Lead Software Engineer - Front End

Job Description
Be an integral part of an agile team that's constantly pushing the envelope to enhance, build, and deliver top-notch technology products.
As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within the Commercial and Investment Banking's DPS Solutions Engineering team, you will be immersed in an innovative environment where you will architect, develop, enhance, and deliver top-tier technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable manner. Your role will provide you with the opportunity to significantly impact the business through your skills and contributions, utilizing your extensive technical expertise and problem-solving methodologies to address a wide range of challenges across various technologies and applications.
Job responsibilities

• Devises creative software solutions that address the needs of stakeholders / clients / customers. Thinks beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions or break down technical problems.
• Develops secure, high-quality, production-level code. Takes an active role in peer review and embraces known, effective methods of collaboration, e.g. pair programming.
• Conducts oneself with an attitude toward TDD; tests everything thoroughly and works to ensure the team's high standards for code coverage are met and maintained.
• Discovers opportunities for process and tool improvements to drive concepts toward more expeditious implementations.
• Identifies pain points and works to eliminate or automate remediation of recurring issues to improve overall operational stability of software applications and systems.
• Occasionally leads evaluation sessions with stakeholders / clients / customers to drive outcomes-oriented probing of architectural designs, technical credentials, and applicability for use within existing systems and information architecture.
• Adds to the team's culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and respect.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and advanced applied experience.
• Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability.
• Advanced in one or more programming language(s) / framework(s) / discipline(s) including React, JavaScript, TypeScript, Jest, etc.
• Experience in one or more backend programming language: Java, Python, NodeJS.
• Proficiency in automation and continuous delivery methods.
• Proficient in all aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle.
• Advanced understanding of agile methodologies such as CI/CD, Application Resiliency, and Security.
• Demonstrated proficiency in software applications and technical processes within a technical discipline, e.g., cloud, artificial intelligence, machine learning, mobile.
• In-depth knowledge of the financial services industry and their IT systems.
• Practical cloud native experience.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• A keen understanding of promises and asynchronous patterns.
• Is skilled in lower-level design / principles of JavaScript / TypeScript.
• Knowledgeable with regards to industry standard bundlers, e.g., Webpack, Rollup.
• Is familiar with how to optimize JavaScript compilation for scalability and versatility.
• Has experience building out a CLI.

About Us
J.P. Morgan is a global leader in financial services, providing strategic advice and products to the world's most prominent corporations, governments, wealthy individuals and institutional investors. Our first-class business in a first-class way approach to serving clients drives everything we do. We strive to build trusted, long-term partnerships to help our clients achieve their business objectives.
We recognize that our people are our strength and the diverse talents they bring to our global workforce are directly linked to our success. We are an equal opportunity employer and place a high value on diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute, including race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital or veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. We also make reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs. Visit our FAQs for more information about requesting an accommodation.
About the Team
J.P. Morgan's Commercial & Investment Bank is a global leader across banking, markets, securities services and payments. Corporations, governments and institutions throughout the world entrust us with their business in more than 100 countries. The Commercial & Investment Bank provides strategic advice, raises capital, manages risk and extends liquidity in markets around the world.