Senior Lead Software Engineer, Java, Equities Prime - Securities Lending Technology

Next Frontier Capital; Singapore; On-site; SGD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

J.P. Morgan is seeking a Senior Lead Software Engineer to design, develop, and troubleshoot advanced software solutions in a global banking environment. The role emphasizes building robust services, front-end interfaces, and scalable architectures with modern tooling and cloud-native practices.

You’ll lead architecture discussions and drive delivery across teams. Ideal candidates bring deep Java/Spring Boot and Python experience, strong cloud knowledge, and a proven ability to ship secure,

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field and 12+ years of applied software experience.
• Experience delivering system design, application development, testing and operations.
• Proficiency with microservices, Java/Spring Boot and Python in production.

Responsibilities

• Execute creative software solutions with design, development, and troubleshooting.
• Create UI features for web apps using relevant languages and frameworks.
• Develop secure production code and review others’ code for quality.
• Automate remediation to improve operational stability of apps and systems.
• Lead architectural evaluation sessions and drive outcomes.
• Foster communities of practice and promote modern technologies.
• Contribute to an inclusive team culture.

Skills

Software architecture

Java

Spring Boot

Python

React

Cloud computing

RESTful APIs

CI/CD

JIRA

Docker/Kubernetes

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

12+ years software experience

Tools

Jenkins

Git

Maven

GitHub

Bitbucket

Job description

Job responsibilities

• Executes creative software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting with ability to think beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions or break down technical problems


• Creating user interfaces and interactive features for web applications using languages and frameworks.


• Develops secure high-quality production code, and reviews and debugs code written by others


• Identifies opportunities to eliminate or automate remediation of recurring issues to improve overall operational stability of software applications and systems


• Leads evaluation sessions with internal teams to drive outcomes-oriented probing of architectural designs, technical credentials, and applicability for use within existing systems and information architecture


• Leads communities of practice across Software Engineering to drive awareness and use of new and leading-edge technologies


• Adds to team culture of diversity, opportunity, inclusion, and respect

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, Mathematics, or other related disciplines


• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 12+ years applied experience


• Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability


• Experience in software development of Micro services with Java, Spring Boot, Python


• Experience with cloud technologies and distributed systems, RESTful APIs and web technologies. Knowledge of Restful Web Services, WebSockets; JSON


• Hands-on experience designing and building enterprise-scale, high-volume data processing applications using SQL databases such as Oracle.


• Advanced Proficiency in front-end languages and libraries (e.g.C#, React) and back-end languages and frameworks (e.g., Java, Spring, Python etc.) and practical cloud native experience.


• Proficient in all aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle and proficiency in automation and continuous delivery methods


• Advanced understanding of agile methodologies such as CI/CD, Application Resiliency, and Security


• Experience with build and Integration Tools, including knowledge of JIRA, Maven, Git, Jenkins, GitHub and BitBucket is required.


• Demonstrated proficiency in software applications and technical processes within a technical discipline (e.g., cloud, artificial intelligence, machine learning, etc.)

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Experience working across the entire Software Development Life Cycle in a large corporate environment.


• Completed AWS Developer or Solution Architect Certification


• In-depth knowledge of the financial services industry and their IT systems


• Observability and production management tools (ex. Splunk / Dynatrace / Grafana)


• A keen interest in staying ahead of modern development trends and experimenting with emerging technologies such as AI and Machine Learning.

J.P. Morgan is a global leader in financial services, providing strategic advice and products to the world’s most prominent corporations, governments, wealthy individuals and institutional investors. Our first-class business in a first-class way approach to serving clients drives everything we do. We strive to build trusted, long-term partnerships to help our clients achieve their business objectives.

We recognize that our people are our strength and the diverse talents they bring to our global workforce are directly linked to our success. We are an equal opportunity employer and place a high value on diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute, including race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital or veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. We also make reasonable accommodations for applicants’ and employees’ religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs. Visit our FAQs for more information about requesting an accommodation.

J.P. Morgan’s Commercial & Investment Bank is a global leader across banking, markets, securities services and payments. Corporations, governments and institutions throughout the world entrust us with their business in more than 100 countries. The Commercial & Investment Bank provides strategic advice, raises capital, manages risk and extends liquidity in markets around the world. We have an exciting and rewarding opportunity for you to take your software engineering career to the next level. As a Senior Lead Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within Securities Lending, 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 developing critical technology solutions across multiple technical domains within various business functions in support of the firm’s business objectives.