Lead Software Engineer - Java/Cloud Engineer

JPMorgan Chase; New York (NY); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorganChase seeks a Lead Software Engineer within Consumer and Community Banking technology to drive secure, scalable software solutions. You will serve as a core technical contributor, delivering production code, performing reviews, and guiding AI-assisted development practices across multiple business functions.

You will lead design reviews, collaborate with vendors and internal teams, and promote secure, resilient engineering practices while advancing automation, observability, and cloud

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification in software engineering concepts with 5+ years of experience.
• Hands-on experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability.
• Proficiency in Java and Spring framework.
• Experience with cloud technologies and monitoring/tracing tools.
• Knowledge of AI-assisted development tools and responsible AI practices.
• Understanding of CI/CD, application resiliency, and security.

Responsibilities

• Executes creative software solutions and stages design, development, and troubleshooting.
• Develops secure, high-quality production code and reviews others' code.
• Drives adoption of AI-assisted engineering practices to improve quality and delivery speed.
• Applies SDLC tools and AI-assisted automation to increase value of automation.
• Identifies opportunities to improve operational stability and automate remediation.
• Leads evaluation sessions with vendors and internal teams on architecture and applicability.

Skills

Java

Cloud technologies

AI-assisted software development tools

CI/CD

Agile methodologies

SQL/NoSQL databases

Security awareness

Tools

Splunk

Dynatrace

Postman

Kubernetes

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 experience with cloud technologies
• Experience with monitoring and tracing tools (e.g. Splunk, Dynatrace, Postman, etc.)
• Proficient in coding in one or more frameworks(s) (e.g., Spring, Java)
• Demonstrated experience with database technologies including SQL and NoSQL
• 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 and advanced understanding of agile methodologies such as CI/CD, Application Resiliency, and Security

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Familiarity with modern front-end technologies
• Familiarity with Kubernetes
• Knowledge of AI tools (e.g., Agent, and Agentic)
• Cloud certifications