Lead software engineer java Work, Jobs in Scotland (with Salaries)

Director of Software Engineering
JPMorganChase —Glasgow
- £204,250 - £285,000 a year
- Full-time
- Computer Science
- Software troubleshooting
- Engineering
1h
Site Reliability Engineer
Barclays —Glasgow
- Scripting
- Banking
- SDLC
Lead Software Engineer - Trading Platforms
JPMorganChase —Glasgow
- Full-time
- Software troubleshooting
- AWS
- Agile
Intermediate C# Full Stack Developer
Palantir —Aberdeen
- Communication skills
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Senior Full Stack Developer
Barclays —Glasgow
- AWS
- Software development
9d
Senior Android Developer
Ingenico —Dalgety Bay
- Software troubleshooting
- Mentoring
- Agile
Software Engineer - Core Marketing Platforms
FanDuel —Edinburgh
- Computer Science
- Engineering
- No degree
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2d
Software Engineering Manager - Data Platform
Addepar —Edinburgh
- Computer Science
- AWS
- Bachelor's degree
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5d
Senior Software Engineer - Core Marketing Platforms
FanDuel —Edinburgh
- Computer Science
- Software troubleshooting
- Engineering
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2d
Staff Software Engineer - Platform Services
Addepar —Edinburgh
- Software troubleshooting
- Communication skills
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Applied Scientist, Intelligent Talent Acquisition - Lead Generation & Detection Services
Amazon Development Centre (Scotland) Limited —Edinburgh
- Full-time
- Doctoral degree
- Computer Science
- English
Senior Platform Engineering Leader
Morgan Stanley —Glasgow
- Full-time
- Software development
- AI
- Communication skills
6d
Graduate Power Platform Developer - Glasgow
Matthew Algie —Glasgow
- £28,000 - £30,000 a year
- Full-time
- Azure
- Computer Science
- Research
- Annual leave
- Employee assistance programme
Senior Flutter Dart App Developer
Spacelabs —Edinburgh
- Mentoring
- Communication skills
Senior Flutter Dart App Developer
OSI Systems, Inc. —Edinburgh
- Full-time
- Mentoring
- Communication skills
Principal Backend Developer (Java)
Capco —Glasgow
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- AWS
- Mentoring
- Annual leave
- Life insurance
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Senior Backend Engineer - Java
Capco —Glasgow
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- AWS
- Agile
- Annual leave
- Life insurance
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Director of Software Engineering
JPMorganChase —Glasgow
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Director of Software Engineering

JPMorganChase -
Glasgow

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Full-time
£204,250 - £285,000 a year
1 hour ago

Qualifications

Jira
Technical troubleshooting
Cloud architecture
Computer Science
Stakeholder collaboration
Software troubleshooting
IT team management
Mentoring junior staff
Engineering
Spark
Test automation
Enterprise architecture
Master's degree
OOP
Analysis skills
Software quality assurance
Bachelor's degree
Machine learning
Scala
Mentoring
Technical writing
Professional development mentoring
IT strategy alignment
Information technology team management
AI
Debugging

Full job description

JOB DESCRIPTION

As a Director of Software Engineering in Corporate Technology, you will lead feature teams in Glasgow, ensuring their work aligns with our vision and goals. You will oversee project delivery, coordinate tasks across teams, and uphold the highest engineering standards. Your role involves mentoring engineers, collaborating with stakeholders, and making strategic decisions that shape our technology landscape. You will help build a culture of innovation and continuous improvement.

Job Responsibilities:

Lead feature teams in Glasgow, ensuring alignment with our vision and goals
Design, develop, test, and deploy software products using diverse technologies
Ensure software quality, reliability, security, and performance through best practices
Sets direction and governance for agentic AI-enabled engineering and SDLC/TLM automation within a technical area to drive measurable improvements in speed, quality, and operational outcomes (e.g., AI-orchestrated delivery workflows, release readiness controls, automated test modernization, and incident triage acceleration), while establishing guardrails for validation, security, resiliency, traceability, and reuse across teams.
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 and support capacity unlock initiatives at scale
Document issues and resolve bugs efficiently
Collaborate with Engineering Leads, Product Owners, Solutions Architects, and stakeholders to deliver user-focused solutions
Mentor, coach, and provide feedback to engineers for skill and performance growth
Evaluate and recommend new technologies, tools, and methodologies
Create and maintain technical documentation and reports

Required Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills:

Bachelor's or Master's degree in computer science, software engineering, or related field
Fluency in cloud-native architecture and design across systems
Strategic thinking and passion for business strategy and processes
Ability to make sound architecture decisions based on enterprise principles and operational characteristics
Strong knowledge of software engineering principles, methodologies, and best practices
Strong attention to detail and ability to manage multiple projects and stakeholders
Functional and object-oriented programming skills with expertise in Scala, Java, and Python, and open-source frameworks such as Apache Spark
Familiarity with software engineering and project management tools such as Git, Jira, and Agile
Experience leading adoption of agentic AI-enabled engineering practices (using enterprise-authorized tools within the work environment) across teams, including defining operating expectations (human-in-the-loop validation, quality gates), measuring outcomes, and ensuring secure handling of sensitive inputs/outputs.
Strong understanding of responsible AI use and control expectations in engineering workflows, including data sensitivity, resiliency/security implications, and governance; ability to influence leaders on safe scaling patterns and reuse.
Excellent problem-solving, analytical, and debugging skills

Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills:

Experience with cloud platforms such as Databricks
Experience with data analysis and machine learning tools and frameworks
Certifications in software engineering, project management, or related fields
Experience building on emerging cloud serverless managed services
Experience implementing security solutions for data storage and processing in the cloud

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

Our professionals in our Corporate Functions cover a diverse range of areas from finance and risk to human resources and marketing. Our corporate teams are an essential part of our company, ensuring that we're setting our businesses, clients, customers and employees up for success.

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Director of Software Engineering

Site Reliability Engineer

Lead Software Engineer - Trading Platforms

Intermediate C# Full Stack Developer

Senior Full Stack Developer

Senior Android Developer

Software Engineer - Core Marketing Platforms

Software Engineering Manager - Data Platform

Senior Software Engineer - Core Marketing Platforms

Staff Software Engineer - Platform Services

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Senior Platform Engineering Leader

Graduate Power Platform Developer - Glasgow

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