Lead Software Engineer

JPMorganChase; New York (NY); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorganChase is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to join the Community and Consumer Banking team in New York. You will drive high‑performance, secure software across the lifecycle, mentor engineers, and lead feature design with a strong emphasis on reliability, security, and scalable architecture.

You will collaborate with multiple stakeholders, practice TDD, and contribute to AI-enabled workflows while ensuring alignment with business goals and compliance requirements.

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience.

Responsibilities

• Applies depth of knowledge to all parts of the software development lifecycle.
• Collaborates with stakeholders daily to align goals.
• Develops using Test Driven Development and works in CI environments.
• Delivers secure high-quality production code and reviews peers' work.
• Identifies opportunities to automate remediation for stability.
• Mentors engineers and guides feature design and program direction.
• Prototype and deliver AI-enabled workflows and translate needs into designs.
• Coach teams on reliability, performance, risk, cybersecurity, and compliance.

Skills

Java development

JUnit testing

Multi-threaded programming

CI/CD tooling

Security best practices

AI-assisted development tools

Education

Software engineering training

Tools

Java Spring Boot

Hibernate

Kafka

Cassandra

Kubernetes

Jenkins

Bitbucket

JIRA

Confluence

Dynatrace

Splunk

Grafana

SonarQube

Fortify

Black Duck

PowerMock

Job description

Job Description

We have an opportunity to impact your career and provide an adventure where you can push the limits of what's possible.

Job Description

We have an opportunity to impact your career and provide an adventure where you can push the limits of what's possible.

As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorganChase within the Community and Consumer Banking, 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 conducting critical technology solutions across multiple technical areas within various business functions in support of the firm's business objectives.

Job Responsibilities

• Applies depth of knowledge and expertise to all aspects of the software development lifecycle, as well as partner continuously with your many stakeholders daily to stay focused on common goals
• Work in a collaborative, trusting, thought-provoking environment—one that encourages diversity of thought and creative solutions that are in the best interests of our customers globally.
• Develops using Test Driven Development and is familiar with working in a Continual Integration environment on a shared code base.
• 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 debugds code written by others
• Identifies opportunities to eliminate or automate remediation of recurring issues to improve overall operational stability of software applications and systems
• Applies technical experience will allow you to take the lead on feature design and development, as well as allowing you to identify new features and help form the strategy and direction of the program.
• Provides technical leadership and mentoring while being open and inclusive, encouraging the whole team to participate in design and development
• Prototype and deliver AI-enabled/agentic workflows (e.g., tool-using agents, orchestration patterns, evaluation and guardrails) and translate stakeholder needs into technical designs
• Mentor engineers and partner with application teams to drive best practices across reliability, performance, risk, cybersecurity, and legal/compliance requirements

Required Qualifications, Capabilities, And Skills

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience
• Advanced knowledge of application, data and infrastructure architecture disciplines
• Extensive core Java (version 8 or higher) development experience with Spring or similar framework
• Test Driven Development using Junit
• Expert understanding of data structures, algorithms & multi-threaded programming
• Experience working on multi-threaded, high throughput mission critical high-performance platforms
• Experience in designing and building reusable services
• Experience with data security and encryption in an enterprise setting
• Experience with Java Spring Boot, Hibernate, Kafka, Cassandra, , Kubernetes, PowerMock, JMeter, Splunk, Grafana, Dynatrace, Jenkins, Sonar, Fortify, Black Duck, Bitbucket, JIRA, Confluence
• Demonstrated experience leading effective use of approved AI-assisted software development tools (e.g., for coding, code review, test acceleration, troubleshooting) 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; experience coaching engineers on safe, compliant adoption within delivery practices

Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities, And Skills

• Experience with cloud native applications development (e.g. AWS, GCP, private cloud, etc.)
• Ability to influence architecture and design across distributed systems
• Knowledge of industry-wide technology trends and best practices
• Ability to work in large, collaborative teams to achieve organizational goals

ABOUT US

Chase is a leading financial services firm, helping nearly half of America's households and small businesses achieve their financial goals through a broad range of financial products. Our mission is to create engaged, lifelong relationships and put our customers at the heart of everything we do. We also help small businesses, nonprofits and cities grow, delivering solutions to solve all their financial needs.

We offer a competitive total rewards package including base salary determined based on the role, experience, skill set and location. Those in eligible roles may receive commission-based pay and/or discretionary incentive compensation, paid in the form of cash and/or forfeitable equity, awarded in recognition of individual achievements and contributions. We also offer a range of benefits and programs to meet employee needs, based on eligibility. These benefits include comprehensive health care coverage, on-site health and wellness centers, a retirement savings plan, backup childcare, tuition reimbursement, mental health support, financial coaching and more. Additional details about total compensation and benefits will be provided during the hiring process.

We recognize that our people are our strength and the diverse talents they bring to our global workforce are directly linked to our success. We are an equal opportunity employer and place a high value on diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute, including race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital or veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. We also make reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs. Visit our FAQs for more information about requesting an accommodation.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veterans

About The Team

Our Consumer & Community Banking division serves our Chase customers through a range of financial services, including personal banking, credit cards, mortgages, auto financing, investment advice, small business loans and payment processing. We're proud to lead the U.S. in credit card sales and deposit growth and have the most-used digital solutions – all while ranking first in customer satisfaction.