Lead Software Engineer- Java Back End, AWS

Socket.dev; Plano (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Retirement plan

On-site wellness centers

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

JPMorganChase is seeking a Lead Software Engineer in its Asset & Wealth Management technology group to drive secure, scalable backend systems and AI-enabled engineering practices. You will guide cross-functional teams, shape product design, and champion governance across multiple platforms.

The role emphasizes leadership, deep technical expertise, and impact across the SDLC, with opportunities to influence architecture decisions and enable secure, resilient systems at scale.

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience.
• Experience leading large or cross-functional technologists teams.
• Strong backend experience with Java and/or Python; SQL & data modeling.
• Deep AWS experience; design, deploy, operate cloud-native systems end-to-end.
• Hands-on Apache Kafka experience and stream processing patterns.
• Solid grasp of distributed systems fundamentals.
• Strong CI/CD and test engineering practice.
• Excellent communicator across engineering and businessStakeholders.
• Experience leading multi-organization adoption of AI-enabled engineering operating models.
• Understanding of responsible AI risk and portfolio governance.

Responsibilities

• Regularly provides technical guidance and direction to support the business and its technical teams
• Develops secure and high-quality production code, and reviews code written by others
• Drives adoption and governance of AI-assisted engineering practices across teams to improve quality and delivery
• Applies SDLC toolchain knowledge to improve value realized by automation at scale
• Drives decisions influencing product design, application functionality, and technical operations
• Serves as a function-wide SME in one or more focus areas
• Contributes to engineering community around firmwide frameworks, tools, and practices of the SDLC

Skills

Backend engineering (Java/Python)

SQL & data modeling

Distributed systems

CI/CD & test engineering

Communication

AI governance & risk management

Security & resiliency

Problem solving

Technical leadership

Tools

Spring Boot

Hibernate/JPA

Apache Kafka

AWS (ECS/EKS, Lambda, Aurora, DynamoDB, S3, Glue, CloudWatch)

NoSQL Databases

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

Be an integral part of an agile team that's constantly pushing the envelope to enhance, build, and deliver top-notch technology products.

As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorganChase within the Asset & Wealth Management, 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. Drive significant business impact through your capabilities and contributions, and apply deep technical expertise and problem-solving methodologies to tackle a diverse array of challenges that span multiple technologies and applications.

Job responsibilities

• Regularly provides technical guidance and direction to support the business and its technical teams
• Develops secure and high-quality production code, and reviews and debugs code written by others
• Drives adoption and governance of approved AI-assisted engineering practices across teams to improve code quality, delivery speed, and operational outcomes (e.g., AI-assisted code review/refactoring, test acceleration, release readiness, incident/root-cause analysis), while establishing measurable validation standards (secure coding, peer review, automated testing) and promoting reuse of proven patterns and automation within the SDLC/TLM toolchain.
• Applies knowledge of tools within the Software Development Life Cycle toolchain, including approved AI-assisted development and automation capabilities, to improve the value realized by automation at scale.
• 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 firmwide frameworks, tools, and practices of the Software Development Life Cycle

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience.
• Experience developing or leading large or cross-functional teams of technologists
• Expert-level backend engineering in Java (Spring Boot, Spring Integration, Hibernate/JPA) and/or Python; strong SQL and data modeling across relational and NoSQL systems.
• Deep AWS experience: ECS/EKS, Lambda, Aurora, DynamoDB, S3, Glue, CloudWatch — able to design, deploy, and operate cloud-native systems end-to-end.
• Hands-on Apache Kafka experience: topic design, consumer group management, exactly-once delivery, and stream processing patterns.
• Solid grasp of distributed systems fundamentals: consistency models, CAP trade-offs, idempotency, distributed transactions, and failure modes.
• Strong CI/CD and test engineering practice: you build the pipelines and write tests alongside the team.
• Excellent communicator — able to move fluidly between engineering teams and business/operations stakeholders in the same conversation.
• Experience leading multi-organization adoption of agentic AI-enabled engineering operating models (using enterprise-authorized tools within the work environment), including defining governance (human-in-the-loop decisioning, quality gates), measurement frameworks, and secure handling of sensitive inputs/outputs across teams.
• Deep understanding of responsible AI risk, controls, and resiliency/security expectations at scale, with demonstrated ability to advise senior leaders on safe adoption, portfolio governance, and reuse-first strategies

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

Proven experience delivering in a regulated environment (financial services preferred) with working knowledge of audit, entitlement, and compliance requirements.

JPMorganChase, one of the oldest financial institutions, offers innovative financial solutions to millions of consumers, small businesses and many of the world’s most prominent corporate, institutional and government clients under the J.P. Morgan and Chase brands. Our history spans over 200 years and today we are a leader in investment banking, consumer and small business banking, commercial banking, financial transaction processing and asset management.

We offer a competitive total rewards package including base salary determined based on the role, experience, skill set and location. Those in eligible roles may receive commission-based pay and/or discretionary incentive compensation, paid in the form of cash and/or forfeitable equity, awarded in recognition of individual achievements and contributions. We also offer a range of benefits and programs to meet employee needs, based on eligibility. These benefits include comprehensive health care coverage, on-site health and wellness centers, a retirement savings plan, backup childcare, tuition reimbursement, mental health support, financial coaching and more. Additional details about total compensation and benefits will be provided during the hiring process.

We recognize that our people are our strength and the diverse talents they bring to our global workforce are directly linked to our success. We are an equal opportunity employer and place a high value on diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute, including race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital or veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. We also make reasonable accommodations for applicants’ and employees’ religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs. Visit our FAQs for more information about requesting an accommodation.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Veterans

J.P. Morgan Asset & Wealth Management delivers industry-leading investment management and private banking solutions. Asset Management provides individuals, advisors and institutions with strategies and expertise that span the full spectrum of asset classes through our global network of investment professionals. Wealth Management helps individuals, families and foundations take a more intentional approach to their wealth or finances to better define, focus and realize their goals.