Java / AWS Lead Software Engineer

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; New York (NY); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase & Co. in New York, NY, seeks a Java / AWS Lead Software Engineer to drive secure, scalable technology in a fast-paced agile environment. You will lead critical solutions across multiple business functions, guiding design, development, and operational excellence.

You will champion DevOps, cloud engineering, and AI-assisted development, mentoring teams and ensuring robust production systems with a focus on security and reliability.

Qualifications

• 5+ years applied software engineering experience.
• Experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability.
• Strong experience with Java, AWS, SpringBoot, and Terraform.
• Proficiency in SQL and relational databases (Oracle, PostgreSQL).
• Experience with automation and continuous delivery methods.
• Experience leading AI-assisted software development tools and secure coding practices.

Responsibilities

• Executes creative software solutions, design, development, and debugging for complex problems.
• Develops secure, high-quality production code and reviews peers' code.
• Designs scalable, high-performance solutions using Java, Spring, AWS, Oracle, and PostgreSQL.
• Leads incident response and root-cause analysis for critical production issues.
• Manages and optimizes cloud infrastructure with focus on cost, security, and resilience.
• Drives DevOps adoption including CI/CD, IaC, automated testing, and deployment patterns.
• Evaluates emerging technologies and recommends adoption to improve productivity and reliability.
• Supports AI-assisted practices with validation standards and secure usage guidelines.

Skills

Java

AWS

SpringBoot

Terraform

CI/CD

SQL

Oracle

PostgreSQL

AI-assisted development

Tools

Terraform

AWS CloudFormation

CI/CD pipelines

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 Java / AWS Lead Software Engineer at JPMorganChase within the Consumer and Community Bank, 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
• Designs and implements scalable, resilient, high-performance solutionsusing Java, Spring, AWS, Oracle, andPostgreSQL
• Leads incident response and root cause analysis for critical production issues, drivingpreventive actions andcontinuous improvement
• Manages and optimizes cloud infrastructure with a focus on cost efficiency, security, compliance, and operational resilience
• Drives adoption of DevOps practices, including CI/CD, infrastructure as code, automated testing, and reliable deployment patterns
• Evaluates emerging technologies and tools, recommending adoption wherethey improve team productivity, productcapability, or platform reliability
• 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
• Strong experiencewith Java, AWS, SpringBoot, and Terraform
• Proficiencyin Java,withworking knowledge of SQL anda strong understanding of software development best practices
• Extensive hands-on experiencewith relational databases, particularly Oracle and PostgreSQL, including database design, query optimization, and performance tuning
• Proficiency in automation and continuous delivery methods
• Hands-on experiencewith AWSservices, includingEC2, Lambda, KMS, ECS, EKS, S3, EMR, Athena, SQS,and EventBridge
• Hands-on experience with cloud infrastructure provisioning tools such as Terraform and AWS CloudFormation
• 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, capabilities, and skills

• Familiarity with modern front-end technologies
• Certifications in target areas (Cloud/Kubernetes/IaC etc.)
• Understanding of payments processing within a banking environment