As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorganChase within the Asset & Wealth Management, 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.
Job responsibilities:
- Own application components end-to-end across the SDLC, including architecture, build, test, deploy, observability, and production support.
- Partner with product, design, business, and engineering stakeholders to translate complex requirements into actionable technical plans.
- Design and deliver secure, resilient, high-performance services and user experiences for enterprise-scale managed-account platforms.
- Lead technical discovery, solution design, complexity estimation, and implementation for high-impact initiatives.
- Coach engineers via code reviews, pairing, technical stories, and pragmatic engineering standards.
- Drive adoption of enterprise-approved AI-assisted engineering practices to improve quality, speed, and operational outcomes.
- Apply appropriate architectural patterns (DDD, microservices, event-driven, cloud-native) where they add clear value.
- Use AI coding tools (e.g., Claude Code, GitHub Copilot) to accelerate understanding, delivery, testing, debugging, docs, and modernization.
- Create high-quality prompts and reusable guidance that provide AI agents with necessary business, architecture, and repo context.
- Validate all AI-generated changes (secure coding, peer review, automated testing), keep edits focused, protect sensitive data, and remain accountable for outcomes.
- Improve CI/CD, test automation, developer experience, and operational readiness by reducing manual effort and tightening feedback loops.
- Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience
- 10+ years of hands-on enterprise software engineering experience using Java, J2EE, REST APIs, Spring Boot, Hibernate or another ORM, microservices, and relational databases such as Oracle or Sybase.
- Demonstrated experience leading effective use of approved AI-assisted software development tools (e.g., for coding, code review, test acceleration, troubleshooting) with the ability to set team expectations for validating AI outputs for correctness, performance, and security.
- Strong understanding of responsible AI use in engineering workflows, including data sensitivity considerations, secure handling of inputs/outputs, and adherence to resiliency and security expectations; experience coaching engineers on safe, compliant adoption within delivery practices
- Strong experience designing highly scalable, secure, resilient, and observable distributed systems.
- Deep understanding of object-oriented design, Domain-Driven Design, microservices patterns, client-server architecture, and modern cloud-native architectures.
- Strong test-driven development skills and practical experience with JUnit, Mockito, Cucumber, or comparable automation frameworks.
- Proficiency in SQL, complex queries, joins, stored procedures, views, indexes, and database change management; Liquibase experience is beneficial.
- Hands-on experience building CI/CD pipelines using Git, Maven, Jenkins, SonarQube, or equivalent tools.
- Experience with Agile software delivery and a track record of leading technical work in collaborative, cross-functional teams.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with excellent attention to detail and the ability to communicate complex ideas clearly.
- Front-end development with React, Angular, TypeScript, JavaScript, HTML, and state-management libraries such as Redux.
- Event-driven processing with Kafka or a comparable messaging platform.
- Observability and monitoring with Dynatrace, Splunk, Grafana, AppDynamics, or similar technologies.
- Cloud Foundry or other public/private cloud platforms.
- Practical experience with Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, or similar AI coding assistants, including repository-level context, agentic workflows, automated test generation, code review, and documentation.
- Experience defining guardrails and validation practices for responsible AI-assisted development, including human review, secure data handling, focused changes, and measurable test coverage.
- Banking, wealth management, managed accounts, or broader financial-services domain knowledge.
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.
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.
JPMorgan Chase & Co. is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Veterans
Skills Required
- Formal training or certification in software engineering concepts
- At least 5 years of applied software engineering experience
- At least 10 years of enterprise software engineering experience with Java, J2EE, REST APIs, Spring Boot, ORM, microservices, and relational databases
- Experience leading approved AI-assisted software development tools and validating outputs for correctness, performance, and security
- Understanding of responsible AI use, data sensitivity, secure input/output handling, resiliency, and security expectations
- Experience designing scalable, secure, resilient, and observable distributed systems
- Knowledge of object-oriented design, Domain-Driven Design, microservices, client-server architecture, and cloud-native architectures
- Strong test-driven development skills and experience with JUnit, Mockito, Cucumber, or comparable frameworks
- Proficiency in SQL, complex queries, joins, stored procedures, views, indexes, and database change management
- Hands-on experience building CI/CD pipelines using Git, Maven, Jenkins, SonarQube, or equivalent tools
- Experience with Agile software delivery and leading technical work in cross-functional teams
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and attention-to-detail skills
- Front-end development experience with React, Angular, TypeScript, JavaScript, HTML, and state-management libraries such as Redux
- Event-driven processing experience with Kafka or comparable messaging platforms
- Observability and monitoring experience with Dynatrace, Splunk, Grafana, AppDynamics, or similar technologies
- Experience with Cloud Foundry or other public or private cloud platforms
- Practical experience with Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, or similar AI coding assistants
- Experience defining guardrails and validation practices for responsible AI-assisted development
- Banking, wealth management, managed accounts, or financial-services domain knowledge
JPMorganChase Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about JPMorganChase and has not been reviewed or approved by JPMorganChase.
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Healthcare Strength — Medical, dental, vision, and mental-health coverage are broad, with wellness incentives, on-site or virtual care, and an EAP offering coaching and counseling. Plan materials emphasize accessible options, including multiple medical choices and tools to manage costs.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave extends up to 16 weeks for all parents, supplemented by paid Critical Caregiver Leave. Family resources include backup childcare via Bright Horizons, lactation support and milk-shipping, family-building assistance, and even a free five-month SNOO rental for newborns.
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Retirement Support — Retirement programs include a 401(k) with an annual company match and automatic pay credits for most employees, with a legacy pension available to earlier hires. An Employee Stock Purchase Plan at a 5% discount further supports long-term savings.
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What We Do
JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) is a leading global financial services firm with assets of $3.7 trillion and operations worldwide. The firm is a leader in investment banking, financial services for consumers and small businesses, commercial banking, financial transaction processing, and asset management. A component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average, JPMorgan Chase & Co. serves millions of consumers in the United States and many of the world’s most prominent corporate, institutional and government clients under its J.P. Morgan and Chase brands. Technology fuels every aspect of our company and is at the heart of everything we do. With over 50,000 technologists globally and an annual tech spend of $12 billion, we are dedicated to improving the design, analytics, development, coding, testing and application programming that goes into creating high quality software and new products. Learn more about technology at our firm, explore resources from our Distinguished Engineers, AI & ML researchers, and other experts; access the latest episode of our TechTrends podcast, and more at www.jpmorgan.com/technology. Information about JPMorgan Chase & Co. is available at www.jpmorganchase.com. ©2023 JPMorgan Chase & Co. All rights reserved. JPMorgan Chase is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Veterans.
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