Lead Software Engineer

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As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within the Corporate Technology, you are an integral part of an agile team that works to enhance, build, and deliver trusted market-leading technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable way. As a core technical contributor, you are responsible for conducting critical technology solutions across multiple technical areas within various business functions in support of the firm’s business objectives.

 

Job responsibilities

• Executes creative software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting with ability to think beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions or break down technical problems
• Develops secure high-quality production code, and reviews and debugs code written by others
• Identifies opportunities to eliminate or automate remediation of recurring issues to improve overall operational stability of software applications and systems
• Leads evaluation sessions with external vendors, startups, and internal teams to drive outcomes-oriented probing of architectural designs, technical credentials, and applicability for use within existing systems and information architecture
• Leads communities of practice across Software Engineering to drive awareness and use of new and leading-edge technologies
• Adds to team culture of diversity, opportunity, inclusion, and respect

 

 

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

 

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience, including hands-on experience leading technical teams and mentoring engineers
• Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability with demonstrated expertise across the full Software Development Life Cycle
• Expert-level proficiency in Java ecosystem including Spring Framework, Spring Boot, JPA/Hibernate, and building RESTful microservices architectures.
• Practical experience with event-driven architectures and streaming platforms (Kafka, Kinesis, etc.)
• Strong system design and architecture skills with proven ability to design scalable, resilient distributed systems and lead architectural design sessions
• Proficiency in relational databases and SQL, including query optimization, schema design, and database performance tuning (Oracle, Postgres, MySQL, etc.)
• Hands-on experience with container orchestration platforms such as Kubernetes or AWS container services (ECS, EKS), including deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications
• Advanced experience with AWS cloud services and cloud-native application development patterns
• Advanced understanding of agile methodologies such as CI/CD, Application Resiliency, and Security, with experience leading agile teams
• Strong technical leadership skills with ability to lead evaluation sessions with stakeholders, internal teams, and drive technical decision-making

 

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills 

• Experience with AI/ML technologies and frameworks, particularly LangChain, LangGraph, or similar AI orchestration frameworks for building LLM-powered applications
• Frontend development experience with React and modern JavaScript/TypeScript frameworks
• Experience with data visualization tools such as Tableau or similar business intelligence platforms

 

JPMorganChase, one of the oldest financial institutions, offers innovative financial solutions to millions of consumers, small businesses and many of the world’s most prominent corporate, institutional and government clients under the J.P. Morgan and Chase brands. Our history spans over 200 years and today we are a leader in investment banking, consumer and small business banking, commercial banking, financial transaction processing and asset management.

We offer a competitive total rewards package including base salary determined based on the role, experience, skill set and location. Those in eligible roles may receive commission-based pay and/or discretionary incentive compensation, paid in the form of cash and/or forfeitable equity, awarded in recognition of individual achievements and contributions. We also offer a range of benefits and programs to meet employee needs, based on eligibility. These benefits include comprehensive health care coverage, on-site health and wellness centers, a retirement savings plan, backup childcare, tuition reimbursement, mental health support, financial coaching and more. Additional details about total compensation and benefits will be provided during the hiring process. 

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