Lead Java Engineer - AI-Driven, Secure Cloud Solutions

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; Jersey City (NJ); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase & Co. in Jersey City seeks a Lead Software Engineer within the Asset & Wealth Management technology team.

You will be a core technical contributor, part of an agile team building trusted, secure, and scalable technology products aligned with the firm’s business objectives. Responsibilities include delivering production-grade code, guiding AI-assisted development practices, setting standards across Java, React, Kafka, Oracle, Aurora, Airflow, Spark, and steering deployments to

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification in software engineering.
• 5+ years of applied software development experience.
• Experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability.

Responsibilities

• Executes creative software solutions, design, development, and troubleshooting across complex problems.
• Develops secure, high‑quality production code and reviews others' code.
• Drives adoption of enterprise AI‑assisted engineering practices to improve quality, speed, and stability.
• Applies SDLC toolchain knowledge including AI-assisted development to improve automation and value.
• Sets engineering standards and reference architectures across Java, React, Kafka, Oracle, Aurora, Airflow, and Spark; guides cloud deployments.
• Identifies opportunities to automate remediation and improve operational stability.
• Leads evaluation sessions with vendors and internal teams on architecture and applicability.

Skills

Java/Spring

JavaScript/TypeScript

SQL

Kafka

AWS

AI-assisted development tools

CI/CD

Security practices

Agile methodologies

Cloud-native

Tools

Oracle

Aurora

Airflow

Spark

React

Job description

JPMorgan Chase & Co. in Jersey City seeks a Lead Software Engineer within the Asset & Wealth Management technology team.

You will be a core technical contributor, part of an agile team building trusted, secure, and scalable technology products aligned with the firm’s business objectives. Responsibilities include delivering production-grade code, guiding AI-assisted development practices, setting standards across Java, React, Kafka, Oracle, Aurora, Airflow, Spark, and steering deployments to