Lead Software Engineer - Java

JPMorganChase; Maharashtra; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase in India is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to contribute as a core technical member of an agile team, building scalable, secure financial services software. You will design, develop, and troubleshoot production-grade microservices and web applications across the SDLC.

The role emphasizes hands-on coding, code reviews, AI-assisted engineering practices, and collaboration with vendors and internal teams to deliver reliable technology products for the firm.

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience.
• Experience building microservices-based applications with Java/Spring Boot and Node.js.
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and RESTful APIs.
• Strong understanding of SDLC, Agile (Scrum), and CI/CD practices.
• Demonstrated ability to solve design and functionality challenges with minimal supervision.

Responsibilities

• Executes creative software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting.
• Develops secure and high-quality production code and reviews others' work.
• Drives AI-assisted engineering practices to improve code quality, delivery speed, and operations.
• Applies knowledge of SDLC tools and automation to improve value.
• Leads evaluation sessions with vendors, startups, and internal teams on architecture.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

Node.js

HTML/CSS/JS

React

Angular

RESTful APIs

Microservices

AWS

Azure

GCP

SQL

NoSQL

CI/CD

Security

Job description

JOB DESCRIPTION

We have an opportunity to impact your career and provide an adventure where you can push the limits of what's possible.

As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within the Commercial & Investment Bank, Securities Services 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. As a core technical contributor, you are responsible for conducting critical technology solutions across multiple technical areas within various business functions in support of the firm's business objectives.

Job responsibilities

• Executes creative software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting with ability to think beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions or breakdown technical problems


• Develops secure and high-quality production code, and reviews and debugs code written by others


• Drives team adoption of enterprise-authorized AI-assisted engineering practices within the work environment to improve code quality, delivery speed, and operational outcomes (e.g., AI-assisted code review/refactoring, test strategy acceleration, incident/root-cause analysis support), while establishing consistent validation standards (secure coding, peer review, automated testing) and promoting reuse of effective patterns across the team.


• Applies knowledge of tools within the Software Development Life Cycle toolchain, including enterprise-authorized AI-assisted development and automation capabilities, to improve the value realized by automation.


• Identifies opportunities to eliminate or automate remediation of recurring issues to improve overall operational stability of software applications and systems



• Leads evaluation sessions with external vendors, startups, and internal teams to drive outcomes-oriented probing of architectural designs, technical credentials, and applicability for use within existing systems and information architecture

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience.


• Proficiency in back-end technologies (e.g., Java, Springboot, Node.js ) with experience building microservices-based applications; for full-stack roles, proficiency also includes front-end technologies (e.g., HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Typescript, React, Angular).


• Demonstrated ability to independently solve design and functionality challenges with minimal supervision.


• Experience working with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP), distributed systems, and web technologies, including RESTful APIs and web services, WebSockets, and JSON.


• Hands-on experience designing and building scalable applications using SQL and NoSQL databases.


• Experience with agile development methodologies (e.g., Scrum) and an understanding of the software development life cycle.


• Understanding of application resiliency


• Proficiency in automation and continuous delivery methods.


• Proficient in all aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle.


• Advanced understanding of agile methodologies such as CI/CD, Application Resiliency, and Security.



• Demonstrated proficiency in software applications and technical processes within a technical discipline (e.g., cloud, artificial intelligence, machine learning, mobile, etc.).

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Strong soft skills, including presentation, negotiation, mentoring, and stakeholder management.


• Strong problem-solving, analytical, and communication skills.


• Ability to drive broader impact by sharing and contributing best practices.


• Experience in the banking domain. AWS certification.