Lead Software Engineer - Java - Equities

Aumni; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage

Wellness centers on site

Retirement savings plan

Backup childcare

Tuition reimbursement

Mental health support

Financial coaching

More

Job summary

JPMorganChase is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to join the Global Equity Derivatives Risk Management team in Houston. You will be a core technical contributor delivering secure, scalable solutions and driving AI-assisted engineering practices across the SDLC.

The role requires strong Java/JVM expertise, microservices design, and experience with Spring, JPA/Hibernate, REST, and modern cloud environments. Collaboration with cross-functional teams and external vendors is expected.

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts with 5+ years of applied experience.
• Proficient in Java core concepts including object-oriented design and multi-threading.
• Experience with Spring/Spring Boot, JPA/Hibernate and REST based services.
• Strong JVM performance analysis, profiling, heap/thread dump analysis and GC tuning.
• Designing and implementing scalable microservices with high resiliency.

Responsibilities

• Executes creative software solutions with design, development, and debugging across complex systems.
• Develops secure, high-quality production code and reviews others' code.
• Drives adoption of enterprise AI-assisted engineering practices to improve quality, speed, and reliability.
• Uses SDLC tools for automation and validation to improve value delivery.
• Identifies opportunities to automate recurring issues for greater stability.
• Leads evaluation sessions with vendors and teams on architectural designs and applicability.

Skills

Java core concepts

Spring/Spring Boot

JPA/Hibernate

REST services

JVM performance analysis

Microservice architecture

Unix/Linux

Dynatrace

Git/Jira/Jenkins/Gradle/Maven

AI-assisted development

Responsible AI

Tools

Dynatrace

Git

Jira

Jenkins

Gradle

Maven

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 Commercial and Investment Bank - Global Equity Derivatives Risk Management 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
• Expertise in Java Core concepts, including object-oriented design, memory management, multi-threading/concurrency, and new language features up to Java 17
• Advanced hands-on coding experience with Java technologies/frameworks such as Spring/Spring Boot, Spring JPA/Hibernate, and REST based services
• Strong experience with JVM performance analysis, including profiling, heap dump analysis, thread dump analysis, and GC tuning
• Experience designing and implementing scalable microservice architectures with high resiliency capabilities
• Proficiency in Unix/Linux environments, ability to navigate the system, investigate processes and logs, analyze system performance using tools such as Dynatrace
• Experience with Databases – relational and No-SQL (Sybase, Oracle, Mongo DB), Expertise with Messaging Middleware platforms (Kafka/RabbitMQ), and exposure to cloud compute platforms, including AWS
• Proven experience with full development lifecycle and tools, including Git/Bitbucket, Jira, Jenkins, Gradle, and Maven
• 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

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Experience of working in financial services and understanding of equity derivative products
• Hands-on coding experience with Python
• Experience with UI concepts, languages and platforms including JavaScript/REACT, AngularJS, Typescript, HTML5, CSS3
• In-depth knowledge of AWS Public Cloud products and solutions (EC2, S3, Lambda, EFS)
• Cloud certification – AWS or Kubernetes

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.

• comprehensive health care coverage
• on-site health and wellness centers
• a retirement savings plan
• backup childcare
• tuition reimbursement
• mental health support
• financial coaching
• 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’s Commercial & Investment Bank is a global leader across banking, markets, securities services and payments. Corporations, governments and institutions throughout the world entrust us with their business in more than 100 countries. The Commercial & Investment Bank provides strategic advice, raises capital, manages risk and extends liquidity in markets around the world. Carry out critical tech solutions across multiple technical areas as an integral part of an agile team.