Lead Software Engineer - Java, AWS

JPMorganChase; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 3,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorganChase in Bengaluru seeks a Lead Software Engineer within Payments Technology to drive design, development, and secure, scalable solutions for trusted market-leading products. You will guide an agile team, implement AI-assisted engineering practices, and collaborate with stakeholders to meet compliance and operational goals.

Candidates should have 5+ years of hands-on software engineering, Java microservices, and cloud experience.

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification in software engineering concepts.
• 5+ years of hands-on experience delivering system design and development.
• Proficient in automation and continuous delivery methods.
• Experience with Java microservices architecture and code-level work.
• Familiar with AWS products (EKS/ECS) and distributed compute/datatabases.
• Knowledge of Kafka and event-driven messaging platforms.
• Understanding of CI/CD, Application Resiliency, and security best practices.
• Experience leading AI-assisted software development tools and practices.

Responsibilities

• Executes software solutions with design, development, and debugging for complex problems.
• Develops secure, high-quality production code and reviews peers' code.
• Leads adoption of AI-assisted engineering practices to improve quality and speed.
• Applies SDLC tooling to enhance automation and value realization.
• Provides guidance to the team on daily tasks and output expectations.
• Anticipates dependencies and coordinates with other teams to meet requirements.
• Manages stakeholder relationships in line with compliance and SLAs.

Skills

Java Microservices

AI-assisted tools

CI/CD & Automation

Secure coding

AWS (EKS/ECS)

Kafka

Financial services domain

Cloud native

Education

Formal training in software engineering

Tools

AWS (EKS/ECS)

Kafka

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.

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 JPMorganChase within the Payments 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.
• Provides guidance to immediate team of software engineers on daily tasks and activities
• Sets the overall guidance and expectations for team output, practices, and collaboration
• Anticipates dependencies with other teams to deliver products and applications in line with business requirements
• Manages stakeholder relationships and the team's work in accordance with compliance standards, service level agreements, and business requirements

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
• Proficient in automation and continuous delivery methods
• Experience of Java Micro-service architecture, hands on development working at code level
• Working knowledge of AWS products such as EKS, ECS and distributed compute & database
• Working knowledge of Kafka & messaging platforms for event driven workflow
• Advanced understanding of agile methodologies such as CI/CD, Application Resiliency, and Security
• Demonstrated experience leading effective use of approved AI-assisted software development tools (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 engineers on safe, compliant adoption within delivery practices
• In-depth knowledge of the financial services industry and their IT systems
• Practical cloud native experience