AWS Lead Software Engineer-Java

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; Wilmington (DE); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is seeking an AWS Lead Software Engineer-Java in the Consumer and Community Banking's Proprietary Wallets team. The role involves leading and contributing to secure, scalable technology products and guiding multiple teams across the SDLC. Emphasis on AI-assisted development and enterprise standards.

You will drive architecture, code quality, and delivery speed while collaborating with stakeholders to meet business objectives within a regulated financial environment.

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience.
• Hands-on experience delivering design, development, testing, and operational stability.
• Advanced knowledge in cloud, AI/ML, mobile, or related areas.
• Ability to design and implement in Java/J2EE with REST services and Kafka.

Responsibilities

• Provides technical guidance to business and technical teams, contractors, and vendors.
• Develops secure, high-quality production code and reviews others' work.
• Drives design decisions for product functionality and technical operations.
• Acts as a subject-matter expert across focus areas.
• Promotes AI-assisted engineering practices and secure validation standards.
• Influences decisions to apply leading-edge technologies and best practices.

Skills

Java/J2EE

REST APIs

Web Services

Kafka

Spring Framework

Spring Boot

AWS Services

GIT/Bitbucket

JIRA

Maven

AI-assisted development tools

Secure coding

Team leadership

Cloud/AI/ML concepts

Tools

Git/Bitbucket

JIRA

Maven

Job description

Be an integral part of an agile team that’s constantly pushing the envelope to enhance, build, and deliver top-notch technology products.

As an AWS Lead Software Engineer-Java at JPMorgan Chase within the Consumer and Community Banking's Proprietary Wallets 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

• Regularly provides technical guidance and direction to support the business and its technical teams, contractors, and vendors
• Develops secure and high-quality production code, and reviews and debugs code written by others
• Drives decisions that influence the product design, application functionality, and technical operations and processes
• Serves as a function-wide subject matter expert in one or more areas of focus
• Actively contributes to the engineering community as an advocate of firmwide frameworks, tools, and practices of the Software Development Life Cycle
• Influences peers and project decision-makers to consider the use and application of leading-edge technologies
• Adds to the team culture of diversity, opportunity, inclusion, and respect
• 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.

Required qualifications, skills, and capabilities

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience
• Experience leading teams of technologists and guide and coach teams on approach to achieve goals against a set of strategic initiatives
• Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
• Advanced knowledge of software applications and technical processes with considerable in-depth knowledge in one or more technical disciplines (e.g., cloud, artificial intelligence, machine learning, mobile, etc.)
• Ability to tackle design and functionality problems independently with little to no oversight
• Proficiency in Java/J2EE and REST APIs, Web Services and experience in building event-driven Micro Services and Kafka streaming.
• Experience in Spring Framework, Spring Boot and AWS Services in public cloud infrastructure
• Working proficiency in developmental toolsets like GIT/Bitbucket, JIRA, Maven
• 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

Preferred qualifications, skills, and capabilities

• Finance domain experience with United States Banking & Payments industry.
• Knowledge and working experience on Card Network Payment and Fraud.
• Leading experience of Java Micro services application on AWS/Public cloud platform.
• Certifications in Java programming or related technologies (e.g., Oracle Certified Professional, Spring Certification).
• Certifications in AWS (e.g., AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate).