As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorganChase within the Corporate Sector - Security 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 breakdown technical problems
- Develops secure and 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
- Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience
- Strong hands-on Java + Spring Boot engineering experience building secure, production-grade services and RESTful APIs.
- Experience with event-driven/messaging systems (e.g., Kafka, JMS, RabbitMQ) and building reliable integrations.
- Full-stack capability with ReactJS + modern JavaScript/HTML/CSS, delivering maintainable UI components using a governed UI framework/design system.
- Technical leadership with cloud-native delivery and engineering excellence: leading solution design/architecture; driving design/code reviews and standards; owning SDLC quality via automated testing (JUnit + integration/contract testing), CI/CD (Jenkins or equivalent), and production troubleshooting; and delivering/operating on cloud platforms (AWS or Cloud Foundry) with observability (logs/metrics/traces) and production readiness.
- Experience with Spring Framework and Hibernate/JPA, Experience building UI using ReactJS, JavaScript, HTML, and CSS.
- Strong testing experience (JUnit and broader automated testing practices such as integration/contract/component testing).
- Strong SQL skills and experience with RDBMS such as Oracle, MySQL, MS SQL, or Amazon RDS, Experience with source control (Git/Bitbucket/GitHub) and modern review/branching workflows.
- 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
Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- Experience with microservices architecture patterns (service boundaries, resiliency, backward compatibility, idempotency).
- Experience with micro-frontend architectures (frontend decomposition, shared components, independent deployment/versioning).
- Experience with blue-green deployments (deployment strategies to reduce risk/downtime, rollback planning, release validation).
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
High Risk Roles (HRR) are sensitive roles within the technology organization that require high assurance of the integrity of staff by virtue of 1) sensitive cybersecurity and technology functions they perform within systems or 2) information they receive regarding sensitive cybersecurity or technology matters. Users in these roles are subject to enhanced pre-hire screening which includes both criminal and credit background checks (as allowed by law). The enhanced screening will need to be successfully completed prior to commencing employment or assignment.
Skills Required
- Formal training or certification in software engineering concepts
- 5+ years of applied software engineering experience
- Strong hands-on Java and Spring Boot experience building secure production-grade services and RESTful APIs
- Experience with event-driven or messaging systems such as Kafka, JMS, or RabbitMQ
- Full-stack experience with ReactJS, JavaScript, HTML, and CSS
- Technical leadership in solution design, architecture, code reviews, automated testing, CI/CD, production troubleshooting, cloud platforms, and observability
- Experience with Spring Framework and Hibernate/JPA
- Strong JUnit and automated integration, contract, or component testing experience
- Strong SQL skills and experience with relational databases such as Oracle, MySQL, MS SQL, or Amazon RDS
- Experience with Git, Bitbucket, or GitHub and modern code review and branching workflows
- 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 coaching engineers on safe and compliant AI-assisted development practices
- Experience with microservices architecture patterns
- Experience with micro-frontend architectures
- Experience with blue-green deployment strategies
JPMorganChase Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is considered comprehensive, including medical, dental, and vision, alongside wellness and mental health resources. Some locations add onsite health centers and related wellbeing support.
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Retirement Support — Retirement offerings include a 401(k)-type savings plan and related financial benefits, with options such as employee stock purchase participation. Financial planning resources are also highlighted to support long-term savings.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave of 16 weeks for birth or adoption is available for all parents. Child care and back-up child care resources further reinforce family support.
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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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