Lead Java Engineer — AI-Powered, Scalable Payments

Next Frontier Capital; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorganChase is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to join the Commercial & Investment Bank’s Payment Platform team. You will be a core technical contributor, driving secure, scalable solutions across multiple functions and serving as a senior mentor for engineers.

The role emphasizes architecture leadership, end-to-end delivery, and collaboration with cross-functional teams to advance market-leading technology platforms with resilient operations.

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification on Software Engineering concepts and 8+ years applied experience.
• Strong experience leading AI-assisted software development tools and ensuring correct, secure outputs.

Responsibilities

• Executes creative software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting with ability to think beyond routine approaches.
• Lead and inspire a team of engineers, fostering collaboration and excellence.
• Oversee design, architecture, and implementation for high‑quality, scalable solutions.
• Produce architecture/design artifacts ensuring design constraints are met.
• Analyze data to support continuous improvement of software applications.
• Identify opportunities to automate remediation for stability.
• Lead evaluation sessions with external vendors and internal teams.

Skills

Java

REST APIs

Microservices

Kafka streaming

Spring Framework

Education

Software Engineering degree

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD tools

Job description

JPMorganChase is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to join the Commercial & Investment Bank’s Payment Platform team. You will be a core technical contributor, driving secure, scalable solutions across multiple functions and serving as a senior mentor for engineers.

The role emphasizes architecture leadership, end-to-end delivery, and collaboration with cross-functional teams to advance market-leading technology platforms with resilient operations.