Java AWS AI Lead Software Engineer

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

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is seeking a Lead Software Engineer in Columbus, OH to contribute as a core technical leader on the Consumer & Community Banking Connected Commerce Payments team.

You will drive architectural decisions, build scalable Java/Spring Boot microservices, and lead AI-assisted engineering initiatives across multiple business functions. The role emphasizes secure coding, production-grade delivery, and collaboration with external vendors and internal teams to enhance trusted

Qualifications

• Formal software engineering training with 5+ years of applied experience.
• Hands-on experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability.
• Advanced in one or more programming languages and strong in Java ecosystems.

Responsibilities

• Executes creative software solutions and tackles non-routine engineering challenges.
• Develops secure and high-quality production code and reviews code written by others.
• Drives enterprise AI-assisted engineering practices to improve quality, speed, and security.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

Microservices

AWS

CI/CD

Agile

Leadership

Secure coding

AI-assisted tooling

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

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 Connected Commerce Payments 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
• Codes in Java, Spring Boot, Microservices and AWS (AWS (AWS EC2, AWS Lambda, AWS KMS, AWS ECS, AWS EKS, AWS S3, EMR, Athena, SQS, EventBridge, PostgresSQL))
• Utilizes Cloud Infrastructure Provisioning Tools like Terraform & Cloud Formation
• Strong experience in Agile methodologies, CI/CD, application Resiliency and security
• Lead varying levels of Software Engineers

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)
• 8+ years strong experience in coding Java, Spring Boot, Microservices and AWS
• Hands on experience in AWS EC2, AWS Lambda, AWS KMS, AWS ECS, AWS EKS, AWS S3, EMR, Athena, SQS, EventBridge, PostgresSQL
• Hands on experience with Cloud provisioning tools such as Terraform and Cloud formation
• 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
• Leadership and mentoring experience

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Experience working on a large Financial payments technology application
• Experience utilizing AI in developing secure applications
• AWS certified