Lead Software Engineer- Java, Kafka, AWS, AI

JPMorganChase; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,200,000; Full time

Job summary

JP Morgan Chase is seeking a Lead Software Engineer in Hyderabad to drive design and implementation of scalable Java microservices. You will work with Kafka-based event streams, AWS data services, and AI-assisted development tools to accelerate delivery while maintaining security and reliability.

The role requires strong expertise in distributed systems, Spark processing, and container orchestration with Docker/Kubernetes on AWS, plus hands-on leadership in an agile environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience with distributed systems.
• Strong design skills for scalable, secure systems.
• Expertise in Java 17+/Spring Boot and Kafka for event-driven architecture.
• Deep knowledge of Cassandra data modeling and query tuning.
• Experience with AWS data services (S3, Glue, EMR, Lambda).
• Proficiency in Docker, Kubernetes on AWS (EKS/ECS).
• Hands-on Spark for batch and streaming data processing.
• CI/CD automation with Jenkins and artifact deployment.

Responsibilities

• Develop secure, scalable microservices in Java/Spring Boot.
• Design and implement event-driven pipelines using Kafka.
• Leverage AI-assisted tools to improve coding speed and quality.
• Build and optimize data pipelines using Spark, AWS data services.
• Contribute to architecture artifacts and code reviews.
• Mentor teammates and promote secure coding practices.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

Kafka

AWS

CS/NoSQL Cassandra

Spark

Docker

Kubernetes

Maven

AI-assisted development

CI/CD (Jenkins)

Tools

Kafka

AWS

Spark

Cassandra

Docker

Kubernetes

Spark Streaming

Jenkins

Gemini/AI tools

Job description

Lead Software Engineer- Java, Kafka, AWS, AI

Job Information

• Job Identification 210789752
• Job Category Software Engineering
• Business Unit Consumer & Community Banking
• Posting Date 11/05/2026, 11:57 AM
• Locations MAGMA,UNIT-1,PHASE-IV,SY NO.83/1,PLOT NO 2, GR Floor TO 2 Floor and 5 Floor TO 16 Floor,Basement 1,2, Hyderabad, IN-TG, 500081, IN 5th and 6th Floor, Sky 20, Suite 83-1, Raidurgam Plot Numbers 22, 23, 24, 31,32 and 33, Hitech City Main Rd, Madhapur, Hyderabad, IN-TG, 500081, IN
• Apply Before 11/19/2026, 05:00 AM
• Job Schedule Full time

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 Consumer and Community Banking - Trust and Security, 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 software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting with ability to think beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions or breakdown technical problems
• Creates secure and high-quality production code and maintains algorithms that run synchronously with appropriate systems
• Leverages enterprise-authorized AI coding assist tools within the work environment to improve code quality, delivery speed, and productivity across complex deliverables (e.g., code generation/refactoring, unit test creation, documentation), while validating outputs through peer review, automated testing, and secure coding standards; contributes learnings and reusable patterns to improve broader team effectiveness.
• 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.
• 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
• Produces architecture and design artifacts for complex applications while being accountable for ensuring design constraints are met by software code development
• Gathers, analyzes, synthesizes, and develops visualizations and reporting from large, diverse data sets in service of continuous improvement of software applications and systems
• Proactively identifies hidden problems and patterns in data and uses these insights to drive improvements to coding hygiene and system architecture

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience
• Excellent system design skills for designing distributed systems with scalability, resiliency, security, and performance best practices.
• Advanced proficiency in Java (17/21+) and Spring Boot for building scalable RESTful microservices.
  Strong command of Kafka for event-driven architectures, including topic design, partitions, consumer groups, and delivery semantics.
• Strong experience in Java (Strong hands-on coding expertise), Spring Boot / Spring Framework, AWS Cloud and Kafka (Deep expertise in event streaming and messaging)
• In-depth knowledge of Cassandra for distributed data modeling, partition strategy, and query tuning at scale.
• Extensive experience with AWS data lake & ETL technologies (S3, Glue, EMR, Lambda, Step Functions) and Maven for build/dependency management.
• Solid expertise in containerization and orchestration using Docker and Kubernetes, deploying workloads on AWS EKS and ECS.
• Hands-on mastery of Apache Spark (batch + streaming) for large-scale data processing and performance optimization.Proven capability in Jenkins-based CI/CD automation, including pipelines, quality gates, artifact publishing, and deployments.
• Effective AI utilization to boost development productivity by leveraging AI agents/skills for coding assistance, test generation, refactoring, documentation, and faster troubleshooting.
• 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

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Familiarity with modern front-end technologies.