Frontend Lead Software Engineer

Jpmorganchase — United Kingdom · Posted ~3 hours ago

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Skills

Frontend engineering Full-stack development Software architecture Scalable systems Resilient systems Technical leadership Cross-functional collaboration

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Summary ✨ AI‑Generated

A frontend lead software engineer is sought to help shape a major transformation of a client-facing research platform. The role combines frontend leadership and full-stack expertise to design, build, and enhance scalable, resilient systems while promoting engineering excellence in a collaborative environment.

Highlights

Lead a major frontend transformation within a high-impact financial technology environment, with opportunities to shape platform direction, promote engineering excellence, and build resilient systems at global scale.

Description

Job Description Join JPMorganChase, where your engineering expertise powers decisions that matter on a global scale. As part of Markets Technology, you'll work alongside some of the brightest minds in the industry, building resilient, high-impact systems that support critical functions across the firm. We offer an environment where innovation is encouraged, growth is supported, and your contributions directly influence the product and business. As a Frontend Lead Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within the Corporate & Investment Bank (CIB) Research Technology team, you will play a pivotal role in promoting frontend engineering excellence across the Research Platform. A large transformation of our client-facing platform is underway, and this role offers the opportunity to help shape its direction. You will leverage your full-stack expertise in a collaborative, high-performing environment to design, build, and enhance scalable, resilient solutions that support a rapidly evolving business. In this role, you will lead end-to-end engineering efforts that power the core capabilities of our platform, ensuring robust performance, reliability, and continuous improvement. Job Responsibilities Lead and own end-to-end frontend deliverables across the Research Platform — from discovery through to architecture, delivery, and productionArchitect frontend solutions in a platform-first approach, balancing the needs of our external clients, internal stakeholders, and partner teamsCollaborate with product managers and cross-functional engineering teams to translate complex business requirements into technical solutionsAdvance our ability to deliver frontend strategically — shaping SDLC practices, delivery mechanisms, and UI frameworks that scale across the platformMentor and guide engineers, fostering a culture of technical excellence, continuous learning, and innovationUphold a disciplined engineering standard — strong engineering practices, testing, accessibility, and compliance awareness — ensuring quality is built in by defaultContribute to the evolution of the team's technology strategy, evaluating emerging tools and frameworks to bring value to the technology stack Required Qualifications, Capabilities, And Skills Proven end-to-end autonomous ownership of complex frontend deliverables involving multiple teams and stakeholdersDeep, current expertise in a modern frontend stack (React, Vue, Svelte, Angular, or equivalent) with strong TypeScript fundamentals — comfortable across the stack and with modular or micro-frontend architecturesExperience working with a design system (Material, Fluent, Carbon, Radix, Bootstrap, or equivalent), partnering closely with UX and product designStrong testing discipline (unit, integration, end-to-end) and familiarity with modern frontend build tooling (Vite, Turbopack, Webpack)Experience designing and deploying scalable, resilient cloud-native applications on AWS, Azure, or Google CloudStrong problem-solving skills with the ability to manage and resolve complex technical challenges independently Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities, And Skills Experience working within Financial Services or regulated technology environmentsExperience partnering with design teams, translating style guides, and implementing modern web standardsExperience of engineering delivery using modern frontend SDLC frameworks, leveraging agentic practicesAbility to manage the risk and controls agenda across a technology portfolio ABOUT US 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. We recognize that our people are our strength and the diverse talents they bring to our global workforce are directly linked to our success. We are an equal opportunity employer and place a high value on diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute, including race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital or veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. We also make reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs. Visit our FAQs for more information about requesting an accommodation. About The Team 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.