Lead Software Engineer - Country Risk

Testing Site - JPMC; Jersey City (NJ); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorganChase in New Jersey seeks a Lead Software Engineer to join Corporate Sector Country Risk. You will be a core contributor delivering trusted, scalable tech products and security-focused solutions across the firm.

You will lead design, development, testing, and code reviews while guiding architecture discussions with vendors and internal teams. The role requires 5+ years in data engineering and application development, with strong Java/J2EE, Big Data, ETL, and cloud skills.

Qualifications

• 5+ years experience in data engineering and app development
• Hands-on design, development, testing, and operational stability
• Expertise with Big Data & ETL tools (Databricks, Hadoop, AWS Glue)
• Relational and NoSQL database knowledge
• Experience with AWS cloud
• Strong data modeling and database methodologies
• Proficiency in Java/J2EE
• Automation and CD/CI proficiency
• Advanced Agile, CI/CD, security concepts
• Knowledge of financial services IT
• Practical cloud-native experience

Responsibilities

• Executes innovative software solutions and conducts design, development, and debugging.
• Develops secure production code and reviews others' code
• Automates recurring issues to improve stability
• Leads evaluation sessions with vendors and teams on architecture and credentials
• Leads engineering communities to promote new technologies
• Fosters diverse and inclusive team culture

Skills

Java/J2EE

CI/CD

Data modeling

Big Data

ETL tools

AWS

SQL/NoSQL

Cloud native

Agile methodologies

Education

Data engineering certification

Tools

Databricks

Hadoop

AWS Glue

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 Corporate Sector Country Risk, 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

• 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 eliminate or 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
• 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

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification on data engineering and application development and 5+ years applied experience
• Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
• Proven Expertise with Big Data & ETL tools like Databricks, Hadoop, AWS Glue
• Advanced knowledge of Databases Management, Relational & Non-Relational Databases (SQL, NoSQL)
• Experience with Cloud technologies (AWS)
• Strong understanding of data, data modeling and database methodologies and architecture disciplines
• Proficiency in multiple modern programming languages in particular, the Java/J2EE stack
• Proficiency in automation and continuous delivery methods
• Advanced understanding of agile methodologies such as CI/CD, Application Resiliency, and Security
• In-depth knowledge of the financial services industry and their IT systems
• Practical cloud native experience