Lead Software Engineer - Backend Engineering - Java/Kotlin

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; City of Rochester (NY); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase & Co. seeks a Lead Software Engineer to join the Accelerator team, shaping products that solve real world problems and putting customers first. You will own domain modeling, build scalable JVM-based solutions, and lead secure, reliable code through modern cloud-native architectures.

You will thrive in collaborative squads, mentor peers, and continuously update technologies to stay ahead in fintech. This role emphasizes partnership, curiosity, and delivering value to clients.

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification in software engineering with 5+ years of applied experience.
• Problem solver who collaborates and shares knowledge.
• Ability to adapt to changing priorities and learn new technologies quickly.
• Strong ethical standards and trustworthiness.
• Initiative with pragmatic, iterative approach toward long-term goals.

Responsibilities

• Use domain modeling to build best in class business products.
• Structure software to be understandable, testable, and evolvable.
• Build scalable solutions with fault tolerance.
• Develop secure code protecting customers and systems.
• Investigate and fix issues and prevent recurrences.
• Ensure zero downtime releases for end users.
• Optimize data read/write for our needs.
• Monitor performance and apply appropriate solutions.
• Ensure systems are reliable and operable.
• Keep technologies and patterns up to date.

Skills

Problem solving

Team collaboration

Mentoring others

Adaptability

Ethical conduct

Initiative

Education

Software engineering certification/training

Tools

Java/Kotlin

Cloud platforms (multi-cloud)

Job description

Out of the successful launch of Chase in 2021, we’re a new team, with a new mission. We’re creating products that solve real world problems and put customers at the center -all in an environment that nurtures skills and helps you realize your potential. Our team is key to our success. We’re people-first. We value collaboration, curiosity and commitment.

As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within the Accelerator business, you are the heart of this venture, focused on getting smart ideas into the hands of our customers. You have a curious mindset, thrive in collaborative squads, and are passionate about new technology. By your nature, you are also solution-oriented, commercially savvy and have a head for fintech. You thrive in working in tribes and squads that focus on specific products and projects – and depending on your strengths and interests, you'll have the opportunity to move between them.

While we’re looking for professional skills, culture is just as important to us. We understand that everyone's unique – and that diversity of thought, experience and background is what makes a good team, great. By bringing people with different points of view together, we can represent everyone and truly reflect the communities we serve. This way, there's scope for you to make a huge difference – on us as a company, and on our clients and business partners around the world.

Job responsibilities

• Use domain modeling techniques to allow us to build best in class business products.

• Structure software so that it is easy to understand, test and evolve.

• Build solutions that avoid single points of failure, using scalable architectural patterns.
• Develop secure code so that our customers and ourselves are protected from malicious actors.
• Promptly investigate and fix issues and ensure they do not resurface in the future.
• Make sure our releases happen with zero downtime for our end-users.
• See that our data is written and read in a way that's optimized for our needs.
• Keep an eye on performance, making sure we use the right approach to identify and solve problems.
• Ensure our systems are reliable and easy to operate.
• Keep us up to date by continuously updating our technologies and patterns.

Required qualifications, capabilities and skills

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience
• Identifies problems, proposes solutions, suggests what's best to focus on. Sees themselves as a problem solver.
• Contributes to the problem at hand, even when outside their area of speciality.
• A desire to teach others and share knowledge. We aren’t looking for hero developers, more for team players.
• Adjusts quickly to changing priorities and conditions. Copes effectively with complexity and change. Learns and unlearns technologies and patterns quickly. Comfortable in uncharted waters.
• Can see the long term. Won’t sacrifice the future for the present. Chooses technologies and approaches based on the end goals.
• High standards. Expects personal performance and team performance to be nothing short of the best.
• Does not cut corners ethically. Earns and maintains trust.
• Does what's best for the company, rather than what's best for themselves or their team.
• Able to take the initiative and shape their own path and a pragmatic and iterative approach to achieving our long term goals

Technologies

• We primarily use Jvm based languages (Java/Kotlin) but we also have parts of the platform that use other languages as needed.
• We look to use Open source when it makes sense and build ourselves when it doesn't.
• We are entirely cloud native and want to build a truly multi-cloud solution.
• We look at each problem independently and pick the right technology to solve it.
• We aren’t afraid to try new things but we always remember that we are looking to build something to last, and we focus on solving real world problems for real life customers.

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