Lead Software Engineer - Java/Full Stack Engineering

JPMorgan Chase & Co.•Chicago, IL

About The Position

As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorganChase within the Corporate Technology - Enterprise Technology 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.

Requirements

Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience
Experience in the Software Development Life Cycle, including hands-on development experience
Hands-on experience in Java/J2EE, REST Services, Spring Boot
Strong experience writing complex SQL queries, joins, PL/SQL, functions, and stored procedures.
Hands-on experience in public cloud – Kubernetes, AWS and extensive experience with ECS, S3, RDS, Lambda, CloudWatch, Eventbridge, and Step Functions, as well as infrastructure automation using Terraform
Proficiency in designing and implementing RESTful APIs for enterprise-scale applications.
Ability to design software systems using object-oriented principles and practices.
Experience in building Decoupled Systems.
Proficiency in using design patterns and technologies to decouple system components, enhancing flexibility and maintainability.
Proficiency in unit testing frameworks such as JUnit and Mockito for ensuring code quality.
Knowledge of messaging platforms such as Apache Kafka

Nice To Haves

Familiarity with modern front-end technologies like React JS, JavaScript, typescript
Experience with SQL performance tuning, JDBC, and ORM frameworks (Hibernate/JPA)
Familiarity with DevOps practices, containerization and orchestration
Exposure to AI systems such as Copilot, Claude

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
Adds to team culture of opportunity, inclusion, and respect
Evolve and apply AI in software development and automation.