Lead Software Engineer - Java/Spring Boot/Cloud

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As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within the Consumer and Community Banking Global Customer Platform team, 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

• Designs, develops, maintains and creates Spring Boot-based Java microservices in a hybrid cloud infrastructure
• Coaches, trains and inspires junior and intermediate software engineers in modern software best practices and both public cloud adoption and migration
• Drives software modernization and public cloud migration across development team, area product group and the Global Customer Platform group overall
• Removes blockers and impediments from development team, area product group and Global Customer Platform to reduce friction, frequent pain points and time-to-market
• 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 and 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, equity, inclusion, and respect

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification on software engineering  concepts and 5+ years applied experience
• Demonstrated experience implementing GenAI to solve business problems
• 5+ years of experience in Java/Spring Boot backend development, design and architecture
• 5+ years of experience in event-driven architecture, microservice-based system design and both NoSQL and SQL-like databases
• 5+ years of experience in leading an Agile software engineering team of 4+ employees
• 3+ years of Public Cloud development, design and architecture, including migration of applications to a public cloud environment
• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience
• Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
• Proficiency in automation and continuous delivery methods
• Advanced understanding of agile methodologies such as CI/CD, Applicant Resiliency, and Security
• Demonstrated proficiency in software applications and technical processes within a technical discipline (e.g., cloud, artificial intelligence, machine learning, mobile, etc.)

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• 3+ years of direct experience in migrating Spring Boot-based Java microservices to AWS Public Cloud
• Applied experience with Kafka, Cassandra, CockroachDB, Splunk and PCF
• AWS Developer or Solutions Architect certified
• In-depth knowledge of the financial services industry and their IT systems

Chase is a leading financial services firm, helping nearly half of America’s households and small businesses achieve their financial goals through a broad range of financial products. Our mission is to create engaged, lifelong relationships and put our customers at the heart of everything we do. We also help small businesses, nonprofits and cities grow, delivering solutions to solve all their financial needs. 

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 car