Lead Software Engineer - Java,AWS,Terraform

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; Jersey City (NJ); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase & Co. in Jersey City seeks a Lead Software Engineer to contribute across an agile team, delivering trusted, scalable technology products within Consumer and Community Banking technology.

You will lead design and development of Java/Spring applications on AWS, embracing AI-assisted engineering practices, secure coding, and CI/CD to improve code quality and delivery speed while ensuring operational stability.

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience.
• Hands-on design, development, testing, and operational stability.
• Experience building and maintaining large Java/Spring applications in AWS with Terraform.

Responsibilities

• Executes creative software solutions and troubleshoots complex problems beyond routine approaches.
• Develops secure, high-quality production code and reviews code written by others.
• Drives adoption of enterprise AI-assisted engineering practices to improve code quality, delivery speed, and operations.
• Applies SDLC tools including enterprise AI-assisted development to improve automation.
• Identifies opportunities to automate remediation to improve stability of software applications.
• Leads evaluation sessions with external vendors and internal teams on architectural designs and applicability.

Skills

Java

Spring

AWS

Terraform

Grafana

Splunk

APIs

AI-assisted development

CI/CD

Security

Agile methodologies

Education

Software engineering certification or training

Tools

Grafana

Splunk

Terraform

CI/CD tooling

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 breakdown technical problems
• Develops secure and high-quality production code, and reviews and debugs code written by others
• 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.
• 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

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): Java
• Hands on development experience in building and supporting complex java (Spring) applications
• Experience deploying applications in AWS infra with EAC and terraform.
• Ability to troubleshoot and fix issues on deployed applications using Grafana , Splunk etc.
• Experience with building APIs at scale that can handle very high volume ( High TPS).
• 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

• In-depth knowledge of the financial services industry and their IT systems
• Practical cloud native experience
• Experience with dealing with critical applications that has less than 2 hrs with time for resolution.
• Knowledge of AI models and ability to develop apps using models ( Claude, GPT etc.).