As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorganChase within the Commercial and Investment Bank, 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
- Deliver end-to-end solutions using cloud-native, microservices-based application
- Identify opportunities to eliminate or automate remediation of recurring issues
- 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
Continuously update technologies and patterns. Design and build solutions that avoid single points of failure
Design and build scalable, secure, and reliable solutions using modern architectural patterns
- Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience
Proficiency with modern front-end stacks: JavaScript or Typescript, using React or frameworks
Ability to independently solve design and functionality challenges with minimal supervision
Understanding of modern design patterns used in JavaScript
Knowledge and experience working with HTML5, CSS, and pre-compilers like Sass and LESS
Experience with agile development methodologies and understanding of the software development life cycle
- Solid understanding of UI/UX principles, accessibility, and responsive design.
- 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
- Proficient in all aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle
Advanced understanding of agile methodologies such as CI/CD, Application Resiliency, and Security
- Experience with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) and cloud platforms (AWS).
- Familiarity with RESTful APIs and microservices architecture.
Strong soft skills, including presentation, negotiation, mentoring, and stakeholder management
Strong problem-solving, analytical, and communication skills
Ability to drive broader impact by sharing and contributing best practices
Skills Required
- Formal training or certification in software engineering concepts
- At least 5 years of applied software engineering experience
- Proficiency with JavaScript or TypeScript and React or related frameworks
- Ability to independently solve design and functionality challenges with minimal supervision
- Understanding of modern JavaScript design patterns
- Experience with HTML5, CSS, Sass, or LESS
- Experience with agile development methodologies and the software development lifecycle
- Understanding of UI/UX principles, accessibility, and responsive design
- Experience leading approved AI-assisted software development tools for coding, code review, testing, or troubleshooting
- Understanding of responsible AI use, data sensitivity, secure handling, resiliency, and security expectations
- Experience coaching engineers on safe and compliant AI-assisted development practices
- Proficiency across the software development lifecycle
- Advanced understanding of agile methodologies, CI/CD, application resiliency, and security
- Experience with Docker and Kubernetes
- Experience with AWS or other cloud platforms
- Familiarity with RESTful APIs and microservices architecture
- Presentation, negotiation, mentoring, and stakeholder management skills
- Strong problem-solving, analytical, and communication skills
- Ability to share and contribute best practices
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.
JPMorganChase Insights
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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