This is your chance to change the path of your career and guide multiple teams to success at one of the world's leading financial institutions.
As a Senior Lead Software Engineer at JPMorganChase within Commercial and Investment Bank - Payments Technology , you serve as a seasoned member of an agile team to design and deliver trusted, market-leading technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable way. You will deliver both the technical platform capabilities and the business functionality that process payments for global clients across multiple clearing systems, building high-volume, event-driven microservices and APIs where correctness, resiliency, and auditability are critical.
Job responsibilities
- Executes software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting with ability to think beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions or break down technical problems
- Partners with product owners, business analysts, and operations teams to translate payment business requirements such as validations, enrichment, routing, and exception handling into robust technical solutions
- Designs, develops, and maintains Java/Spring Boot microservices and RESTful APIs that process payment transactions through Kafka- and MQ-based event-driven flows
- Creates secure and high-quality production code, including stateful workflows, idempotent message processing, and resilient integrations with upstream and downstream systems
- Writes automated unit, integration, and end-to-end tests and contributes to CI/CD pipelines with static analysis and code quality gates to deliver safe, frequent releases
- Produces architecture and design artifacts for complex applications while being accountable for ensuring design constraints are met by software code development
- Supports production stability through monitoring, troubleshooting, and root-cause analysis of payment flows in containerized, Kubernetes-based environments
- Leverages enterprise-authorized AI coding assist tools within the work environment to improve code quality, delivery speed, and productivity across complex deliverables (e.g., code generation/refactoring, unit test creation, documentation), while validating outputs through peer review, automated testing, and secure coding standards; contributes learnings and reusable patterns to improve broader team effectiveness
- Analyzes production telemetry and operational data to proactively identify hidden problems and patterns, and uses these insights to drive improvements to coding hygiene and system architecture
Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience
- Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
- Hands-on programming experience with Java, Spring Boot, and microservices architecture
- Experience designing and building RESTful APIs, including API security, authentication/authorization, and API documentation
- Experience with event-driven and messaging platforms such as Kafka or IBM MQ
- Experience with relational databases (e.g., Oracle) and NoSQL data stores, including SQL and database schema change management
- Experience with automated testing (TDD, JUnit, Mockito, BDD/Cucumber) and CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Maven, Jenkins)
- Experience deploying and operating services using Docker and Kubernetes
- 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
- Solid understanding of agile practices, application resiliency, and security
Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- Exposure to payments or financial services technology (e.g., payment processing, clearing and settlement, fraud or sanctions screening)
- Experience with event sourcing, state machine–based workflows, or high-throughput transaction processing
- Experience with gRPC and Protobuf
- Experience with Python for automation, internal tooling, or data analysis and reporting
- Experience with observability tooling (e.g., OpenTelemetry, Grafana)
- Familiarity with modern front-end technologies (e.g., JavaScript, HTML/CSS)
Federal Deposit Insurance Act
This position is subject to Section 19 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act. As such, an employment offer for this position is contingent on JPMorganChase’s review of criminal conviction history, including pretrial diversions or program entries.
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
- Experience with system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
- Hands-on experience with Java, Spring Boot, and microservices architecture
- Experience designing RESTful APIs, including security, authentication, authorization, and documentation
- Experience with event-driven and messaging platforms such as Kafka or IBM MQ
- Experience with relational databases, NoSQL data stores, SQL, and schema change management
- Experience with automated testing, including TDD, JUnit, Mockito, BDD, or Cucumber
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines, including Maven or Jenkins
- Experience deploying and operating services with Docker and Kubernetes
- Hands-on experience using enterprise-authorized AI-assisted software development tools
- Understanding of responsible AI use, data sensitivity, secure handling, resiliency, and security expectations
- Solid understanding of agile practices, application resiliency, and security
- Exposure to payments or financial services technology
- Experience with event sourcing, state machine workflows, or high-throughput transaction processing
- Experience with gRPC and Protobuf
- Experience with Python for automation, tooling, data analysis, or reporting
- Experience with observability tools such as OpenTelemetry or Grafana
- Familiarity with JavaScript, HTML, and CSS
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 — 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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