Lead Software Engineer

JPMorgan Chase & Co. • Houston, TX

17h

About The Position

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 JPMorgan Chase within the Corporate Technology, 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, including hands-on experience leading technical teams and mentoring engineers
• Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability with demonstrated expertise across the full Software Development Life Cycle
• Expert-level proficiency in Java ecosystem including Spring Framework, Spring Boot, JPA/Hibernate, and building RESTful microservices architectures.
• Practical experience with event-driven architectures and streaming platforms (Kafka, Kinesis, etc.)
• Strong system design and architecture skills with proven ability to design scalable, resilient distributed systems and lead architectural design sessions
• Proficiency in relational databases and SQL, including query optimization, schema design, and database performance tuning (Oracle, Postgres, MySQL, etc.)
• Hands-on experience with container orchestration platforms such as Kubernetes or AWS container services (ECS, EKS), including deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications
• Advanced experience with AWS cloud services and cloud-native application development patterns
• Advanced understanding of agile methodologies such as CI/CD, Application Resiliency, and Security, with experience leading agile teams
• Strong technical leadership skills with ability to lead evaluation sessions with stakeholders, internal teams, and drive technical decision-making

Nice To Haves

• Experience with AI/ML technologies and frameworks, particularly LangChain, LangGraph, or similar AI orchestration frameworks for building LLM-powered applications
• Frontend development experience with React and modern JavaScript/TypeScript frameworks
• Experience with data visualization tools such as Tableau or similar business intelligence platforms

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

Benefits

• 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed