We have an opportunity to impact your career and provide an adventure where you can push the limits of what's possible. Join our innovative External Regulatory Financial Control/Strategic Data team at JPMorganChase, where we leverage cutting-edge technology to drive data-driven decision-making and enhance business performance. If you are passionate about transforming data into actionable insights and thrive in a collaborative, high-impact environment, this is the role for you.
As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorganChase within the External Regulatory Financial Control/Strategic Data team, you will architect and deliver cutting-edge, Java-based applications to process and load critical data across various cloud-based and on-premise data solutions. You will be responsible for developing, testing, and maintaining critical software applications and architectures across multiple technical areas within various business functions in support of the firm's business objectives. You will play a key role in shaping technical direction, mentoring engineers, and driving engineering excellence across the team.
Job responsibilities
- Build and own Spring Boot microservices and REST APIs in Java, from design through production support, delivering high-quality, secure, and well-tested code
- Deliver scalable data-processing services (batch and stream), integrating with messaging and persistence layers to support critical business workflows
- Provide technical leadership across the team by defining architecture direction, guiding design decisions, and ensuring solutions align to External Regulatory Financial Control/Strategic Data outcomes
- Lead architecture and design reviews, document key decisions, and ensure designs meet resiliency, security, and compliance requirements
- Own delivery end-to-end for key initiatives, including scope, technical planning, execution, risk and issue management, and production readiness
- Mentor and coach engineers through pairing, code reviews, and structured feedback to raise overall engineering standards and team effectiveness
- Establish and enforce coding standards, testing strategy, and continuous integration and delivery quality gates to ensure maintainable, secure, production-grade software
- Deploy, monitor, and operate production services on cloud and container platforms, ensuring reliability and observability across environments
- Tackle large-scale engineering challenges using technologies such as Kafka and cloud-native messaging solutions to support high-throughput data pipelines
- 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
Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and advanced applied experience
- Demonstrated experience leading the design and delivery of complex backend systems in a distributed environment, including influencing architecture and technical strategy
- Strong ability to mentor engineers and lead code and design reviews, with a track record of improving engineering quality and delivery practices
- Proficiency in backend development using Java, Spring Boot, and object-oriented programming principles, with hands-on experience in system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
- Experience in large-scale data processing, microservices, API design, Kafka, and observability tools such as Dynatrace, Splunk, and Grafana
- Solid understanding of the Spring Boot ecosystem, including JPA, Spring Security, and Hibernate
- Proficiency in automation, continuous delivery methods, and all aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle
- Solid understanding of Agile delivery practices, with strong continuous integration and delivery, application resiliency, and secure development lifecycle standards
- Working knowledge of SQL and relational databases
- Proven stakeholder management skills, including translating ambiguous requirements into actionable technical plans and communicating trade-offs effectively
- Hands-on experience using enterprise-authorized AI-assisted software development tools within the work environment (e.g., for coding, test creation, troubleshooting, or documentation) with demonstrated ability to critically evaluate, validate, and refine AI-generated outputs for correctness, performance, and security
- Understanding of responsible AI use in engineering workflows, including data sensitivity considerations, secure handling of inputs/outputs, and adherence to resiliency and security expectations; ability to guide peers on safe and effective usage within team practices
Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- Familiarity with front-end languages and frameworks such as React and TypeScript
- Solid understanding of containerization using Docker and configuration management utilities such as Helm and Kustomize
- Familiarity with NoSQL databases and their application in distributed system design
- Experience working in regulated financial services environments with exposure to data governance and compliance requirements
About UsJ.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.
Skills Required
- Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and advanced applied experience
- Demonstrated experience leading the design and delivery of complex backend systems in distributed environments
- Proven ability to mentor engineers, lead code and design reviews, and improve engineering quality
- Proficiency in backend development using Java, Spring Boot, and object-oriented programming principles
- Experience with system design, application development, testing, and ensuring operational stability
- Experience in large-scale data processing, microservices, API design, and Kafka
- Experience with observability tools such as Dynatrace, Splunk, and Grafana
- Solid understanding of Spring Boot ecosystem including JPA, Spring Security, and Hibernate
- Proficiency in automation, continuous delivery methods, and all aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle
- Solid understanding of Agile delivery practices, CI/CD, application resiliency, and secure development lifecycle standards
- Working knowledge of SQL and relational databases
- Proven stakeholder management skills and ability to translate ambiguous requirements into technical plans
- Hands-on experience using enterprise-authorized AI-assisted software development tools and validating AI outputs
- Understanding of responsible AI use, data sensitivity, secure handling of inputs/outputs, and guidance for peers
- Familiarity with front-end languages and frameworks such as React and TypeScript
- Familiarity with containerization using Docker and configuration management utilities such as Helm and Kustomize
- Familiarity with NoSQL databases and their application in distributed system design
- Experience working in regulated financial services environments with exposure to data governance and compliance requirements
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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