Lead Software Engineer - Full-Stack Java & Angular/React

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; Jersey City (NJ); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is seeking a Lead Software Engineer in Jersey City to drive the design, development, and deployment of secure, scalable software products within Digital Post Trade Technology.

You will be a core technical contributor across multiple domains, shaping architecture and engineering practices. You will mentor teams, lead AI-assisted development initiatives, and ensure high quality code with automated testing, security, and resiliency baked in.

Qualifications

• Formal degree or certification in software engineering with 5+ years of applied experience.
• Experience in system design, application development, testing, and operational stability.
• Advanced in developing Java on Spring Boot, and UI knowledge (Angular/React).
• Strong knowledge of Kafka and NoSQL databases (Cassandra/MongoDB).
• Understanding of CI/CD, application resiliency, and security practices.
• Experience coaching teams in using AI-assisted development tools with proper validation.

Responsibilities

• Executes creative software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting with the ability to think beyond routine approaches to build solutions.
• Develops secure high-quality production code and reviews/debugs code written by others.
• Identifies opportunities to automate remediation of recurring issues to improve stability.
• Leads evaluation sessions with vendors, startups, and internal teams to assess architectural designs and applicability.
• Leads communities of practice across Software Engineering to promote new technologies.
• Contributes to a culture of diversity, inclusion, and respect.
• Drives adoption of enterprise AI-assisted engineering practices to improve code quality and delivery speed with proper validation standards.
• Applies SDLC tooling knowledge to improve automation and outcomes.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

CI/CD

Application resiliency

Security

AI-assisted tooling

Responsible AI

Agile methodologies

Cloud/AI/ML concepts

Education

Software engineering degree or certification

Tools

Angular

React

Kafka

Cassandra

MongoDB

Elastiq

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 Commercial & Investment Bank's Digital Post Trade Technology group, youare 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
• Drives team adoption of enterprise-authorized AI-assisted engineering practices within the work environment to improve code quality, delivery speed, and operational outcomes (e.g., AI-assisted code review/refactoring, test strategy acceleration, incident/root-cause analysis support), while establishing consistent validation standards (secure coding, peer review, automated testing) and promoting reuse of effective patterns across the team.
• Applies knowledge of tools within the Software Development Life Cycle toolchain, including enterprise-authorized AI-assisted development and automation capabilities, to improve the value realized by automation.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal degree or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience
• Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
• Advanced in developing Java on Spring Boot
• Must have UI knowledge like Angular or React
• Advanced knowledge of Kafka
• Knowledgeable in either Cassandra, MongoDB, noSQL or Elastiq
• Advanced understanding of agile methodologies such as CI/CD, Application Resiliency, and Security
• Demonstrated proficiency in software applications and technical processes within a technical discipline (e.g., cloud, artificial intelligence, machine learning, mobile, etc.)
• 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

• React

• AWS

• Banking or Financial Industry background