Senior Lead Software Engineer - Java

As a Senior Lead Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase, 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 delivering critical technology solutions supporting the Equities Broker Dealer and Prime Finance platform, including securities lending, trade lifecycle, and clearing & settlement capabilities, in alignment with the firm’s business objectives.

Job Responsibilities

• Executes creative software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting with the ability to solve complex problems and deliver scalable solutions across distributed systems and microservices architectures
• Develops secure, high-quality production code, and reviews and debugs code written by others to ensure engineering excellence
• Identifies opportunities to eliminate or automate remediation of recurring issues to improve overall operational stability, resiliency, and performance of applications
• Drives architecture and design decisions influencing system scalability, performance, and long-term platform evolution
• Leads evaluation sessions with internal teams and stakeholders to assess architectural designs and ensure alignment with enterprise technology strategies
• Contributes to platform modernization through adoption of cloud-native, event-driven, and microservices-based architectures
• Provides technical leadership and mentorship to engineers, fostering a collaborative, inclusive, and high-performing engineering culture
• Partners with business, product, and operations teams to translate Prime Finance and Broker Dealer requirements into scalable technical solutions
• Ensures robust delivery across environments with strong focus on SDLC, testing (unit, SIT, UAT), and production stability
• Leads communities of practice and promotes the adoption of modern engineering standards, tools, and emerging technologies

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years of applied experience
• Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability in large-scale enterprise environments
• Advanced proficiency in one or more programming languages, with strong expertise in: 
  • Java, Spring Boot, REST APIs
  • Microservices and distributed systems architecture
• Strong experience with: 
  • Relational databases (Oracle/DB2) and/or NoSQL (MongoDB)
  • Cloud-native development (AWS or equivalent)
  • CI/CD pipelines, DevOps, and automation practices
• Proficient in all aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
• Strong problem-solving, analytical, and stakeholder communication skills

• Demonstrated proficiency in building high-volume, low-latency, mission-critical financial systems

   

• Practical experience working across cross-functional teams in complex enterprise organizations

Preferred Skills

• Exposure to Prime Finance, Securities Lending, or Broker Dealer platforms
• Experience with event-driven architectures (Kafka, MQ) and messaging systems
• Familiarity with modern front-end technologies (React, UI frameworks)
• Exposure to domain-driven design, full-stack development, and modern architectural patterns
• Experience with observability tools (Splunk, Grafana, Prometheus, ELK)

• Knowledge of DevOps, containerization (Kubernetes), and cloud platform engineering

   

• Interest in adopting emerging technologies (AI-assisted development, automation, advanced analytics)