Lead Software Engineer - Java, AWS, kdb+

Fairygodboss; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 5,500,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase in Bengaluru is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to advance the Reconciliation platform within the Commercial & Investment Bank. You will contribute across the full software lifecycle in an agile, security-focused environment, working to deliver scalable, trusted technology products.

You will lead AI-assisted engineering practices, drive cloud adoption, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement robust CI/CD, IaC, and secure coding standards while mentoring engineers.

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts.
• Strong analytical development skills and CS fundamentals.
• Strong Java development experience and public cloud knowledge.
• Linux/Unix environment experience with shell scripting.
• Proficiency with infrastructure as code (Terraform, Ansible) and automation.
• Experience using AI-assisted development tools with secure usage guidelines.
• Understanding of CI/CD pipelines and automated testing.
• Experience with Git, Jira, Confluence, and wiki.
• Excellent verbal and written communication; team-oriented.

Responsibilities

• Work across full SDLC: requirements, design, implementation, testing, deployment and handover to support teams.
• Join the cloud adoption journey.
• Promote AI-assisted engineering practices to improve code quality, delivery speed, and ops outcomes with validation standards.
• Apply SDLC toolchain and automation capabilities to improve value.
• Manage requirements, specifications, and design documents.
• Handle release and stakeholder management.
• Provide L3 support for Production environments.

Skills

Java development

Public cloud

Linux/Unix shell

IaC Terraform/Ansible

AI-assisted dev tools

Responsible AI

CI/CD

Git/Jira/Confluence/Wiki

Communication

Team collaboration

Education

Software engineering certification

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

GIT

Jira

Confluence

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's Reconciliation technology team, you'll be 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. You will be part of the best-in-class Reconciliations platform team and will work with a highly inspired and inquisitive team of technologists who are developing and deploying applications to the highest standards. The team is responsible for providing a multi-asset Reconciliations platform that will cover cash, swaps, listed options and futures across Front, Middle and Back Offices.

Job responsibilities

• Work across entire software development lifecycle: requirements gathering, design, implementation, testing, deployment and handover to support teams.
• Join the cloud adoption journey.
• 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.
• Manage requirements, specifications, and design documents
• Handle release and stakeholder management
• Involve in L3 support for Production environments

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience
• Strong analytical development skills, solid understanding of computer science fundamentals
• Strong development experience in Java and public cloud offering
• Comfortable working with Linux based environments and having good knowledge of Unix/Linux commands and shell scripting
• A strong passion for infrastructure as code and associated automation and provisioning tools like Terraform, Ansible etc.
• 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
• Good understanding of CI/CD pipeline build, improvement and management
• Experience with GIT, Jira, Confluence, Wiki
• Excellent verbal & written communication skills
• Experience working in a team with a strong software development process (build, test, deploy)

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Knowledge of KDB/q is a plus.
• Preferred experience in Cloud Infrastructure and related technologies
• Good understanding of FIX and other financial messaging protocols is preferred