Lead Software Engineer - Java/AWS/Kafka/Streaming

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; Plano (TX); On-site; USD 130,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is seeking a Lead Software Engineer in Plano, TX for the Consumer and Community Banking - Banking and Wealth Management / Data Technology Team. The role involves developing high-quality production code, providing technical guidance, and influencing product design in a dynamic agile environment. Candidates must have 5+ years of experience in software engineering, with strong Java and Spring framework skills, along with knowledge of cloud and agile methodologies. Competitive salary and benefits will be offered.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of applied experience in software engineering.
• Hands-on experience in system design, application development, testing, and operational stability.
• Ability to work independently on design and functionality problems.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical guidance and direction to support business teams.
• Develop and review secure production code.
• Drive decisions on product design and application functionality.

Skills

Software engineering concepts

Java

Spring framework

Kafka Streams

Flint

Data Lake

Low Latency stores

Automation

Continuous delivery

Agile methodologies

Cloud native

ReactJS

Angular

Test-driven development

Education

Formal training or certification in software engineering

Tools

Jest

Selenium

Web driver IO

React Testing Library

Mock Service Worker

Playwright

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 Consumer and Community Banking - Banking and Wealth Management / Data 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

• Regularly provides technical guidance and direction to support the business and its technical teams, contractors, and vendors
• Develops secure and high-quality production code, and reviews and debugs code written by others
• Drives decisions that influence the product design, application functionality, and technical operations and processes
• 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 firm‑wide 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, opportunity, inclusion, and respect

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience
• Hands‑on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
• Advanced in one or more programming language(s) and framework(s) (i.e., Java, Spring framework, Kafka Streams, Flink, Data Lake & Low Latency stores)
• Proficiency in automation and continuous delivery methods
• Ability to tackle design and functionality problems independently with little to no oversight
• Proficient in all aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle
• Advanced understanding of agile methodologies such as CI/CD, Application Resiliency, and Security
• Demonstrated proficiency in software applications and technical processes within a technical discipline (e.g., cloud, artificial intelligence, machine learning, mobile, etc.)
• In‑depth knowledge of the financial services industry and their IT systems
• Practical cloud native experience

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Apache Flink, Kafka and Confluent Cloud
• Experience working with Petabyte scale environments and streaming billions of events per day
• Advanced knowledge of ReactJS, Angular
• Familiarity with test‑driven development and unit/UI test frameworks such as Jest, Selenium, Web driver IO, React Testing Library, Mock Service Worker, and Playwright is a plus