Lead Software Engineer - Full Stack Java
About The Position
As a Lead Software Engineer in JPMorgan Chase’s Corporate Technology organization, you are an integral part of an agile team that enhances, builds, and delivers trusted market-leading technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable way. As a core technical contributor, you conduct critical technology solutions across multiple technical areas and business functions in support of the firm’s business objectives. The role involves developing and maintaining enterprise-scale applications, guiding technical and architectural evaluations, improving operational stability, and advancing the team’s use of approved AI-assisted engineering practices. You will help establish standards for validating AI-generated work, promote effective engineering patterns, and contribute to a culture of diversity, opportunity, inclusion, and respect.
Requirements
- Formal training or certification in software engineering concepts.
- At least 5 years of hands-on Software Development Life Cycle experience.
- Experience implementing enterprise-scale solutions using Java, SQL, UI frameworks, design patterns, microservices, cloud-native architecture, Angular or React, and RESTful APIs.
- Experience with SQL performance tuning, JDBC, and ORM frameworks such as Hibernate or JPA.
- Strong experience with SQL and NoSQL datastores, including Oracle and MongoDB.
- Deep knowledge of caching technologies such as Elasticsearch and Redis.
- Experience developing, debugging, and maintaining code in a large corporate environment using one or more modern programming languages and database querying languages.
- Demonstrated experience leading the effective use of approved AI-assisted software development tools for coding, code review, test acceleration, or troubleshooting, and setting team expectations for validating AI outputs for correctness, performance, and security.
- Strong 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.
- Solid understanding of agile methodologies, CI/CD, application resiliency, and security.
- Proficiency with unit testing frameworks such as JUnit and Mockito.
- Deep knowledge of messaging platforms such as Apache Kafka.
Nice To Haves
- Familiarity with DevOps practices, containerization, and orchestration.
- Exposure to AI systems such as Copilot and Claude.
- Exposure to the AWS technology stack.
Responsibilities
- Execute creative software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting, using approaches beyond routine methods to build solutions and break down technical problems.
- Develop secure, high-quality production code and review and debug code written by others.
- Identify opportunities to eliminate or automate remediation of recurring issues to improve the operational stability of software applications and systems.
- Lead evaluation sessions with external vendors, startups, and internal teams to assess architectural designs, technical credentials, and applicability to existing systems and information architecture.
- Drive adoption of enterprise-authorized AI-assisted engineering practices to improve code quality, delivery speed, and operational outcomes, while establishing consistent standards for secure coding, peer review, automated testing, and reuse of effective patterns.
- Apply knowledge of Software Development Life Cycle tools, including authorized AI-assisted development and automation capabilities, to improve the value realized through automation.
- Lead Software Engineering communities of practice to promote awareness and use of new and leading-edge technologies.
- Contribute to a team culture of diversity, opportunity, inclusion, and respect.
Benefits
- Competitive total rewards package, including base salary determined by role, experience, skill set, and location.
- Eligible roles may receive 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.
- Additional benefits and programs based on eligibility.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
