Lead Software Engineer -Ui React Developer Cypress/Playwright

JPMorganChase; Telangana; On-site; INR 3,500,000 - 6,500,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorganChase is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to advance web UI features using React and TypeScript within a secure, scalable platform. You will set front-end architecture, mentor engineers, and champion automated testing, performance, and accessibility.

The role emphasizes AI-assisted development practices, secure usage, and alignment with enterprise standards to improve delivery efficiency and code quality across the team.

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience.
• Strong hands-on experience building enterprise web apps with React and TypeScript, including advanced component architecture.
• Proven ability to lead UI technical design and mentor engineers through reviews, pairing, and standards/best practices.
• Strong experience with UI testing (Jest/RTL/Cypress/Playwright) and debugging of complex issues.
• Proven experience implementing and improving CI/CD for front-end apps with automated gates.
• Disciplined experience using AI coding assistants with verification and secure usage practices.
• Experience leading effective use of AI-assisted tools with code review, test acceleration, and troubleshooting.
• Strong understanding of responsible AI use, security, and data handling in engineering workflows.
• Proficient in all aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle.
• Advanced understanding of agile methodologies, CI/CD, resiliency, and security.
• In-depth knowledge of financial services IT systems and cloud-native experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and delivery of complex web UI features using React and TypeScript, aligned to a shared design system and platform standards.
• Define front-end architecture patterns and drive adoption through code reviews and reference implementations.
• Own UI quality and production readiness: automated testing strategy, performance, accessibility, telemetry.
• Drive CI/CD maturity for UI: linting, tests, quality gates, build optimization, release automation.
• Utilize AI-assisted development tools to accelerate work with rigorous human validation.
• Promote enterprise-approved AI practices to improve code quality, delivery speed, and security.
• Align engineering with secure coding, peer review, and reusable patterns across the team.
• Lead evaluation sessions with vendors and internal teams on architectural designs and applicability across systems.

Skills

React

TypeScript

UI testing

CI/CD

AI coding assistants

Agile

SDLC

mentoring

Education

Formal software engineering training

Tools

Next.js

Jest

Cypress

Playwright

CI/CD tooling

Job description

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 & COMMUNITY BANKING, 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

• Lead the design and delivery of complex web UI features using React and TypeScript, aligned to a shared design system and platform standards.
• Define front-end architecture patterns (state management, API integration, error handling, routing, micro-frontend patterns where applicable) and drive adoption through code reviews and reference implementations.
• Own UI quality and operational readiness: automated testing strategy, performance optimization, accessibility compliance, and production telemetry/monitoring.
• Drive CI/CD maturity for UI (linting, unit/component/e2e tests, quality gates, build optimization, release automation) and improve developer productivity.
• Use JPMorganChase-approved AI-assisted development tools (e.g., Claude AI where approved) to accelerate development/change work (refactoring, test generation, documentation) with rigorous human validation.
• 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.
• Strong hands-on experience building enterprise web applications with React and TypeScript, including advanced component architecture.
• Proven ability to lead UI technical design and mentor engineers through reviews, pairing, and standards/best practices.
• Strong experience with UI testing (e.g., Jest/React Testing Library/Cypress/Playwright) and systematic debugging of complex issues.
• Proven experience implementing and improving CI/CD for front-end applications with automated quality gates.
• Disciplined experience using AI coding assistants (Claude AI or equivalent where approved) with verification, secure usage practices, and maintainable output.
• 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

• Experience with design systems at scale (component libraries, theming/tokens, governance) and cross-team adoption.
• Experience with performance engineering (profiling, bundle analysis, code splitting, caching) and accessibility auditing (WCAG).
• Experience with modern UI architecture patterns (micro-frontends/module federation, BFF patterns, SSR frameworks such as Next.js).
• Experience with observability for web apps (RUM, client logging, tracing/correlation with backend signals).
• Track record of improving delivery metrics (release frequency, defect escape, flaky test reduction) and establishing reusable "golden path" tooling/templates.