Lead Software Engineer - Fullstack Java, Springboot +AI

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 to join a fast-paced agile team. You will help design, build, and secure market-leading technology products with cloud-native microservices.

You will contribute as a core technical member, mentor teams, and drive adoption of enterprise AI-assisted engineering practices to improve quality and speed. Strong Java 17, Spring Boot, Python, and frontend skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification in software engineering with 5+ years of hands-on experience.
• Strong Java 17 and Spring Boot experience including REST APIs and Spring Security.
• Strong Python development experience, preferably with FastAPI and asynchronous processing.
• Front-end development experience with React, TypeScript, JavaScript, Node.js, HTML/CSS, and responsive apps.
• Experience designing secure REST integrations using JSON, XML, OAuth2, SAML, TLS/mTLS, and cert-based auth.
• Experience with relational databases, especially MS SQL Server.

Responsibilities

• Execute creative software solutions and troubleshoot complex problems.
• Deliver end-to-end cloud-native microservices-based applications.
• Use domain modeling to build scalable business products.
• Develop secure production code and review others' code.
• Identify opportunities to automate recurring remediation for stability.
• Lead communities of practice to promote new technologies.

Skills

Java 17 & Spring Boot

Python (FastAPI)

React/TypeScript/JS

REST APIs & OAuth2/SAML

CI/CD & Git tooling

Security & secure coding

AI-assisted development practices

MS SQL Server

Cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure)

Tools

Jenkins

Git

Bitbucket

Maven

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.