Lead Software Engineer - Full Stack (Java & React)

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; Plano (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is seeking a Lead Software Engineer in Plano, TX, to drive secure, scalable technology products within the Employee Platform. You will be a core contributor shaping architecture across multiple domains and leading AI-assisted tooling adoption.

The role emphasizes leadership, deep Java/JavaScript/React expertise, and full development lifecycle experience to deliver trusted financial technology solutions in a secure environment.

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification in Software Engineering.
• 10+ years of hands-on software development experience.
• Expertise in Java, JavaScript, React, REST services.
• 3+ years of relational database development.
• Experience with full development lifecycle and tooling (Jenkins, Git, Jira).
• Experience leading AI-assisted development tools with quality checks.
• Strong view on secure, compliant engineering practices.

Responsibilities

• Executes creative software solutions and designs, scalable and secure.
• Develops high-quality production code and reviews peers' work.
• Automates remediation to improve stability of applications.
• Leads evaluation sessions with vendors and teams on architecture.
• Leads communities of practice and fosters inclusive team culture.

Skills

Java

JavaScript

React

REST Services

Relational databases

Full development lifecycle

CI/CD

Jenkins

Git

Jira

AI-assisted tooling

Security & resiliency

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

Jenkins

Git

Jira

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 CORPORATE SECTOR - Employee platform, 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 in Software Engineering and 5+ years applied experience
• Advanced knowledge of application, data and infrastructure architecture disciplines
• Understanding of architecture and design across all systems.
• 10+ years of hands-on experience in Java, JavaScript, React, REST Services.
• 3+ years of relational database software development experience.
• 10+ years of experience with full development lifecycle from inception through implementation.
• Familiar with development tools such as Jenkins, Git, Jira, 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

• 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, preferably on AWS.