As a Senior Lead Software Engineer at JPMorganChase within the Commercial & 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. Drive significant business impact through your capabilities and contributions, and apply deep technical expertise and problem-solving methodologies to tackle a diverse array of challenges that span multiple technologies and applications.
Job responsibilities
- Design and build core application features hands-on (backend, APIs, integration, and UI as needed).
- Own technical design and implementation patterns to deliver secure, scalable, maintainable solutions.
- Lead design/code reviews and enforce engineering standards across the delivery lifecycle.
- Partner with product and UAT teams to translate requirements into working software and support acceptance testing.
- Influence senior business and technology stakeholders; communicate clearly with BAs, PMs, and engineers.
- Drive continuous improvement through pragmatic, innovative solutions, and better team processes.
- Troubleshoot complex issues, prioritize effectively, and deliver to deadlines with a customer-first mindset.
- Mentor engineers and foster a collaborative, inclusive, high-performance team culture.
- Drives adoption and governance of approved AI-assisted engineering practices across teams to improve code quality, delivery speed, and operational outcomes (e.g., AI-assisted code review/refactoring, test acceleration, release readiness, incident/root-cause analysis), while establishing measurable validation standards (secure coding, peer review, automated testing) and promoting reuse of proven patterns and automation within the SDLC/TLM toolchain.
Applies knowledge of tools within the Software Development Life Cycle toolchain, including approved AI-assisted development and automation capabilities, to improve the value realized by automation at scale.
- Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience
Strong CS fundamentals: OOAD, data structures/algorithms, and design patterns. - Expert in Java with modern frameworks (Spring Boot, Dropwizard, or equivalent). Microservices architecture; RESTful services and WebSockets.
- Containers and orchestration: Docker and Kubernetes. Messaging/integration: JMS, RabbitMQ, AMQP, MQ, Kafka.
- Front-end proficiency in at least one modern web framework (React + Redux, Angular, Node.js, etc.). Testing discipline with common frameworks (JUnit, Mockito, Selenium/Cucumber; plus relevant JS test tools).
- Persistence layer experience: JDBC and ORM frameworks (Hibernate/MyBatis). Strong SDLC knowledge and Agile delivery experience.
- Databases: Oracle (strong), Sybase. Cloud experience: AWS/Azure/GCP and/or Cloud Foundry.
- Excellent analytical/debugging skills and strong written/verbal communication. Proven ability to manage stakeholder relationships and prioritize within complex programs
- Demonstrated experience leading effective use of enterprise-authorized AI-assisted software development tools within the work environment (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 senior engineers/leads on compliant usage patterns and controls.
- Financial services domain experience.
- Technical coach/leader who helps teams solve hard engineering problems.
- Scrum execution experience (planning, backlog grooming, retrospectives).
- Understanding of security standards/frameworks and secure engineering practices.
- Exposure to NoSQL (HBase/Cassandra) and Spark is a plus
Skills Required
- Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience
- Strong CS fundamentals: OOAD, data structures/algorithms, design patterns
- Expert in Java with modern frameworks (Spring Boot, Dropwizard, or equivalent)
- Microservices architecture; RESTful services and WebSockets
- Containers and orchestration: Docker and Kubernetes
- Messaging/integration: JMS, RabbitMQ, AMQP, MQ, Kafka
- Front-end proficiency in at least one modern web framework (React + Redux, Angular, Node.js)
- Testing discipline with common frameworks (JUnit, Mockito, Selenium, Cucumber; relevant JS test tools)
- Persistence layer experience: JDBC and ORM frameworks (Hibernate, MyBatis)
- Strong SDLC knowledge and Agile delivery experience
- Databases: Oracle (strong), Sybase
- Cloud experience: AWS, Azure, GCP and/or Cloud Foundry
- Excellent analytical/debugging skills and strong written/verbal communication; stakeholder management
- Experience leading effective use of enterprise-authorized AI-assisted software development tools
- Understanding of responsible AI use in engineering workflows and ability to coach on compliant usage patterns and controls
- Financial services domain experience
- Technical coach/leader experience
- Scrum execution experience (planning, grooming, retrospectives)
- Understanding of security standards/frameworks and secure engineering practices
- Exposure to NoSQL (HBase, Cassandra) and Spark
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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