Lead Software Engineer - Java/Microservices/AWS
About The Position
As a Lead Software Engineer in JPMorganChase’s Consumer and Community Banking team, you will contribute to an agile team building, enhancing, and delivering secure, stable, and scalable technology products. You will develop critical technology solutions across technical areas in support of business objectives, with a focus on Java, microservices, AWS, and AI-assisted engineering practices. The role involves designing and developing software, producing and reviewing production code, improving operational stability, and helping the team adopt authorized AI-assisted development tools responsibly. You will also lead technical evaluations with vendors, startups, and internal teams to assess architectural designs and their suitability for existing systems and information architecture.
Requirements
- Formal training or certification in software engineering concepts and at least 5 years of applied experience.
- Hands-on experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability.
- Advanced proficiency in one or more programming languages or technologies, including Java, Spring Boot, microservices, Kafka, AWS, and AI.
- Experience leading effective use of approved AI-assisted software development tools, including setting team expectations for validating 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 resiliency and security expectations.
- Experience coaching engineers on safe and compliant adoption of AI-assisted tools in delivery practices.
- Proficiency across all aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle.
- Advanced understanding of agile methodologies, CI/CD, application resiliency, and security.
- In-depth knowledge of the financial services industry and its IT systems.
- Practical cloud-native experience.
Nice To Haves
- Knowledge of emerging technologies.
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and troubleshoot software solutions, using creative approaches to build solutions and break down technical problems.
- Develop secure, high-quality production code; 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 consistent validation standards for AI-assisted work, including secure coding, peer review, and automated testing, and promote reuse of effective patterns.
- Apply software development lifecycle tools, including authorized AI-assisted development and automation capabilities, to improve the value of automation.
- Identify opportunities to eliminate or automate remediation of recurring issues to improve application and system 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 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.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
