Lead Software Engineer - REACT Front end

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 3,000,000 - 5,400,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase & Co. in Bengaluru, India seeks a Lead Software Engineer to drive cloud-native, microservices-based solutions and advance AI-assisted development practices.

You will contribute as a core technical member, delivering secure, scalable software while guiding design and implementation across multiple business functions in a fast-paced agile environment.

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification in software engineering with 5+ years of experience.
• Proficiency in modern front-end stacks with React and TypeScript.
• Ability to independently solve design and functionality challenges with minimal supervision.
• Strong knowledge of HTML5, CSS, and pre-processors like Sass/LESS.
• Experience with agile development and SDLC fundamentals.
• Solid UI/UX, accessibility, and responsive design understanding.
• Experience using AI-assisted development tools with responsible use.

Responsibilities

• Executes creative software solutions, design, development, and debugging.
• Develops secure, production-grade code and reviews peers' work.
• Delivers end-to-end cloud-native, microservices-based solutions.
• Identifies opportunities to automate recurring issues.
• Leads AI-assisted engineering practices to improve quality, speed, and stability.
• Applies SDLC tools to improve automation and value.
• Evaluates designs with external vendors and internal teams.
• Keeps up-to-date with technologies and patterns to avoid single points of failure.
• Designs scalable, secure, and reliable solutions using modern architectures.

Skills

JavaScript/TypeScript

React

Front-end development

UI/UX awareness

AI-assisted development tools

CI/CD

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

HTML5/CSS/Sass/LESS

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 and 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
• Deliver end-to-end solutions using cloud-native, microservices-based application
• Identify opportunities to eliminate or automate remediation of recurring issues
• 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
• Continuously update technologies and patterns. Design and build solutions that avoid single points of failure
• Design and build scalable, secure, and reliable solutions using modern architectural patterns

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience
• Proficiency with modern front-end stacks: JavaScript or Typescript, using React or frameworks
• Ability to independently solve design and functionality challenges with minimal supervision
• Understanding of modern design patterns used in JavaScript
• Knowledge and experience working with HTML5, CSS, and pre-compilers like Sass and LESS
• Experience with agile development methodologies and understanding of the software development life cycle
• Solid understanding of UI/UX principles, accessibility, and responsive design.
• 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

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Experience with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) and cloud platforms (AWS).
• Familiarity with RESTful APIs and microservices architecture.
• Strong soft skills, including presentation, negotiation, mentoring, and stakeholder management
• Strong problem-solving, analytical, and communication skills
• Ability to drive broader impact by sharing and contributing best practices