Lead Software Engineer - Java and Python

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; Jersey City (NJ); On-site; USD 140,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is seeking a Lead Software Engineer in Jersey City within the Consumer and Community Banking technology team. You will be a core technical contributor responsible for delivering secure, scalable software solutions across multiple domains to support the firm's objectives.

You will lead technical evaluations, drive AI-assisted engineering adoption, and promote best practices in CI/CD, security, and resiliency while fostering an inclusive team culture.

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts.
• Hands-on experience with system design, application development, testing, and operations.

Responsibilities

• Executes creative software solutions, design, development, and debugging with ability to tackle complex problems.
• Develops secure high-quality production code and reviews code written by others.
• Identifies opportunities to automate remediation and improve operational stability.
• Leads evaluation sessions with vendors and teams to assess architectural designs and applicability.
• Leads communities of practice to drive adoption of new technologies.
• Drives AI-assisted engineering practices to improve code quality, speed, and outcomes with validation standards.
• Applies SDLC toolchain knowledge to improve automation.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

Python

AWS

Azure

Microservices

REST APIs

WebSockets

SQL

NoSQL

Scrum

AI-assisted tools

CI/CD

Security

Responsible AI

Resiliency

Education

Software engineering certification

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 Consumer and Community Banking's technology team , 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
• 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
• Adds to team culture of diversity, opportunity, inclusion, and respect

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.
• Proficiency in back-end technologies (e.g., Java, Springboot, Python ) with experience building microservices-based applications;
• Demonstrated ability to independently solve design and functionality challenges with minimal supervision.
• Experience working with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure), distributed systems, and web technologies, including RESTful APIs and web services, WebSockets, and JSON.
• Hands-on experience designing and building scalable applications using SQL and NoSQL databases.
• Experience with agile development methodologies (e.g., Scrum)
• 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
• Proficient in all aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle.
• Advanced understanding of agile methodologies such as CI/CD, Application Resiliency, and Security.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Experience with problem-solving, analytical, and communication skills.
• Ability to drive broader impact by sharing and contributing best practices.
• Experience in the banking domain , working knowledge with wealth planning tool