations.Preferred: expertise in the Kubernetes operator pattern.Preferred: expertise deploying infrastructure as code using Crossplane, Terraform, or equivalent.Preferred: experience with GitOps workflows. Responsibilities: Set technical direction for platform engineering across squads, aligning architecture, delivery, and operational excellence to business outcomes and risk controls.Develop secure, high-quality production code, and review and debug code written by others while establishing engineering standards and best practices.Design and develop composable infrastructure systems and capabilities, with a focus on scalable platform services.Design, build, and operate Kubernetes-based platform services; automate developer self-service and CI/CD; improve reliability and operational readiness; and strengthen platform security and controls through IaC, policy-as-code, and hardening standards.Identify opportunities to eliminate or automate remediation of recurring issues to improve overall operational stability of software applications and systems.Provide operational support and leadership for production systems in a you-build-it-you-run-it culture, including incident response, post-incident learning, and continuous reliability improvements.Lead evaluation sessions with external vendors, startups, and internal teams to assess architectural designs, technical credentials, and applicability within existing systems and information architecture.Lead and grow communities of practice across Software Engineering to drive awareness, adoption, and use of new and leading-edge technologies.Coach and mentor engineers, developing technical leadership capability and supporting high performance across teams.Contribute to our culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and respect.Drive adoption and governance of approved AI-assisted engineering practices across teams to improve code quality, delivery speed, and operational outcomes, while establishing measurable validation standards and promoting reuse of proven patterns and automation within the SDLC/TLM toolchain.Apply 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. Technologies: AIAWSArchitectAzureCI/CDCloudGitOpsSupportJavaKotlinKubernetesMachine LearningMobileSecurityTerraformWebDevOpsNetwork More:
We are a new team created out of the successful launch of Chase in 2021, with a mission to build products that solve real-world problems and put customers at the center in an environment that nurtures skills and helps people realize their potential. We are a people-first team that values collaboration, curiosity, and commitment, and we believe diversity of thought, experience, and background makes us stronger and better able to serve our clients and communities. This Senior Lead Software Engineer (Platform) role sits within our Accelerator Business Platform Team and our Corporate Technology organization, where we build applications, provide tech support across our corporate functions, and support our evolving technology and controls agenda. We are a global financial services firm serving corporations, governments, wealthy individuals, and institutional investors, and we are committed to long-term client partnerships, diversity and inclusion, and equal opportunity employment.
last updated 36 week of 2026