Lead Java Engineer - Spring Boot, AI-Driven & Scalable

Aumni; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is seeking a Lead Software Engineer in Chicago to drive architecture, design, and delivery of secure, scalable financial technology solutions.

You will lead AI‑assisted engineering practices, code reviews, and advanced debugging across microservices and cloud native architectures. You will collaborate with Agile teams, ensure high quality production code, and mentor engineers while upholding security and resiliency standards.

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years hands on Software Development Life Cycle experience.
• Experience implementing solutions using Java, SQL, UI frameworks, Design patterns, microservices, Cloud native architecture, Angular/React, RESTful APIs for enterprise‑scale applications.
• Experience with SQL performance tuning, JDBC, and ORM frameworks (Hibernate/JPA).
• Strong experience in various SQL and NoSQL datastores including Oracle, MongoDB.
• Experience in developing, debugging, and maintaining code in a large corporate environment with one or more modern programming languages and database querying languages.
• Demonstrated experience leading effective use of approved AI‑assisted software development tools with the ability to set team expectations for validating AI outputs for correctness, performance, and security.
• Strong understanding of responsible AI use in engineering workflows, including data sensitivity considerations, secure handling of inputs/outputs, and adherence to resiliency and security expectations.
• Solid understanding of agile methodologies such as CI/CD, Application Resiliency, and Security.
• Proficiency in unit testing frameworks such as JUnit and Mockito for ensuring code quality.
• Deep knowledge of messaging platforms such as Apache Kafka.

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.
• Identifies opportunities to automate remediation of recurring issues to improve overall operational stability of software applications and systems.
• Leads evaluation sessions with external vendors, startups, and internal teams to drive outcomes‑oriented probing of architectural designs, technical credentials, and applicability for use within existing systems and information architecture.
• 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 Software Development Life Cycle toolchain, including enterprise‑authorized AI‑assisted development and automation capabilities, to improve the value realized by automation.
• Leads communities of practice across Software Engineering to drive awareness and use of new technologies.
• Adds to team culture of diversity, opportunity, inclusion, and respect.

Skills

Java

SQL

UI frameworks

Design patterns

microservices

Cloud native

Angular/React

RESTful APIs

JUnit

Mockito

Kafka

CI/CD

Security

AI-assisted tooling

Tools

Hibernate/JPA

JDBC

Job description

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is seeking a Lead Software Engineer in Chicago to drive architecture, design, and delivery of secure, scalable financial technology solutions.

You will lead AI‑assisted engineering practices, code reviews, and advanced debugging across microservices and cloud native architectures. You will collaborate with Agile teams, ensure high quality production code, and mentor engineers while upholding security and resiliency standards.