Lead Software Engineer - Java, Springboot, SQL

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; Mumbai; On-site; INR 3,500,000 - 5,500,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorganChase in Mumbai seeks a Lead Software Engineer to drive secure, scalable technology products within an agile team focused on trusted market-leading solutions.

You will contribute as a core technical member across multiple areas, delivering design, development, testing, and operations with AI-assisted practices and a strong emphasis on security and resiliency.

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts.
• Hands-on experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability.
• Advanced in Java, Springboot & SQL.
• Experience leading AI-assisted development tools with validation of outputs for correctness, performance and security.
• Strong understanding of responsible AI use in engineering workflows.
• Proficient in all aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle.
• Advanced understanding of agile methodologies including CI/CD, resiliency, and security.
• In-depth knowledge of the financial services industry and their IT systems.
• Practical cloud native experience.

Responsibilities

• Executes innovative software solutions, design, development, and troubleshooting.
• Develops secure, high‑quality production code and reviews teammates' code.
• Drives adoption of AI-assisted engineering practices with validation standards for security, testing, and code review.
• Applies SDLC tools and AI-assisted development to improve automation value.
• Identifies and automates recurring issues to improve system stability.
• Leads evaluation sessions with vendors and teams to assess architectures and applicability.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

SQL

System design

Application development

Testing

Operational stability

AI-assisted engineering

Responsible AI

SDLC

CI/CD

Security

Cloud native

Financial services domain

Education

Software engineering certification

10+ years software engineering experience

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 10+ years applied experience
• Hands‑on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
• Advanced in Java, Springboot & SQL
• 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