Join a team where you can shape how modern banking software is built and operated at scale. You will help deliver customer-facing ATM capabilities with strong engineering rigor, thoughtful use of AI-assisted development, and a focus on reliability and security. If you enjoy building cloud-native services and coaching other engineers while staying hands-on, you will find meaningful impact and growth here.
As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorganChase within Consumer & Community Banking, you will design, build, and operate software that powers critical ATM channel experiences. You will lead by example through hands-on development, strengthen engineering practices across the team, and partner with stakeholders to ensure work is delivered with appropriate risk management, controls, and compliance built in.
Job responsibilities
- Lead the design and implementation of enterprise-grade services supporting the ATM Channel Product
- Develop and maintain Java-based services with a focus on performance, reliability, and maintainability
- Design, build, and govern APIs (REST and/or event-driven), including documentation, versioning, and lifecycle management
- Build data solutions using relational and/or NoSQL databases, applying sound schema design and performance optimization techniques
- Implement cloud-native patterns including microservices, containers, orchestration, observability, and automation
- Drive engineering best practices across development, testing, deployment, and production operations
- Apply AI-assisted engineering workflows to accelerate delivery while maintaining quality, safety, and security standards
- Provide hands-on technical guidance, troubleshooting support, and decision-making leadership across the team
- Perform thorough code reviews to ensure secure coding, test coverage, clean architecture, and maintainable implementations
- Partner with stakeholders to ensure disciplined delivery aligned with change management, auditability, and access control expectations
Required qualifications, capabilities and skills
- Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years of applied experience in professional software engineering, including hands-on backend development and production operations
- Advanced Java expertise and strong command of modern backend engineering practices, and experience working on Java Frameworks (Spring boot, Microservices, API Development, and Design Patterns)
- Demonstrated experience designing, building, securing, and operating APIs, including versioning and performance considerations
- Solid experience with relational and/or NoSQL databases, including schema design, indexing, transactions, and performance tuning
- Proven experience delivering cloud-native systems using containers, orchestration, continuous integration/continuous delivery, and observability
- Strong knowledge of secure software development practices and operational readiness for production services and end to end testing of application
- Strong communication skills, able to explain technical concepts to both engineering and non-engineering partners
- Demonstrated problem-solving skills including structured thinking, root-cause analysis, and pragmatic decision-making
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and drive work to completion with consistent follow-through
Preferred qualifications, capabilities and skills
- Experience building high-availability, low-latency services for high-traffic customer channels
- Experience with event-driven architecture and distributed systems design patterns
- Experience building automated testing strategies (unit, integration, contract, and performance testing)
- Experience coaching engineers on incident response, on-call practices, and operational excellence
- Experience applying AI-assisted tools to improve developer productivity while maintaining strong controls and quality practices
Chase is a leading financial services firm, helping nearly half of America’s households and small businesses achieve their financial goals through a broad range of financial products. Our mission is to create engaged, lifelong relationships and put our customers at the heart of everything we do. We also help small businesses, nonprofits and cities grow, delivering solutions to solve all their financial needs.
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.
Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veterans
About the TeamOur Consumer & Community Banking division serves our Chase customers through a range of financial services, including personal banking, credit cards, mortgages, auto financing, investment advice, small business loans and payment processing. We’re proud to lead the U.S. in credit card sales and deposit growth and have the most-used digital solutions – all while ranking first in customer satisfaction.Skills Required
- Formal training or certification in software engineering concepts
- 5+ years of professional software engineering experience, including backend development and production operations
- Advanced Java expertise and experience with modern backend engineering practices
- Experience with Java frameworks, including Spring Boot, microservices, API development, and design patterns
- Experience designing, building, securing, and operating APIs, including versioning and performance considerations
- Experience with relational and/or NoSQL databases, including schema design, indexing, transactions, and performance tuning
- Experience delivering cloud-native systems using containers, orchestration, CI/CD, and observability
- Knowledge of secure software development practices and production operational readiness
- Experience with end-to-end application testing
- Strong communication skills with engineering and non-engineering partners
- Problem-solving skills including structured thinking, root-cause analysis, and pragmatic decision-making
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and drive work to completion
- Experience building high-availability, low-latency services for high-traffic customer channels
- Experience with event-driven architecture and distributed systems design patterns
- Experience building automated unit, integration, contract, and performance testing strategies
- Experience coaching engineers on incident response, on-call practices, and operational excellence
- Experience applying AI-assisted tools to improve developer productivity while maintaining controls and quality
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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