Lead Software Engineer- Java Lead

JPMorgan Chase & Co.•Houston, TX

About The Position

As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorganChase within the Corporate Sector, you will be an integral part of an agile team that enhances, builds, and delivers trusted technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable manner. As a core technical contributor, you will deliver critical technology solutions across multiple technical areas and business functions in support of the firm’s business objectives. The role involves designing, developing, troubleshooting, and supporting software solutions; producing secure, high-quality code; and helping the team use approved AI-assisted engineering practices responsibly. You will also use Software Development Life Cycle tools and automation to improve delivery and operational outcomes, address recurring issues, and lead evaluations of technical solutions with vendors and internal teams.

Requirements

Formal training or certification in software engineering concepts and at least 5 years of applied experience.
At least 5 years of hands-on software engineering experience, including system design, backend development, testing, and production support.
Proficiency in back-end technologies such as Java, Spring Boot, or Node.js, and experience building microservices-based applications.
Practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability.
Ability to independently solve design and functionality challenges with minimal supervision.
Advanced proficiency in one or more programming languages.
Experience leading effective use of approved AI-assisted software development tools for coding, code review, test acceleration, or troubleshooting, and setting team expectations for validating outputs for correctness, performance, and security.
Understanding of responsible AI use in engineering workflows, including data sensitivity, secure handling of inputs and outputs, and adherence to resiliency and security expectations; experience coaching engineers on safe, compliant adoption.
Proficiency across all aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle.
Advanced understanding of agile methodologies, including CI/CD, application resiliency, and security.
Demonstrated proficiency in software applications and technical processes within a technical discipline, such as cloud, artificial intelligence, machine learning, or mobile.
Practical cloud-native experience.

Nice To Haves

Strong presentation, negotiation, mentoring, and stakeholder-management skills.
Strong problem-solving, analytical, and communication skills.
Ability to drive broader impact by sharing and contributing best practices.
Experience in the banking domain.
AWS certification.

Responsibilities

Execute creative software design, development, and technical troubleshooting, applying approaches beyond routine solutions to build solutions and break down technical problems.
Develop secure, high-quality production code and review and debug code written by others.
Drive team adoption of enterprise-authorized AI-assisted engineering practices to improve code quality, delivery speed, and operational outcomes; establish validation standards and promote reuse of effective patterns.
Apply Software Development Life Cycle tools, including authorized AI-assisted development and automation capabilities, to improve the value realized by automation.
Identify opportunities to eliminate or automate remediation of recurring issues to improve application and system operational stability.
Lead evaluation sessions with external vendors, startups, and internal teams to assess architectural designs, technical credentials, and applicability to existing systems and information architecture.

Benefits

Competitive total rewards package, including base salary and, for eligible roles, commission-based pay and/or discretionary incentive compensation in cash and/or forfeitable equity.
Comprehensive health care coverage.
On-site health and wellness centers.
Retirement savings plan.
Backup childcare.
Tuition reimbursement.
Mental health support.
Financial coaching.
Reasonable accommodations for religious practices and beliefs, and mental health or physical disability needs.

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