Lead API Platform Engineer: Scale, Security & Cloud

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; Plano (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services firm is seeking a Lead Software Engineer within the API Marketplace team. This role involves enhancing and delivering technology products and requires 5+ years of software engineering experience with a strong focus on API development, Java, and cloud technologies such as AWS. The successful candidate will lead problem-solving efforts, communicate with stakeholders, and drive engineering quality across various teams. Ideal for engineers passionate about solving complex challenges in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of applied experience in software engineering.
• Hands-on experience in system design, application development, testing, and operational stability.
• Experience with API platforms, API security, and resilient systems.

Responsibilities

• Solve business-critical problems with tech leads and product managers.
• Improve engineering deliverables and remove technical debt.
• Develop secure and high-quality production code.

Skills

System design

Application development

Java

Spring Boot

REST

Microservices

RDBMS

NoSQL databases

Cloud Native

Agile

DevOps

TDD

AWS

Education

Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Mathematics, or a related technical field

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

A leading financial services firm is seeking a Lead Software Engineer within the API Marketplace team. This role involves enhancing and delivering technology products and requires 5+ years of software engineering experience with a strong focus on API development, Java, and cloud technologies such as AWS. The successful candidate will lead problem-solving efforts, communicate with stakeholders, and drive engineering quality across various teams. Ideal for engineers passionate about solving complex challenges in a dynamic environment.