Lead Software Engineer - Java Fullstack, React

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 3,500,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase & Co. in Bengaluru seeks a Lead Software Engineer to advance secure, scalable, market-leading technology products. You will contribute across multiple technical areas, champion AI-assisted engineering practices, and guide architecture and SDLC improvements.

The role requires deep software engineering expertise, experience with CI/CD, security, and cloud-native architectures in a financial services context. Expect an agile, collaborative environment with enterprise-grade standards.

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 8+ years applied experience.
• Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability.
• Advanced in one or more programming language(s).
• Experience leading AI-assisted software development tools with validated outputs.
• Strong understanding of responsible AI use in engineering workflows.

Responsibilities

• Executes creative software solutions, design, development, and troubleshooting across complex problems.
• Develops secure and high-quality production code, and reviews and debugs code written by others.
• Drives AI-assisted engineering practices to improve code quality, delivery speed, and operations.
• Applies SDLC tools and AI-assisted development capabilities to improve automation and value.
• Identifies opportunities to automate recurring issues to improve stability.
• Leads evaluation sessions with vendors and internal teams for architectural designs and applicability.

Skills

Programming languages proficiency

System design

Application development

Testing

Operational stability

AI-assisted tools

Responsible AI

SDLC

CI/CD

Security

Application resiliency

Cloud native

Front-end technologies

Cloud technologies

Education

Software engineering experience (8+ years)

Tools

NA

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 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 8+ years applied experience
• Hands‑on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
• Advanced in one or more programming language(s)
• 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
• Practical cloud native experience

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Familiarity with modern front‑end technologies
• Exposure to cloud technologies