Java/Spring/Kafka/ AWS/ Lead Software Engineer

JPMorgan Chase & Co. • Columbus, OH

3h

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 JPMorganChase within the Consumer & Community Banking Deposits 2.0 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
• Strong coding proficiency in Java and Spring Boot and familiar with other modern languages
• Deep expertise in test automation frameworks, for backend APIs and stream services, integrating coverage and quality metrics
• Solid understanding of contract testing, mocking frameworks, service virtualization, and automation best practices
• Proven experience with CI/CD pipelines and toolsets (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab), SDLC, and continuous delivery methods
• Advanced knowledge of agile methodologies, application resiliency, security, shift-left quality enablement
• Experience creating scalable microservices using Java, and Spring Boot,
• Strong experience in CI/CD toolsets (including GIT, Jenkins, JUnit, and Mockito) to develop high-quality software
• AWS Cloud experience
• Hands-on leadership experience (3-5 years) with varying levels of Software Engineers in an agile Scrum environment
• BDD experience/expertise (Behavior Driven Development)

Nice To Haves

• Strong experience in AWS services (EKS, ECS, EC2, VPC, S3, IAM, Lambda, Aurora Postgres, Route53, ELB, API Gateway) and Terraform for Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
• Experience with AI/ML (Python) or related tools as applied to software quality, such as AI-driven test generation, defect prediction, or analytics
• Experience working in a very large Financial or Banking services technology environment
• SDD experience/expertise (Spec Driven Development)

Responsibilities

• Owns and leads the governance of quality coverage across all scrum teams, including unit, integration, contract, and end-to-end testing
• Defines and monitors quality metrics such as coverage percentage, defect leakage, and automation effectiveness
• Provides technical guidance and conducts code/test reviews to ensure depth and completeness of test coverage
• Create scalable microservices using Java, Spring Boot, Kafka and CI/CD toolsets (including GIT, Jenkins, JUnit, and Mockito) to develop high-quality software
• Acts as the bridge between development and quality enablement, driving consistency and best practices across teams
• Leads, maintains and evolves test frameworks, tools, and CI/CD quality gates to support robust automation
• Analyzes codebases and pipelines to identify gaps in test coverage and improve testability and observability
• Integrates static analysis, code coverage, and test reporting tools into the delivery pipeline
• Leads and collaborates across multiple Tech Product teams in Consumer & Community Banking to maintain quality gates in CI/CD along with automation ROI reviews to guide teams toward effective and maintainable coverage
• 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.
• 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
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees