Frontend Lead Software Engineer

at JPMorgan Chase & Co Armed Forces Covenant Defence Employer Recognition Gold  
Banking
 
Financial Services
 
Investment Banking
About the job

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 production
  • Architect frontend solutions in a platform-first approach, balancing the needs of our external clients, internal stakeholders, and partner teams
  • Collaborate with product managers and cross-functional engineering teams to translate complex business requirements into technical solutions
  • Advance our ability to deliver frontend strategically — shaping SDLC practices, delivery mechanisms, and UI frameworks that scale across the platform
  • Mentor and guide engineers, fostering a culture of technical excellence, continuous learning, and innovation
  • Uphold a disciplined engineering standard — strong engineering practices, testing, accessibility, and compliance awareness — ensuring quality is built in by default
  • Contribute 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 stakeholders
  • Deep, 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 architectures
  • Experience working with a design system (Material, Fluent, Carbon, Radix, Bootstrap, or equivalent), partnering closely with UX and product design
  • Strong 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 Cloud
  • Strong 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 environments
  • Experience partnering with design teams, translating style guides, and implementing modern web standards
  • Experience of engineering delivery using modern frontend SDLC frameworks, leveraging agentic practices
  • Ability 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. 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.

Job ref blurredText

Posted on blurredText

Last checked on blurredText

Closing on blurredText

0 comments
0 requirements

Discuss this job

Share your intel on this vacancy and help others - anonymously. Get notified automatically of new comments when starred or saved to Tracker.

My Private Notes

Saving private notes will automatically star the vacancy to your Jobs page.