Lead Software Engineer - Java, Spring, Cloud

Job Description

As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorganChase within the Consumer and Community

Banking, 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 across multiple technical areas within

various business functions in support of the firm’s business objectives.

Job Responsibilities

* Execute creative software solutions, design, development, and technical

troubleshooting, thinking beyond routine or conventional approaches to build

solutions or break down technical problems.

* Deliver end-to-end solutions in the form of cloud-native, microservices-based

applications, leveraging the latest technologies and best industry practices.

* Drives team adoption of enterprise-authorized AI-assisted engineering

practices within the work environment to improve code quality, delivery

speed, and operational outcomes (e.g., AI-assisted code review/refactoring,

test strategy acceleration, incident/root-cause analysis support), while

establishing consistent validation standards (secure coding, peer review,

automated testing) and promoting reuse of effective patterns across the team.

* 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.

* Use domain modeling techniques to build best-in-class business products,

structuring software for clarity, testability, and evolution.

* 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 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.

* Promptly investigate and resolve issues, ensuring they do not resurface.

* Continuously update technologies and patterns to keep systems current.

* Design and build solutions that avoid single points of failure using scalable

architectural patterns.

* Design and build scalable, secure, and reliable solutions by leveraging

modern architectural patterns that ensure zero-downtime releases and optimize

data performance.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

* Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+

years of hands-on experience in software engineering, including system

design, application development, testing, and operational support.

* Proficiency in back-end technologies (e.g., Java, Springboot, Node.js ) with

experience building microservices-based applications; for full-stack roles,

proficiency also includes front-end technologies (e.g., HTML, CSS,

JavaScript, Typescript, React, Angular).

* Demonstrated ability to independently solve design and functionality

challenges with minimal supervision.

* Demonstrated experience leading effective use of approved AI-assisted

software development tools (e.g., for coding, code review, test acceleration,

troubleshooting) with the ability to set team expectations for validating AI

outputs for correctness, performance, and security.

* Strong understanding of responsible AI use in engineering workflows,

including data sensitivity considerations, secure handling of inputs/outputs,

and adherence to resiliency and security expectations; experience coaching

engineers on safe, compliant adoption within delivery practices

* Experience working with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP), distributed

systems, and web technologies, including RESTful APIs and web services,

WebSockets, and JSON.

* Hands-on experience designing and building scalable applications using SQL

and NoSQL databases.

* Experience with agile development methodologies (e.g., Scrum) and an

understanding of the software development life cycle.

* Understanding of application resiliency

* Proficiency in automation and continuous delivery methods.

* Advanced understanding of agile methodologies such as CI/CD, Application

Resiliency, and Security.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Strong soft skills, including presentation, negotiation, mentoring, and

stakeholder management.

• Strong problem-solving, analytical, and communication skills.

• Ability to drive broader impact by sharing and contributing best practices.

• Experience in the banking domain.

• AWS certification.

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 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.

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

[https://careers.jpmorgan.com/us/en/how-we-hire/faqs] for more information about

requesting an accommodation.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veterans

Our Consumer & Community Banking division serves our Chase customers through a

range of financial services, including personal banking, credit cards,

mortgages, auto financing, investment advice, small business loans and payment

processing. We’re proud to lead the U.S. in credit card sales and deposit growth

and have the most-used digital solutions – all while ranking first in customer

satisfaction.