Lead Fullstack Engineer — AI‑Driven, Secure & Scalable

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; Jersey City (NJ); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorganChase in Jersey City seeks a Lead Software Engineer to design and deliver trusted fintech solutions within the Fraud Protection space. You will lead an agile team, build secure production code, and optimize performance across multi-technology platforms.

The role emphasizes modern React/TypeScript/Java ecosystems, AI-assisted tooling, and a deep understanding of security, resiliency, and scalable architecture in a financial services environment.

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.
• Advanced in one or more programming language(s) - React, TypeScript, Java, Springboot, Microservices.
• Hands-on practical experience with React, TypeScript, JavaScript, Redux, Redux Toolkit, GraphQL, HTML5, CSS3, REST API integration.
• Experience in React Router frontend routing, Module Federation Micro Frontends.
• Experience with AWS Services such as ECS, EKS, Lambda, S3, EC2, Kafka, NLB. Experience with Databases.
• Demonstrated experience leading effective use of approved AI-assisted software development tools.
• Strong understanding of responsible AI use in engineering workflows, including data sensitivity considerations, secure handling of inputs outputs.
• Proficient in all aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle and agile methodologies.
• In-depth knowledge of the financial services industry and their IT systems.

Responsibilities

• Executes creative software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting with ability to think beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions or break down technical problems.
• Develops secure high-quality production code, and reviews and debugs code written by others.
• Monitor and collect performance statistics, analyzing product performance and scalability across diverse hardware, software, and configurations.
• Serve as performance advisors within teams to ensure performance considerations are integrated into development practices, optimizing infrastructure scalability.
• Influence leaders and senior stakeholders across business, product, and technology teams.
• Proactively anticipate and identify issues that could negatively impact performance, working to eliminate or mitigate them.
• Plan and develop methodologies for standard performance benchmarks and comparisons.
• Design, develop, and implement tools to automate performance measurement and analysis.
• Drives team adoption of enterprise-authorized AI-assisted engineering practices within the work environment to improve code quality, delivery speed, and operational outcomes, while establishing consistent validation standards and promoting reuse of patterns across the team.
• Applies knowledge of tools within the SDLC toolchain, including AI-assisted development and automation capabilities, to improve value realized by automation.

Skills

React

TypeScript

Java

Spring Boot

Microservices

Redux

GraphQL

HTML5

CSS3

REST API

Education

Formal software engineering certification

Tools

AWS ECS

AWS EKS

AWS Lambda

S3

EC2

Kafka

NLB

Job description

JPMorganChase in Jersey City seeks a Lead Software Engineer to design and deliver trusted fintech solutions within the Fraud Protection space. You will lead an agile team, build secure production code, and optimize performance across multi-technology platforms.

The role emphasizes modern React/TypeScript/Java ecosystems, AI-assisted tooling, and a deep understanding of security, resiliency, and scalable architecture in a financial services environment.