Lead Software Engineer Java

JPMorganChase; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 3,500,000 - 5,500,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorganChase in Bengaluru, within CORP TECHNOLOGY – Risk Technology, seeks a Senior Lead Software Engineer to drive secure, scalable tech products in an agile setup. You will guide architecture, design, and delivery of critical systems with deep technical expertise.

You will mentor engineers, champion AI-assisted development tools, and implement REST APIs using Spring Boot while leveraging AWS services and Elasticsearch for resilient software delivery in a regulated environment.

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification in software engineering concepts and 6+ years applied experience.
• Proficient in system design, application development, testing, and support.
• Hands-on experience with Java, Spring Boot, REST APIs, and cloud services (AWS).

Responsibilities

• Provides technical guidance to business and technical teams.
• Develops secure, high-quality production code and code reviews.
• Drives AI-assisted engineering practices for code review, testing, and release readiness.
• Applies SDLC tools to improve value and automation.
• Influences product design and technical operations decisions.
• Acts as SME in one or more focus areas.
• Contributes to engineering community around firmwide frameworks and practices.

Skills

Java programming

Spring Boot

REST API design

AWS services

AI-assisted engineering

Responsible AI

Elasticsearch

Education

Software engineering certification

Tools

AWS

CI/CD tools

OpenSearch/Elasticsearch

Job description

Be an integral part of an agile team that's constantly pushing the envelope to enhance, build, and deliver top-notch technology products.

Be an integral part of an agile team that's constantly pushing the envelope to enhance, build, and deliver top-notch technology products.

As a Senior Lead Software Engineer at JPMorganChase within the CORPORATE TECHNOLOGY – Risk Technology 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

• Regularly provides technical guidance and direction to support the business and its technical teams, contractors, and vendors
• Develops secure and high-quality production code, and reviews and debugs code written by others
• 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.
• Drives decisions that influence the product design, application functionality, and technical operations and processes
• Serves as a function-wide subject matter expert in one or more areas of focus
• Actively contributes to the engineering community as an advocate of firmwide frameworks, tools, and practices of the Software Development Life Cycle

Required Qualifications, Capabilities, And Skills

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 6+ years applied experience
• Hands-on experience in system design, application development, testing, and support
• Proficient in coding in Java (e.g., OOPS, Collections. Streams, Lambdas, Collections, Exception handling)
• Strong knowledge of Spring Boot framework, REST API design principles and best practices Hands-on experience with **AWS services** including Step Functions, Lambda, S3, ECS/EKS, and API Gateway, with a focus on cloud migration readiness.
• 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.
• Working knowledge of **AWS AI/ML and NLP services** such as Amazon SageMaker, Bedrock, Comprehend, and Textract
• Experience with **Elasticsearch** for large-scale search, indexing, and analytics
• Solid understanding of relational databases, SQL, CI/CD pipelines, and agile development practices.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Familiarity with AI/ML concepts including embeddings (Word2Vec, BERT), NLP techniques, vector search, and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) patterns.
• Exposure to additional AWS data services such as **OpenSearch, Glue, Athena, or Kinesis**.