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As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorganChase within the Global Banking Technology, 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
- Executes creative software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting with ability to think beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions or break down technical problems
- Develops secure high-quality production code, and reviews and debugs code written by others
- Drives team adoption of enterprise-authorized AI-assisted engineering practices within the work environment to improve code quality, delivery speed, and operational outcomes (e.g., AI-assisted code review/refactoring, test strategy acceleration, incident/root-cause analysis support), while establishing consistent validation standards (secure coding, peer review, automated testing) and promoting reuse of effective patterns across the team.
- Applies knowledge of tools within the Software Development Life Cycle toolchain, including enterprise-authorized AI-assisted development and automation capabilities, to improve the value realized by automation.
- Identifies opportunities to eliminate or automate remediation of recurring issues to improve overall operational stability of software applications and systems
- Leads evaluation sessions with external vendors, startups, and internal teams to drive outcomes-oriented probing of architectural designs, technical credentials, and applicability for use within existing systems and information architecture
- 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
Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills
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Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience leading designing and building solutions .
- Expertise in Java, Spring Core, Spring Boot, REST APIs, JPA and relevant microservices framework.
- Expertise in JavaScript, Typescript, React and popular test framework for UI
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Expert-level experience with AI-assisted/agentic development tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot and Claude Code) to accelerate full-stack delivery—leveraging AI for scaffolding, refactoring, debugging, documentation, code review, and test generation (unit/integration/E2E incl. Playwright), while enforcing secure usage (no secrets, security/license checks, SDLC compliance) and using agentic workflows (plan → build → test → validate) with strong human oversight.
- Experience practicing Spec-Driven Development: translating business requirements into clear functional/non-functional specs (API contracts, UI acceptance criteria, test cases), and driving implementation from those specs
- 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
- Familiarity with log/metric collection and monitoring technologies like Grafana, AppDynamics, and Splunk, Hands-on experience with building CI/CD pipelines using Git, Maven, Jenkins, SonarQube, and Fortify.
- Experience with relational databases such as PostgreSQL and Oracle (including schema design, performance tuning, and SQL optimization).
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Experience with event-driven processing using Kafka, Proficiency in Object-Oriented Design (OOD) and Test Driven Development (TTD), with hands-on experience in test automation frameworks like Junit, Mockito, Playwright and Cucumber.
- Agile software development experience adhering to a product operating model.
- Experience in building enterprise solution focused on Data Analytics will be beneficial.
- Experience in AI agentic application development, leveraging GitHub Copilot/Copilot agents to accelerate delivery while maintaining strong human oversight and SDLC compliance.
- Experience practicing Spec-Driven Development using GitHub Copilot, translating requirements into clear specs (API contracts, UI acceptance criteria, test cases) and driving implementation from those specs.
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
- 5+ years of applied software engineering experience leading, designing, and building solutions
- Expertise in Java, Spring Core, Spring Boot, REST APIs, JPA, and relevant microservices frameworks
- Expertise in JavaScript, TypeScript, React, and popular UI testing frameworks
- Expert-level experience with AI-assisted or agentic development tools such as GitHub Copilot and Claude Code
- Experience using AI-assisted tools for scaffolding, refactoring, debugging, documentation, code review, and unit, integration, and end-to-end test generation
- Experience enforcing secure use of AI development tools, including secrets protection, security and license checks, SDLC compliance, and human oversight
- Experience with Spec-Driven Development, including API contracts, UI acceptance criteria, and test cases
- Experience leading adoption of approved AI-assisted software development tools and validating AI outputs for correctness, performance, and security
- Strong understanding of responsible AI use in engineering workflows, data sensitivity, secure input and output handling, resiliency, and security expectations
- Experience coaching engineers on safe and compliant adoption of AI-assisted development practices
- Familiarity with Grafana, AppDynamics, and Splunk
- Hands-on experience building CI/CD pipelines using Git, Maven, Jenkins, SonarQube, and Fortify
- Experience with PostgreSQL and Oracle, including schema design, performance tuning, and SQL optimization
- Experience with event-driven processing using Kafka
- Proficiency in object-oriented design and test-driven development
- Hands-on experience with JUnit, Mockito, Playwright, and Cucumber
- Agile software development experience using a product operating model
- Experience building enterprise solutions focused on data analytics
- Experience developing AI agentic applications using GitHub Copilot or Copilot agents
- Experience practicing Spec-Driven Development using GitHub Copilot
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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