AI-Driven Java Lead Engineer - AWS & Spring Boot

JPMorgan Chase; New York (NY); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorganChase in New York, NY, seeks a Lead Software Engineer to drive design, development, and scalable solutions across Consumer and Community Banking Connected Commerce. You will code in Java/Spring Boot, implement AI-assisted development practices, and ensure secure, reliable operations across upstream and downstream systems.

The role emphasizes leadership across teams, mentoring engineers, contributing to system architecture, and advancing CI/CD, security, and resiliency in a fast-paced

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience
• Hands-on practical experience in system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
• 8+ years experience in full life cycle development and experience leading varying levels of Software Engineers
• Demonstrated experience leading effective use of approved AI-assisted software development tools 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
• Strong hands on coding in Java and Sprint Boot, with good understanding of Spring Cloud concepts and AWS
• Hands-on experience to utilize monitoring and tracing tools (e.g. Splunk, Dynatrace, Postman)
• Exposure to agile methodologies such as CI/CD, Application Resiliency, and Security
• Participate in code reviews, troubleshooting, and performance tuning
• Contribute to system architecture and technical decision-making
• Leadership experience with varying levels of Software Engineers

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
• Writes secure and high-quality code using Java and Sprint Boot, and Spring Cloud concepts
• 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
• Sets up monitoring and reliability for both infrastructure and models (drift detection, model accuracy) using Prometheus/Grafana
• Designs, develops, codes, and troubleshoots with consideration of upstream and downstream systems and technical implications
• Applies knowledge of tools within the Software Development Life Cycle toolchain to improve the value realized by automation
• Applies technical troubleshooting to break down solutions and solve relative complex technical problems
• Gathers, analyzes, and draws conclusions from large, diverse data sets to identify problems and contribute to decision-making in service of secure, stable application development
• Identifies opportunities to eliminate or automate remediation of recurring issues to improve overall operational stability of software applications and systems
• Leads communities of practice across Software Engineering to drive awareness and use of new and leading-edge technologies

Job description

JPMorganChase in New York, NY, seeks a Lead Software Engineer to drive design, development, and scalable solutions across Consumer and Community Banking Connected Commerce. You will code in Java/Spring Boot, implement AI-assisted development practices, and ensure secure, reliable operations across upstream and downstream systems.

The role emphasizes leadership across teams, mentoring engineers, contributing to system architecture, and advancing CI/CD, security, and resiliency in a fast-paced