Lead Software Engineer - Fullstack Java, Springboot +AI

Next Frontier Capital; Jersey City (NJ); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health care

On-site wellness centers

Retirement savings plan

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase, a leading global financial services firm, is seeking a Lead Software Engineer in Jersey City to join our Corporate Technology team. You will be a core technical contributor in an agile environment, delivering scalable, secure, and reliable cloud-native microservices and RESTful services.

You will design and build solutions with zero-downtime releases, lead AI-assisted development practices, and mentor peers while expanding your expertise across Java 17, Spring Boot, Python

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on software engineering including system design, development, testing, and operations.
• Strong Java 17 and Spring Boot with REST APIs, Spring Security, schedulers, and multi-module Maven apps.
• Strong Python with FastAPI, asynchronous processing, Poetry, Gunicorn, pytest.
• Front-end experience with React, TypeScript, JS, Node.js, HTML/CSS, responsive apps.
• Experience with modern front-end tooling (Webpack, Babel, Jest, RTL, Axios, React Router, component libraries).
• Knowledge of architecture across application, data, integration, and infrastructure.
• Experience designing secure REST integrations (JSON/XML, OAuth2, SAML, TLS/mTLS).
• Identity technologies: ADFS, Active Directory, LDAP, SAML, RBAC, X.509.

Responsibilities

• Execute creative software solutions and troubleshoot complex problems.
• Deliver cloud-native, microservices-based applications.
• Model domain-driven designs for scalable, testable products.
• Develop secure production code and review peers' work.
• Improve operational stability by automating recurring issues.
• Lead communities of practice in software engineering.
• Promote AI-assisted engineering practices with validated outputs.
• Advise on SDLC tooling and automation improvements.
• Keep systems current with modern architectures and patterns.
• Design scalable, zero-downtime solutions.

Skills

Java 17

Spring Boot

Python

React

TypeScript

JavaScript

Node.js

REST APIs

OAuth2

SAML

TLS/mTLS

x.509

AI-assisted development

Security

ADFS/LDAP/SSO

Tools

Jenkins

Git

Bitbucket

MS SQL Server

CI/CD

AWS

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 JPMorgan Chase within the Corporate Sector, 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

• Execute creative software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting, thinking beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions or break down technical problems.
• Deliver end-to-end solutions in the form of cloud-native, microservices-based applications, leveraging the latest technologies and best industry practices.
• Use domain modeling techniques to build best-in-class business products, structuring software for clarity, testability, and evolution.
• 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 communities of practice across Software Engineering to drive awareness and use of new and leading-edge technologies.
• 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.
• Continuously update technologies and patterns to keep systems current.
• Design and build solutions that avoid single points of failure using scalable architectural patterns.
• Design and build scalable, secure, and reliable solutions by leveraging modern architectural patterns that ensure zero-downtime releases and optimize data performance.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years of hands‑on experience in software engineering, including system design, application development, testing, and operational support.
• Strong Java 17 and Spring Boot development experience, including REST APIs, Spring Security, schedulers, and multi-module Maven applications.
• Strong Python development experience, preferably with FastAPI, asynchronous processing, Poetry, Gunicorn, and pytest.
• Hands‑on front‑end development experience with React, TypeScript, JavaScript, Node.js, HTML, CSS/Sass, and responsive web applications.
• Experience with modern front‑end tooling and libraries such as Webpack, Babel, Jest, React Testing Library, Axios, React Router, and component libraries.
• Strong understanding of application, data, integration, and infrastructure architecture.
• Experience designing secure REST integrations using JSON, XML, OAuth2, SAML, TLS/mTLS, and certificate-based authentication.
• Working knowledge of identity technologies such as ADFS, Active Directory, LDAP, SAML, role‑based access control, and X.509 certificates.
• 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
• Experience with using relational database like MS SQL Server.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Strong soft skills, including presentation, negotiation, mentoring, and stakeholder management.
• Strong problem‑solving, analytical, and communication skills.
• Ability to drive broader impact by sharing and contributing best practices.
• Experience working on Cloud platform (AWS/GCP/Azure).
• Practical knowledge of CI/CD, Jenkins, and source code management tools such as Git and Bitbucket.
• Proficiency in designing and implementing data models for relational databases.
• AWS certification.

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 centres, 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.

Our Corporate Technology team relies on smart, driven people like you to develop applications and provide tech support for all our corporate functions across our network. Your efforts will touch lives all over the financial spectrum and across all our divisions: Global Finance, Corporate Treasury, Risk Management, Human Resources, Compliance, Legal, and within the Corporate Administrative Office. You’ll be part of a team specifically built to meet and exceed our evolving technology needs, as well as our technology controls agenda. Carry out critical tech solutions across multiple technical areas as an integral part of an agile team.