Lead Software Engineer, Collateral Services Tech

Testing Site - JPMC; Hong Kong; On-site; HKD 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Testing Site - JPMC in Hong Kong seeks a Lead Software Engineer to drive the design, development, and delivery of secure, scalable technology products within Securities Services.

You will lead a software engineering team, collaborate with Leads and Architects, and promote best practices in AI integration and operational stability. Strong Java Spring Boot capability and cloud-native experience are essential.

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification in software engineering concepts with 8+ years of applied experience.
• Proficient in one or more object-oriented languages, notably Java 17+ with Spring Boot.
• Strong grasp of CI/CD, Application Resiliency, and Security within Agile teams.
• Experience building enterprise-grade, highly available back-end services using Java and related technologies.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and troubleshoot secure, high-quality production code.
• Optimize back-end applications for speed, reliability, and scalability.
• Lead and mentor a software engineering team to deliver mission-critical projects.
• Drive adoption of best practices in software development and AI integration.
• Collaborate with Leads and Architects on new product initiatives.
• Gather requirements with stakeholders to ensure solutions meet business needs.

Skills

Java 17+

Spring Boot

CI/CD

Application Security

Cloud native

Team leadership

Distributed systems

Kafka

Tools

Spring Boot

Kafka

EKS

Distributed Cache

Job description

As a Lead Software Engineer within Securities Services, you will be an integral part of an agile team that enhances, builds, and delivers trusted, market-leading technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable way. You will conduct critical technology solutions across multiple technical areas, supporting the firm's business objectives.

Job Responsibilities

• Execute creative software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting, thinking beyond routine approaches to build solutions or break down technical problems.
• Develop secure, high-quality production code; review and debug code written by others.
• Optimize back-end applications for maximum speed, reliability, and scalability.
• Drive adoption of best practices in software development and AI integration, maintaining high standards of quality, security, and efficiency.
• Identify opportunities to eliminate or automate remediation of recurring issues to improve operational stability of software applications and systems.
• Work with stakeholders to gather requirements and ensure solutions meet business needs.
• Collaborate with technical Leads and Architects for new products.
• Contribute to and build a software development team with a team culture of diversity, opportunity, inclusion, and respect.

Required Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills

• Formal training or certification in software engineering concepts and 8+ years of applied experience.
• Hands-on experience in system design, application development, testing, and operational stability.
• Overall knowledge of the Software Development Life Cycle.
• Proficient in coding in one or more object-oriented languages, including Java 17+ with Spring Boot.
• Advanced understanding of agile methodologies such as CI/CD, Application Resiliency, and Security.
• Experience building enterprise applications with high availability and performance using Java, Spring, Kafka, EKS, Distributed Cache.
• Experience in leading and developing a software engineering team to deliver business critical projects.
• Practical cloud native experience.

Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills

• Keen interest in staying ahead of modern development trends and experimenting with emerging technologies such as AI and Machine Learning.
• Hands-on experience with Microservices, Data usage patterns, and Event-Driven Architecture (EDA).
• Hands-on experience with no SQL Data bases like Cassandra.
• Hands-on experience with Python programming.
• Experience with RESTful APIs concepts and its integration with React.js.
• Experience working in financial services.