Lead Software Engineer - Java/Cloud
About The Position
Description We have an opportunity to impact your career and provide an adventure where you can push the limits of what's possible. As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorganChase within the Commercial & Investment Bank, 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.
Requirements
- Formal training or certification on Software Engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience
- Extensive experience in Java and object-oriented programming
- Proven leadership in Kubernetes and cloud-native application development
- Deep expertise in MongoDB, including change streams and schema design
- Strong background in RESTful and gRPC API design and implementation
- Demonstrated experience with API best practices and service registry concepts
- Track record of designing highly resilient, share-nothing, multi-region architectures
- Ability to architect and promote custom frameworks and reusable components
- Experience leading Agile, self-managing teams
- Excellent communication, collaboration, and stakeholder management skills
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
- Proven experience in senior leadership or engineering management roles
- Hands-on expertise with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP), CI/CD pipelines, and DevOps practices
- UI development experience with modern frameworks such as React, Angular, or similar
Responsibilities
- Own the technical strategy and architecture for mission-critical applications, ensuring alignment with business goals and industry best practices
- Lead and mentor a team of software engineers, providing guidance, support, and professional development opportunities
- Drive the design and implementation of high-performance backend services using Java and cloud-native technologies
- Champion the development of highly resilient, share-nothing, multi-region architectures to achieve fault tolerance, high availability, and disaster recovery
- Drive the adoption and optimization of MongoDB (including change streams), Kubernetes, and other modern platforms
- Set and enforce standards for API design and development (REST/gRPC), including best practices for versioning, documentation, and error handling to ensure robust, secure, and scalable interfaces
- Guide the integration and management of service registries for dynamic service discovery and orchestration in micro services environments
- Promote the creation of custom frameworks and reusable components to accelerate development and maintain consistency
- Foster Agile, self-managing team practices, driving continuous improvement in processes, tools, and standards
- Manage project delivery, ensuring timelines, quality, and stakeholder satisfaction while identifying and mitigating technical risks
- Represent the engineering team in strategic discussions, influencing technology decisions and roadmap planning
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
