Lead Software Engineer

JPMorganChase; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 138,000 - 185,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorganChase in Chicago invites an experienced Lead Software Engineer to join an agile team responsible for building trusted, scalable technology products. You will contribute as a core technical member, delivering cloud-native, microservices-based applications across multiple domains.

The role emphasizes secure coding, performance, and resilience, with opportunities to mentor colleagues, influence architectural decisions, and implement modern development practices including CI/CD and automated

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on software engineering experience including system design and operations.
• Proficiency in back-end technologies (Python, Flask, Django) and building microservices.
• Experience with front-end tech (HTML, CSS, JavaScript, TypeScript, React/Angular).
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and RESTful APIs, WebSockets.
• Familiarity with SQL and NoSQL databases and CI/CD processes.
• Strong understanding of agile methodologies and SDLC.
• Ability to solve design challenges independently.

Responsibilities

• Execute creative software solutions and end-to-end development.
• Use domain modeling to build scalable business products.
• Develop secure production code and review others' work.
• Identify remediation opportunities to improve stability.
• Lead communities of practice and foster inclusive culture.
• Investigate issues and keep systems current.
• Design zero-downtime releases and resilient architectures.

Skills

Problem solving

Analytical thinking

Communication

Mentoring

Tools

Python

Flask

Django

HTML

CSS

JavaScript

TypeScript

React

Angular

AWS

Azure

GCP

REST APIs

WebSockets

JSON

SQL

NoSQL

Job description

Lead Software Engineer

Chicago, IL, United States and 1 more

Locations: 131 S Dearborn St, Chicago, IL, 60603, US

Job Schedule: Full time

Base Pay/Salary: Chicago,IL $137,750.00-$185,000.00; Plano,TX $137,750.00-$185,000.00

Carry out critical tech solutions across multiple technical areas as an integral part of an agile team.

As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorganChase, you are an integral part of an agile team that works to enhance, build, and deliver trusted, market-leading technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable way. As a core technical contributor, you are responsible for delivering critical technology solutions across multiple technical areas within various business functions in support of the firm’s business objectives.

Job Responsibilities

• Execute creative software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting, thinking beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions or break down technical problems and deliver end-to-end solutions in the form of cloud-native, microservices-based applications, leveraging the latest technologies and best industry practices.
• Use domain modeling techniques to build best-in-class business products, structuring software for clarity, testability, and evolution.
• Develops secure high-quality production code, and reviews and debugs code written by others.
• Identifies opportunities to eliminate or automate remediation of recurring issues to improve overall operational stability of software applications and systems.
• Leads communities of practice across Software Engineering to drive awareness and use of new and leading-edge technologies Adds to team culture of diversity, opportunity, inclusion, and respect.
• Promptly investigate and resolve issues, ensuring they do not resurface and continuously update technologies and patterns to keep systems current.
• Design and build solutions that avoid single points of failure using scalable architectural patterns and design and build scalable, secure, and reliable solutions by leveraging modern architectural patterns that ensure zero-downtime releases and optimize data performance.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years of hands-on experience in software engineering, including system design, application development, testing, and operational support.
• Proficiency in back-end technologies (e.g., Python, Flask, Django) with experience building microservices-based applications; for full-stack roles, proficiency also includes front-end technologies (e.g., HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Typescript, React, Angular).
• Demonstrated ability to independently solve design and functionality challenges with minimal supervision.
• Experience working with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP), distributed systems, and web technologies, including RESTful APIs and web services, WebSockets, and JSON with hands‑on experience designing and building scalable applications using SQL and NoSQL databases.
• Experience with agile development methodologies (e.g., Scrum) and an understanding of the software development life cycle.
• Understanding of application resiliency and proficiency in automation and continuous delivery methods as well as all aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle.
• Advanced understanding of agile methodologies such as CI/CD, Application Resiliency, and Security and demonstrated proficiency in software applications and technical processes within a technical discipline (e.g., cloud, artificial intelligence, machine learning, mobile, etc.).

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Strong soft skills, including presentation, negotiation, mentoring, and stakeholder management.
• Strong problem-solving, analytical, and communication skills.
• Ability to drive broader impact by sharing and contributing best practices.
• Experience in the banking domain.
• AWS certification.