Lead Software Engineer- Payments, Java, Spring Boot, AWS, PostGres

JPMorgan Chase & Co. • New York, NY

22h

About The Position

As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorganChase within the Consumer & Community Banking Team, Banking Payments team, 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
• Advanced hands on experience with programming languages and frameworks such as Java, Spring Boot and SQL including development best practices
• Extensive hands-on experience in RDBMS, particularly with Oracle and PostgreSQL, including database design, query optimization, and performance tuning for efficient data management and retrieval
• Proficiency in automation and continuous delivery methods
• Hands-on experience in AWS EC2, AWS Lambda, AWS KMS, AWS ECS, AWS EKS, AWS S3, EMR, Athena, SQS, Event Bridge, PostgreSQL
• Hands-on experience with Cloud Infrastructure Provisioning Tools like Terraform & Cloud Formation etc.
• Advanced understanding of agile methodologies such as DevOps best practices, CI/CD, Application Resiliency, and Security

Nice To Haves

• Familiarity with modern front-end technologies such as Angular or React.js
• Certifications in target areas (Cloud/Kubernetes/IaC etc.)
• Financial Service domain experience or Understanding of the Payments processing in a Bank

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 internal teams to drive outcomes-oriented probing of architectural designs, technical credentials, and applicability for use within existing systems and information architecture
• Provides technical leadership and mentorship to software engineering teams, fostering growth and development of junior engineers
• Oversees end-to-end delivery of software projects, ensuring alignment with business goals, timelines, and quality standards
• Leads incident response and root cause analysis for critical production issues, driving continuous improvement and preventive measures
• Manages and optimizes cloud infrastructure, ensuring cost efficiency, security, and compliance
• Facilitates technical workshops, knowledge sharing sessions, and code reviews to promote learning and innovation
• Partners with QA and operations teams to ensure seamless deployment, monitoring, and support of applications
• Designs and implements scalable, resilient, and high-performance solutions leveraging Java, Spring, AWS, Oracle, and Postgres

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.
• Additional details about total compensation and benefits will be provided during the hiring process.

What This Job Offers

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