AWS Lead Software Engineer-Backend Java/Spring Boot

JP Morgan Chase; Wilmington (DE); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase in Wilmington, DE, seeks an AWS Lead Software Engineer-Backend Java/Spring Boot to drive secure, scalable backend solutions within Digital Connected Banking. You will be a core technical contributor, delivering high-quality production code and guiding AI-assisted engineering across teams.

Responsibilities include designing systems, evaluating architectures with internal and external partners, and enhancing operational stability while aligning with enterprise security practices.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of applied software engineering experience.
• Experience delivering system design, development, testing, and operational stability.
• Proficient in Java/Spring Boot, AWS, Kafka, and modern frontend tech.
• Experience leading AI-assisted software development tools and responsible AI practices.

Responsibilities

• Executes creative software solutions, design, development, and debugging with goal-oriented thinking.
• Develops secure production code, and reviews and debugs code written by others.
• Drives adoption of enterprise AI-assisted engineering practices to improve quality and speed.
• Applies SDLC tools to improve automation and reliability of delivery.
• Identifies recurring issues and automates remediation to boost stability.
• Leads architecture reviews with vendors and teams to evaluate designs and applicability.

Skills

Java

J2EE

Spring Boot

React JS

Angular

Distributed systems

AI-assisted development

Security best practices

Education

Software engineering certification

Tools

Kafka

Splunk

Grafana

AWS cloud services

Oracle

Cassandra

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 an AWS Lead Software Engineer-Backend Java/Spring Boot at JPMorgan Chase within Consumer and Community Banking's Digital Connected Banking team, 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 5+ years applied experience
• Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
• Advanced in one or more programming language(s) such as Java, J2EE, Spring/Spring boot, React JS or Angular
• AWS services, including ECS, EKS, S3, SQS, Lambda, Event Bridge, SNS, auto scaling, load balancing, storage, backup, networking and related cloud concepts.
• Prior hands on experience with distributed streaming platform like Kafka
• Database experience with relational database like Oracle, or non-relational like Cassandra or other NoSQL
• Hands-on expertise in using monitoring tools like Splunk, Grafana and creating dashboards and alerts using these tools.
• Previous expertise with integrating security measures within the software development lifecycle, including threat modeling, vulnerability assessment, and implementing best practices to safeguard applications against potential security threats and breaches.
• 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

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Previous experience in financial services industry
• Previous experience in modern front end technologies