Lead Software Engineer - Java Backend Lead +AWS

JPMorganChase; Plano (TX); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive health-care coverage

Retirement savings plan

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

JPMorganChase seeks a Lead Software Engineer to join the Consumer and Community Banking Technology Team in Plano, Texas. You will be integral to an agile team that builds market-leading technology products.

The role demands experience in leading developers, expertise in Java and AWS, and a passion for innovation in software engineering practices. Enjoy a competitive salary and benefits package.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of applied experience in software engineering.
• Experience leading the use of approved AI-assisted software development tools.
• Strong AWS experience in architecting and deploying cloud-native services.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of developers, providing coaching and career development.
• Execute creative software solutions and technical troubleshooting.
• Drive team adoption of AI-assisted engineering practices.

Skills

Java (J2EE, Core Java)

Spring Framework

AWS

Agile methodology

AI-assisted development tools

Automation

Education

Formal training or certification in software engineering

Tools

JIRA

Maven

Git

Jenkins

Job description

Role Overview

As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorganChase within the Consumer and Community Banking Technology Team, you will be an integral part of an agile team that builds and delivers trusted, market‑leading technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable way. As a core technical contributor, you will design, develop, and support critical technology solutions that support the firm’s business objectives.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of developers, providing coaching, code reviews, and career development to grow team capability and delivery outcomes.
• Execute creative software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting with the ability to think beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions or break down technical problems.
• Drive team adoption of enterprise‑authorized AI‑assisted engineering practices to improve code quality, delivery speed, and operational outcomes, while establishing consistent validation standards and promoting reuse of effective patterns across the team.
• 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 by automation.
• 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 probe architectural designs, technical credentials, and applicability for use within existing systems and information architecture.
• Lead communities of practice across Software Engineering to drive awareness and use of new and leading‑edge technologies.
• Add to team culture of diversity, opportunity, inclusion, and respect.

Required Qualifications

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years of applied experience.
• Demonstrated experience leading effective use of approved AI‑assisted software development tools 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.
• Advanced proficiency in one or more programming languages: J2EE, Core Java (including Java 17 with annotations, enums, collections, streaming, multithreading, concurrency, regular expressions, functions).
• Experience with Spring, including in‑depth knowledge of the Spring Framework for building SOAP/RESTful Web Services, MVC, and Spring Boot.
• Strong AWS experience, architecting, deploying, and operating cloud‑native services (e.g., IAM, VPC, EC2, EKS, SQS, S3, RDS, ALB/NLB, Secrets Manager, ElastiCache).
• Experience with build and integration tools, including knowledge of JIRA, Maven, Git, Jenkins, GitHub, and BitBucket.
• Development using Agile methodology. Web security knowledge including OAuth2/ADFS, Kerberos, cross‑site scripting, and HTTP injection.
• Hands‑on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability.
• Proficiency in automation and continuous delivery methods.
• Advanced understanding of agile methodologies such as CI/CD, application resiliency, and security.

Preferred Qualifications

• In‑depth knowledge of the financial services industry and its IT systems.
• Practical cloud‑native experience.

About the Team

Our Consumer & Community Banking Group depends on innovators like you to serve consumers, small businesses, municipalities, and non‑profits. You will support the delivery of award‑winning tools and services that cover everything from personal and small business banking to lending, mortgages, credit cards, payments, auto finance, and investment advice, while also developing and delivering cutting‑edge mobile applications, digital experiences, and next‑generation banking technology solutions.

Benefits

We offer a competitive total rewards package that includes a base salary determined by role, experience, skill set, and location. Eligible roles may receive commission‑based pay and/or discretionary incentive compensation in cash and/or forfeitable equity. 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 additional programs based on eligibility.

Equal Opportunity Employer

We are an equal‑opportunity employer and place a high value on diversity and inclusion. 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. We provide reasonable accommodations for applicants’ and employees’ religious practices and mental or physical disability needs. Visit our FAQs for more information about requesting an accommodation.