Lead Software Engineer - Java

JPMorgan Chase & Co.•Houston, TX

12h

About The Position

As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorganChase within the Corporate Data and Analytics Services team, you'll play a crucial role in advancing our data strategy and solutions. As part of the Data Core Engineering group within CDAS, you'll contribute to executing the CT Data Strategy by developing key data solutions, including the Corporate Data Catalog, Data Lineage, Entitlements, and Data Quality frameworks.

Requirements

Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience
Strong experience building enterprise Java services – Java, Spring Boot, RESTful APIs and microservices at scale.
Strong data engineering foundations – SQL and NoSQL (Oracle, MongoDB), Kafka messaging, Elasticsearch or Gemfire for search and caching.
Databricks or Snowflake, and modern data mesh / data product patterns.
Ownership of test automation and CI/CD (JUnit, Mockito, Jenkins, Spinnaker), with accountability for application resiliency and security.
Proven technical leadership in Agile teams – design ownership, code quality standards, and mentoring engineers.
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
Advanced understanding of agile methodologies such as CI/CD, Application Resiliency, and Security

Nice To Haves

AWS and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).
Front-end development for platform UIs (React JS, TypeScript).
Delivery using approved AI tooling (GitHub Copilot, Claude).
Hands-on delivery of data catalog, metadata, lineage or data governance capabilities on a regulated platform

Responsibilities

Executes creative software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting with ability to think beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions or breakdown technical problems
Develops secure and high-quality production code, and reviews and debugs code written by others
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.
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