Lead Software Engineer - Java, AI, Spring Boot and Kafka

JPMorganChase; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 138,000 - 185,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorganChase in Chicago, IL is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to drive Java-based solutions, focusing on AI-enabled development with Spring Boot and Kafka. You will design, implement, test, and troubleshoot complex systems with a strong emphasis on quality, security, and performance.

The role leads a global feature team, collaborates with Product Owners and Operations, and advances architectural decisions, observability, and deployment reliability across development, staging, and production

Qualifications

Responsibilities

• Executes software solutions, design, development, testing, and technical troubleshooting, with the ability to think beyond conventional approaches to solve complex technical problems
• Develops secure and high-quality production code, reviews and debugs code written by others, and ensures solutions meet architectural standards and automated quality requirements
• Drives team adoption of enterprise-authorized AI-assisted engineering practices within the work environment to improve code quality, delivery speed, and operational outcomes, while establishing consistent validation standards 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
• Leads a global feature team by setting technical direction, supporting pair programming, mentoring engineers, contributing to architectural decisions, and partnering with Product Owners, Operations, and Technology teams
• Identifies opportunities to improve application stability, observability, code quality, and deployment reliability while supporting applications across development, staging, and production environments

Tools

Java 21+

Spring Boot 3.x

Spring Framework 6.x

Kafka

React 18+

TypeScript

Oracle SQL

PostgreSQL

Hibernate/JPA

OpenAPI 3.x

RESTful APIs

AI-assisted development tools

CI/CD

Kubernetes

Helm

Terraform/Pulumi

JUnit 5

Mockito

Testcontainers

Pact

OpenTelemetry

Prometheus

Grafana

Redis

GraphQL

Apache Spark

Flink

Job description

Lead Software Engineer - Java, AI, Spring Boot and Kafka

Chicago, IL, United States

Full time

Base Pay/Salary Chicago,IL $137,750.00-$185,000.00

131 S Dearborn St, Chicago, IL, 60603, US

We have an opportunity to impact your career and provide an adventure where you can push the limits of what's possible.

Job responsibilities

• Executes creative software solutions, design, development, testing, and technical troubleshooting, with the ability to think beyond conventional approaches to solve complex technical problems
• Develops secure and high-quality production code, reviews and debugs code written by others, and ensures solutions meet architectural standards and automated quality requirements
• Drives team adoption of enterprise-authorized AI-assisted engineering practices within the work environment to improve code quality, delivery speed, and operational outcomes, while establishing consistent validation standards 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
• Leads a global feature team by setting technical direction, supporting pair programming, mentoring engineers, contributing to architectural decisions, and partnering with Product Owners, Operations, and Technology teams
• Identifies opportunities to improve application stability, observability, code quality, and deployment reliability while supporting applications across development, staging, and production environments

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification in software engineering concepts and 8+ years of applied experience, including hands-on delivery of system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
• Advanced Java development experience, including Java 21+, object-oriented analysis and design, concurrency, collections, streams, records, sealed classes, pattern matching, and virtual threads
• Advanced experience with Spring Boot 3.x / Spring Framework 6.x, including Spring Security, Spring Data, microservices, domain-driven design, RESTful APIs, OpenAPI 3.x, and event-driven development with Kafka
• Hands-on full-stack and data experience using React 18+, TypeScript, relational databases such as Oracle SQL / PostgreSQL, and persistence frameworks including Hibernate / JPA
• Demonstrated experience leading effective use of approved AI-assisted software development tools, with the ability to validate AI outputs for correctness, performance, security, and responsible handling of sensitive data, combined with advanced knowledge of Agile delivery, continuous integration and delivery, application resiliency, and security

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Experience with React hooks, context, state-management tools, component design systems, and Next.js 14+
• Cloud-native development experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP, including managed compute, storage, messaging, and secrets-management services
• Experience with Kubernetes, Helm, and infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform or Pulumi
• Experience with automated testing and observability tools, including JUnit 5, Mockito, Testcontainers, Pact, OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, and Grafana
• Experience with Redis, GraphQL, and data-pipeline technologies such as Apache Spark or Flink
• Experience in production support, incident management, financial services, equipment leasing, lease accounting, asset valuation, commercial lending technology, or asset lifecycle workflows