Lead Software Engineer - Java Backend

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; Plano (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase & Co. in Plano, TX seeks a Lead Software Engineer to drive secure, scalable technology products in Consumer & Community Banking - Digital Utilities. You will be a core technical contributor, delivering high-quality production code while shaping architectural designs and engineering practices.

You will lead AI-assisted development and automation, foster a diverse team culture, and collaborate across vendors and internal teams to advance operational stability and security.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of software engineering experience.
• Experience delivering system design, development, testing, and operational stability.
• Proficiency with cloud-native, distributed platforms and tools.

Responsibilities

• Execute creative software solutions, including design, development, and debugging to solve complex problems.
• Develop secure, high-quality production code and review code written by others.
• Identify opportunities to automate remediation and improve stability of software applications.
• Lead evaluation sessions with vendors, startups, and internal teams on architectural designs and applicability.
• Lead communities of practice across software engineering to promote new technologies.
• Drive adoption of enterprise-enabled, AI-assisted engineering practices to improve quality and speed.
• Apply SDLC tools and AI-assisted development to enhance automation and value.
• Foster a team culture of diversity, opportunity, inclusion, and respect.

Skills

Java

Spring

AWS

Kubernetes

Kafka

MQ

Cassandra

Oracle

Spark

Control-M

Cloud Foundry

PowerMock

JMeter

Splunk

Grafana

Dynatrace

Jenkins

CI/CD

AI-assisted development

Security

Tools

Spinnaker

Jenkins

Grafana

Dynatrace

Splunk

PowerMock

JMeter

CloudFormation

Job description

As a Lead Software Engineer in Consumer & Community Banking - Digital Utilities, 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

• Execute creative software solutions, including design, development, and technical troubleshooting, with the ability to think beyond conventional approaches to solve complex problems
• Develop secure, high-quality production code, and review and debug code written by others
• Identify opportunities to eliminate or automate remediation of recurring issues to improve overall operational stability of software applications and systems
• Lead evaluation sessions with external vendors, startups, and internal teams to drive outcomes-oriented assessment of architectural designs, technical credentials, and applicability within existing systems
• Lead communities of practice across software engineering to drive awareness and adoption of new and leading-edge technologies
• Drive team adoption of enterprise-authorized, AI-assisted engineering practices — including code review, refactoring, test strategy acceleration, and incident analysis — to improve code quality, delivery speed, and operational outcomes
• Apply knowledge of tools within the Software Development Life Cycle toolchain, including enterprise-authorized AI-assisted development and automation capabilities, to improve the value realized through automation
• Foster a team culture of diversity, opportunity, inclusion, and respect

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification in software engineering concepts with eight or more years of applied experience
• Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
• Advanced proficiency in one or more programming languages, including Java, Spring, AWS, Kubernetes, Kafka, MQ, Cassandra, Oracle, Spark, Control-M, Cloud Foundry, Kubernetes, PowerMock, JMeter, Splunk, Grafana, Dynatrace, Jenkins and etc.
• Proficiency in automation and continuous delivery methods
• Proficiency in all aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle
• Advanced understanding of agile methodologies, including continuous integration and delivery, application resiliency, and security
• Demonstrated proficiency in cloud-native technologies, including experience with Amazon Web Services and Kubernetes
• Experience with data streaming technologies such as Apache Kafka and message queuing systems
• Demonstrated experience leading effective use of enterprise-authorized, AI-assisted software development tools — including coding, code review, test acceleration, and 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 and outputs, and adherence to resiliency and security expectations, with experience coaching engineers on safe and compliant adoption

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Experience with distributed platforms such as Amazon Web Services Elastic MapReduce and Apache Spark
• Experience developing open-source or internal libraries integrated into applications by other teams
• Experience with behavior-driven development using Cucumber and continuous integration using Jenkins and Spinnaker
• Experience with cloud-native software deployment on Amazon Web Services and Pivotal Cloud Foundry
• Experience with database technologies such as Apache Cassandra, Oracle, or Amazon DynamoDB
• Exceptional client relationship skills, including the ability to uncover true requirements underlying feature requests, recommend alternative technical approaches, and drive efforts to meet committed timelines