Lead API Platform Engineer

JPMorganChase; Palo Alto (CA); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase seeks a Lead Software Engineer to join the Consumer & Community Banking API Marketplace team. You will design, build, and enhance the API Platform, empowering developers with secure, scalable services and AI-assisted tooling.

You will lead end-to-end technical solutions across multiple stacks and mentor teams to deliver business value. You will collaborate with product managers, designers, and tech leads to improve engineering outcomes, reduce debt, and ensure robust security,

Qualifications

• 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.
• Hands-on programming/application development experience utilizing Java, Spring Boot, REST, Microservices, RDBMS and NoSQL databases, Cloud Native, Agile, DevOps, and TDD.
• Recent experience with a cloud platform such as AWS, and utilization of container technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.
• Prior experience in building or using API Platforms, with deep expertise in one or more areas of the end-to-end API stack, including cloud connectivity, network diagnosis, resilient systems, API security, authentication/authorization, API gateways, and API design spanning specification, standards, documentation, and governance.
• Advanced knowledge of software applications and technical processes, with considerable in-depth expertise in one or more technical disciplines (e.g., cloud, AI, ML, mobile).
• Ability to tackle design and functionality problems independently with little to no oversight.
• Practical cloud native experience.
• Experience in CS/CE/Math or related field.
• Demonstrated experience leading effective use of approved AI-assisted software development tools with the ability to validate outputs for correctness, performance, and security.
• Strong understanding of responsible AI use in engineering workflows, including data sensitivity and secure handling.

Responsibilities

• Brings discipline and creativity to solve business-critical problems with tech leads, product managers, and designers.
• Identifies opportunities to remove technical debt and improve engineering deliverables.
• Communicates with stakeholders and leads discussions with customers.
• Develops secure, high-quality production code and reviews others' code.
• Drives decisions influencing product design, functionality, operations, and processes with technical leadership.
• Serves as subject matter expert in one or more areas of focus.
• Contributes to engineering community and enterprise frameworks and practices of the SDLC.
• Drives adoption of enterprise AI-assisted engineering practices to improve code quality, delivery speed, and operational outcomes.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

REST

Microservices

RDBMS

NoSQL

Cloud Native

Agile

DevOps

TDD

Education

Computer Science or related technical field

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

Job description

JPMorgan Chase seeks a Lead Software Engineer to join the Consumer & Community Banking API Marketplace team. You will design, build, and enhance the API Platform, empowering developers with secure, scalable services and AI-assisted tooling.

You will lead end-to-end technical solutions across multiple stacks and mentor teams to deliver business value. You will collaborate with product managers, designers, and tech leads to improve engineering outcomes, reduce debt, and ensure robust security,