Lead Software Engineer - Java

Jobright.ai; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

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Medical insurance

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Job summary

An innovative tech company seeks a Lead Software Engineer specializing in Java for an exciting opportunity in Chicago. This role involves delivering full-stack solutions and providing direction to technical teams. Ideal candidates will have extensive experience in Java and cloud technologies, along with strong problem-solving skills. The position promises a competitive salary and benefits, aligning with industry standards in software development.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of applied experience in software development.
• Proficiency in Java (core & EE, Spring Framework).
• Experience with cloud platforms, particularly AWS.

Responsibilities

• Develop and enhance full-stack solutions.
• Provide technical guidance to peers.
• Write secure and high-quality production code.

Skills

Java

AWS

React

Software Engineering

Education

Formal training or certification in Software Engineering

Job description

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Job Summary:

JPMorgan Chase, one of the oldest financial institutions, offers innovative financial solutions to millions of consumers and businesses. As a Lead Software Engineer, you will be part of an Agile team responsible for enhancing and delivering technology products, focusing on full-stack solutions that support data entitlements and sharing platforms.

Responsibilities:

• Executes creative software solutions, designs, development, and technical troubleshooting with ability to think beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions or break down technical problems

• Regularly provides technical guidance and direction to support the business and its technical teams, contractors, and vendors

• Drives decisions that influence the product design, application functionality, and technical operations and processes

• Develops secure and high-quality production code, and reviews and debugs code written by others

• Serves as a function-wide subject matter expert in one or more areas of focus

• Actively contributes to the engineering community as an advocate of firmwide frameworks, tools, and practices of the Software Development Life Cycle

• Influences peers and project decision-makers to consider the use and application of leading-edge technologies

• Adds to the team culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and respect

Qualifications:

Required:

• Formal training or certification on Software Engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience

• Hands-on practical experience delivering scalable, distributed systems, application development, testing, and operational stability

• Proficiency in Java (core & EE, Spring Framework)

• Practical cloud native experience in AWS

• Experience in React

• Notable experience with cloud-based data platforms and patterns for compute, storage, analytics, and data science use cases

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills to work effectively with cross-functional teams and stakeholders

• Advanced knowledge of software applications and technical processes with considerable in-depth knowledge in one or more technical disciplines (e.g., cloud, artificial intelligence, machine learning, mobile, etc.)

• Ability to tackle design and functionality problems independently with little to no oversight

Preferred:

• Strong understanding of OOP & SOA principles, design patterns, industry best practices

• Experience with event-driven architectures and tools, data mesh architecture, data ingestion pipelines, ETL tools, workflow orchestration, containerization

• Ability to drive requirement refinement with product and stakeholders

Company:

With a history tracing its roots to 1799 in New York City, JPMorganChase is one of the world's oldest, largest, and best-known financial institutions—carrying forth the innovative spirit of our heritage firms in global operations across 100 markets. Founded in 2000, the company is headquartered in New York, New York, USA, with a team of 10001+ employees. The company is currently Public Company. JPMorganChase has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Industries

  Software Development

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