Lead Java Backend Engineer - Kafka & AWS, AI-Driven

Aumni; Wilmington (DE); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

On-site wellness centers

Retirement savings plan

Tuition reimbursement

Mental health support

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase is seeking a Backend Lead Software Engineer to drive Kafka-based event streaming and AWS-backed services within a large, secure enterprise setting. You will lead a core engineering team, shape architecture, and deliver scalable, production-ready code in an agile environment.

You will mentor engineers, implement AI-assisted development practices, ensure reliability with SLOs/SLAs, and collaborate with internal teams and external partners to advance enterprise solutions.

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.
• Proficiency in back-end technologies (Java, Spring Boot, Node.js) with experience building microservices-based applications; frontend skills optional.
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP), RESTful APIs, WebSockets, and JSON.
• Strong ability to independently solve design and functionality challenges with minimal supervision.

Responsibilities

• Executes creative software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting with ability to think beyond routine or conventional approaches.
• Develops secure high-quality production code, and reviews and debugs code written by others.
• Drives team adoption of AI-assisted engineering practices to improve code quality, delivery speed, and operational outcomes, with secure validation standards.
• Applies knowledge of SDLC tools, including AI-assisted development, to improve automation and value.
• Identifies opportunities to eliminate or automate remediation of recurring issues to improve stability of applications.
• Leads evaluation sessions with vendors and teams to probe architectural designs and applicability of new technologies.
• Leads communities of practice to drive awareness and adoption of leading-edge technologies.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

Node.js

Microservices

Cloud platforms AWS/Azure/GCP

Kafka

RESTful APIs

WebSockets/JSON

AI-assisted development

Security/compliance

Leadership/mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related

Tools

CI/CD pipelines

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

JPMorgan Chase is seeking a Backend Lead Software Engineer to drive Kafka-based event streaming and AWS-backed services within a large, secure enterprise setting. You will lead a core engineering team, shape architecture, and deliver scalable, production-ready code in an agile environment.

You will mentor engineers, implement AI-assisted development practices, ensure reliability with SLOs/SLAs, and collaborate with internal teams and external partners to advance enterprise solutions.