Lead Software Engineer - Java Full Stack and React

JP Morgan Services India Pvt Ltd; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Job summary

JP Morgan Services India Pvt Ltd is seeking a Lead Software Engineer - Java Full Stack with React for Bengaluru. You will lead development across JavaScript/TypeScript, React/Next.js, and AWS, focusing on secure, scalable, AI-supported engineering practices.

You will drive design, review code, and guide teams towards high-quality production software, aligning with enterprise standards and agile methodologies.

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience.
• Hands-on experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability for production systems.
• Strong fundamentals in JavaScript/TypeScript and React + Next.js.
• Experience with AWS and secure coding practices.
• Familiarity with AI-assisted development tools and CI/CD pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Executes creative software solutions, design, development, and troubleshooting for complex problems.
• Delivers secure, high-quality production code and reviews code written by teammates.
• Drives adoption of enterprise AI-assisted engineering practices to improve quality and speed.
• Applies SDLC tooling knowledge to improve automation and value.
• Identifies opportunities to improve operational stability of software applications.
• Leads evaluation sessions with external vendors and internal teams on architecture.

Skills

JavaScript

TypeScript

React

Next.js

UX/UI

Java backend

AWS

AI tooling

CI/CD

Education

Software engineering certification

Tools

Node.js

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Lead Software Engineer - Java Full Stack, React

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 Commercial & Investment bank, 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.
• Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
• Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability for production systems.
• Advanced in one or more programming languages, with strong fundamentals in JavaScript and TypeScript.
• Strong hands-on React + Next.js engineering experience.
• Strong UX/UI engineering capability
• Strong hands-on Java backend engineering, caching and data layer experience.
• Hands-on AWS experience
• 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
• Proficient in all aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle
• Advanced understanding of agile methodologies such as CI/CD, Application Resiliency, and Security
• In-depth knowledge of the financial services industry and their IT systems

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Experience with LLMs and agent frameworks, including prompt/tool orchestration patterns and evaluation strategies (quality, safety, regression testing, monitoring).
• Production experience with containers/Kubernetes, feature flags, and modern observability stacks.
• Performance tuning and resilience patterns such as caching strategies, async workflows, circuit breakers, timeouts/retries, and backpressure.
• Experience with progressive delivery and experimentation practices (feature flags, phased rollouts, A/B testing), and operating services against defined reliability targets (SLIs/SLOs).