Lead Software Engineer - Java Backend
About The Position
As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorganChase within Consumer and Community Banking’s technology team, you are an integral part of an agile team that enhances, builds, and delivers trusted technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable way. As a core technical contributor, you deliver critical technology solutions across technical areas and business functions in support of the firm’s business objectives. The role involves creating and delivering end-to-end cloud-native, microservices-based applications; developing secure, high-quality production code; and designing scalable, secure, and reliable solutions using modern architectural patterns. You will help improve operational stability, keep systems current, and contribute to engineering practices and team culture.
Requirements
- Formal training or certification in software engineering concepts and at least 5 years of hands-on software engineering experience, including system design, application development, testing, and operational support.
- Proficiency in back-end technologies such as Java and Spring Boot, with experience building microservices-based applications.
- Ability to independently solve design and functionality challenges with minimal supervision.
- Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS or GCP and distributed systems, including RESTful APIs, web services, WebSockets, and JSON.
- Hands-on experience designing and building scalable applications using SQL and NoSQL databases.
- Experience with agile development methodologies such as Scrum and understanding of the software development life cycle.
- Understanding of application resiliency.
- Proficiency in automation and continuous delivery methods.
- Proficiency across all aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle.
- Advanced understanding of agile methodologies, 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.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with presentation, negotiation, mentoring, and stakeholder management.
- Strong problem-solving, analytical, and communication skills.
- Ability to drive broader impact by sharing and contributing best practices.
Responsibilities
- Create software solutions through design, development, and technical troubleshooting, using creative approaches to solve technical problems.
- Deliver end-to-end cloud-native, microservices-based applications using current technologies and industry practices.
- Apply domain modeling to build business products and structure software for clarity, testability, and evolution.
- Develop secure, high-quality production code and review and debug code written by others.
- Identify opportunities to eliminate or automate remediation of recurring issues and improve software and system stability.
- Lead Software Engineering communities of practice to promote awareness and use of leading-edge technologies.
- Contribute to a team culture of diversity, opportunity, inclusion, and respect.
- Investigate and resolve issues promptly and take steps to prevent their recurrence.
- Continuously update technologies and patterns to keep systems current.
- Design and build scalable architectural solutions that avoid single points of failure.
- Design and build scalable, secure, and reliable solutions that support zero-downtime releases and optimize data performance.
Benefits
- Competitive total rewards package, including a 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
