Lead Software Engineer - Java, Kafka and AWS

JPMorgan Chase & Co.•Chicago, IL

About The Position

As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within the Corporate & Investment Banking (CIB) Payments, 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
Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
Proficient in coding in Core Java / Design Patterns, Java 8 +, Multi-threading, Exception Handling, Defensive Programming, Microservices, Java Design Patterns
Experience with message bus technologies such as Kafka or IBM MQ
Experience with database technologies (e.g. Cassandra, Oracle, Hive)
Experience with cloud native applications development (e.g. AWS, GCP, private cloud, etc.)
Experience in developing, debugging, and maintaining code in a large corporate environment with one or more modern programming languages and database querying languages
Experience across the whole Software Development Life Cycle
Exposure to agile methodologies such as CI/CD, Application Resiliency, and Security
Emerging knowledge of software applications and technical processes within a technical discipline (e.g., cloud, artificial intelligence, machine learning, mobile, etc.)

Nice To Haves

Cloud Certifications
Experience mentoring junior talent

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
Leads triage and resolution of adhoc, client-impacting issues
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 and internal teams to drive outcome-oriented probing of architectural designs, technical credentials, and applicability for use within existing systems and information architecture
Own the delivery of features across the development lifecycle both independently and with the team, including design, implementation, testing, and support
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

Benefits

competitive total rewards package including base salary determined based on the role, experience, skill set and location
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
comprehensive health care coverage
on-site health and wellness centers
a retirement savings plan
backup childcare
tuition reimbursement
mental health support
financial coaching

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