Lead Software Engineer - Asset Management Technology

JPMorgan Chase; Jersey City (NJ); On-site; USD 157,000 - 215,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorganChase Asset Wealth Management seeks a Lead Software Engineer to drive hands-on technical leadership across Fund Administration and Transfer Agency. You will own delivery execution, define architecture direction, and modernize platforms while ensuring security, reliability, and scalability.

You will mentor engineers across global locations, champion observability and testing, and collaborate with product owners to align solutions with business goals in a fast-paced, enterprise setting.

Qualifications

• 5+ years applied experience in software engineering.
• Hands-on experience across the full stack SDLC including design, development, testing, CI/CD, and operations.
• Proficiency in core Java, REST APIs, and multi-language environments.
• Ability to translate business requirements into actionable technical plans.
• Experience designing and operating cloud-native apps on AWS.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end platform development for Fund Administration and Transfer Agency.
• Design, develop, and deliver full-stack software solutions with strong problem-solving.
• Engage with stakeholders and product owners to align scope with business goals.
• Plan sprints, backlog refinement, and technical roadmaps for incremental delivery.
• Promote AI-assisted software development practices with governance and security.

Skills

Java

Full-stack development

REST APIs

CI/CD pipelines

Observability

AI-assisted development

Team leadership

Mentoring

Stakeholder communication

Secure coding

Education

Formal training or certification in software engineering concepts

Tools

AWS (ECS/EKS/Lambda)

Terraform

Kubernetes

Kafka

CI/CD tooling

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 Asset Wealth Management, you will provide hands-on leadership to an agile team that works to enhance, build, and deliver trusted market-leading technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable way. You will provide technical leadership across the Fund Administration and Transfer Agency technology estate, owning delivery execution, influencing architecture direction and engineering standards, driving platform modernization and operational resiliency, and contributing to talent development. This role demands a self-starter who thrives in a collaborative environment, can manage competing priorities, and drives engineering excellence across the team.

Job responsibilities

• Leading the build-out of strategic end-to-end platform capabilities for Fund Administration and Transfer Agency businesses

• Design, develop, and deliver full stack software solutions, applying strong problem-solving skills to break down complex technical challenges.

• Own engagement with stakeholders and product owners to gather requirements, clarify scope, deliver on agreed solutions that align with business objectives.

• Lead development planning activities including backlog refinement, sprint planning, effort estimation, and technical roadmap definition, ensuring the team delivers incrementally and predictably.

• Champion team adoption of enterprise-authorized AI-assisted software engineering practices within the work environment to improve code quality, delivery speed, and operational outcomes (e.g., AI-assisted coding pipelines, code review/refactoring, test strategy acceleration, incident/root-cause analysis support), while establishing consistent validation standards (secure coding, peer review, automated testing) and ensuring appropriate governance and controls.

• Develop secure, high-quality production code and review peers' work to maintain consistency, reliability, and adherence to engineering standards.

• Identify opportunities to eliminate or automate remediation of recurring issues to improve the overall operational stability of applications and systems.

• Maintain clear and organized documentation including technical designs, architecture decisions, and runbooks, ensuring knowledge is shared and accessible.

• Participate in communities of practice across Software Engineering to drive awareness and adoption of modern tooling, patterns, and best practices.

• Mentor and develop engineers across global locations and foster engineering excellence through coaching and technical leadership.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

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

• Hands-on practical experience across the Full Stack Software Development Life Cycle, including system design, application development, testing, CI/CD pipelines, and operational support.

• Core Java and full-stack application development, Object-oriented analysis and design techniques, applied experience with REST APIs.

• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders, translating business requirements into actionable technical plans.

• Experience in developing, debugging, and maintaining code in a large corporate environment with one or more modern programming languages and database querying languages

• Experience designing and operating cloud-native applications using AWS services, container platforms, and Infrastructure-as-Code (eg. ECS/EKS, Lambda, Terraform)

• Experience championing observability practices including monitoring, logging, tracing, alerting, and SLO/SLA management.

• Experience building event-driven systems and distributed architectures using messaging and streaming technologies such as Kafka

• 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

• Strong experience in writing and maintaining comprehensive unit, functional, and integration tests.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Familiarity with modern front-end technologies, eg. REACT

• AWS Certified (e.g., Solutions Architect, Developer, etc.)

• Working knowledge of Fund Administration, Fund Accounting, Transfer Agency, Custody, Investment Operations, or Asset Management platforms.

• Experience integrating operational and investment data platforms through APIs, event streams, and data pipelines.

JPMorganChase, one of the oldest financial institutions, offers innovative financial solutions to millions of consumers, small businesses and many of the world's most prominent corporate, institutional and government clients under the J.P. Morgan and Chase brands. Our history spans over 200 years and today we are a leader in investment banking, consumer and small business banking, commercial banking, financial transaction processing and asset management.

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.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Veterans

Base Pay/Salary

Jersey City,NJ $156,750.00 - $215,000.00 / year