Lead Software Engineer - Java Backend

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase & Co. in Seattle is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to join the Commercial and Investment Banking – Merchant and Fraud Prevention Team.

You will be part of an agile team delivering secure, scalable software components across the SDLC, focusing on design, development, and troubleshooting to advance state-of-the-art technology products. You will gain skills while contributing to secure, stable application development and leveraging AI-assisted tooling for code generation, testing,

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in software engineering.
• Experience building production data or streaming systems.
• Proficiency in Java, Scala, or Python for backend and data processing.
• Hands-on design, development, testing, and operational stability.
• Experience across the full Software Development Life Cycle.

Responsibilities

• Executes standard software solutions, design, development, and troubleshooting.
• Writes secure, high-quality code with limited guidance.
• Designs, develops, codes, and troubleshoots with upstream/downstream considerations.
• Uses SDLC tools to improve automation value.
• Performs basic problem solving and debugging of complex issues.
• Analyzes large data sets to inform secure, stable app development decisions.
• Learns system processes and skills for secure, stable code and systems.
• Uses AI-assisted development tools and validates outputs via peer review and testing.
• Understands responsible AI use with data sensitivity and security.

Job description

You’re ready to gain the skills and experience needed to grow within your role and advance your career — and we have the perfect software engineering opportunity for you.

As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within the Commercial and Investment Banking – Merchant and Fraud Prevention Team, you are part of an agile team that works to enhance, design, and deliver the software components of the firm’s state‑of‑the‑art technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable way. As an emerging member of a software engineering team, you execute software solutions through the design, development, and technical troubleshooting of multiple components within a technical product, application, or system, while gaining the skills and experience needed to grow within your role.

Job responsibilities

• Executes standard software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting
• Writes secure and high‑quality code using the syntax of at least one programming language with limited guidance
• Designs, develops, codes, and troubleshoots with consideration of upstream and downstream systems and technical implications
• Applies knowledge of tools within the Software Development Life Cycle toolchain to improve the value realized by automation
• Applies technical troubleshooting to break down solutions and solve technical problems of basic complexity
• Gathers, analyzes, and draws conclusions from large, diverse data sets to identify problems and contribute to decision‑making in service of secure, stable application development
• Learns and applies system processes, methodologies, and skills for the development of secure, stable code and systems
• 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.
• Leverages enterprise‑authorized AI coding assist tools within the work environment to improve code quality, delivery speed, and productivity (e.g., code generation/refactoring, unit test creation, documentation), while validating outputs through peer review, automated testing, and secure coding standards.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience
• Professional software engineering experience building production data or streaming systems.
• Proficiency in one or more languages; Java, Scala, or Python for backend and data processing.
• Hands‑on practical experience in system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
• Experience in developing, debugging, and maintaining code in a large corporate environment with one or more modern programming languages and database querying languages
• Experience across the whole Software Development Life Cycle
• Exposure to agile methodologies such as CI/CD, Application Resiliency, and Security
  Emerging knowledge of software applications and technical processes within a technical discipline (e.g., cloud, artificial intelligence, machine learning, mobile, etc.)
• Hands‑on experience using enterprise‑authorized AI‑assisted software development tools within the work environment (e.g., for coding, testing, troubleshooting, or documentation) with demonstrated ability to critically evaluate and validate AI‑generated outputs.
• Understanding of responsible AI use in engineering workflows, including data sensitivity considerations, secure handling of inputs/outputs, and adherence to resiliency and security expectations.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Experience building or operating a feature store (open‑source like Feast or internal/custom), including feature registries and governance.
• Tuning and operating Flink in production (parallelism, backpressure diagnostics, checkpoint tuning) and Spark performance optimization (partitioning, join strategies, file layout).

FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE ACT

This position is subject to Section 19 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act. As such, an employment offer for this position is contingent on JPMorganChase’s review of criminal conviction history, including pretrial diversions or program entries.