Lead Software Engineer - Java/Full Stack Engineer enable auto approval for testing

Testing Site - JPMC; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorganChase in Chicago seeks a Lead Software Engineer within Corporate Technology to advance secure, scalable technology products. You will be a core technical contributor delivering production code in Java/J2EE, REST services, and Spring Boot.

You will drive architecture reviews, mentor teams, and engage with vendors. The role emphasizes performance, reliability, and automation using AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, and modern DevOps practices.

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification in software engineering with 5+ years of applied experience.
• Hands-on SDLC experience with production-grade software.
• Strong proficiency in Java/J2EE, REST, and SQL.

Responsibilities

• Executes creative software solutions, design, development, and debugging beyond routine approaches.
• Develops secure production code and reviews code written by others.
• Identifies opportunities to automate remediation and improve stability of applications.
• Leads evaluation sessions with vendors and teams on architecture and applicability of designs.
• Leads communities of practice to promote new technologies and best practices.
• Fosters team culture of diversity, inclusion, and respect.
• Evolves and applies AI in software development and automation.

Skills

Java/J2EE

REST Services

Spring Boot

SQL

PL/SQL

AWS

Kubernetes

Terraform

RESTful APIs

OO design

JUnit

Mockito

Kafka

React JS

JavaScript

TypeScript

DevOps

CI/CD

Tools

Terraform

ECS

S3

RDS

Lambda

CloudWatch

EventBridge

Step Functions

Kubernetes

AWS

JDBC

Hibernate/JPA

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 Corporate Technology - Enterprise 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 break down technical problems
• Develops secure high-quality production code, and reviews and debugs code written by others
• 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
• Leads communities of practice across Software Engineering to drive awareness and use of new and leading-edge technologies
• Adds to team culture of diversity, opportunity, inclusion, and respect
• Adds to team culture of opportunity, inclusion, and respect
• Evolve and apply AI in software development and automation.
  

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience
• Experience in the Software Development Life Cycle, including hands‑on development experience
• Hands‑on experience in Java/J2EE, REST Services, Spring Boot
• Strong experience writing complex SQL queries, joins, PL/SQL, functions, and stored procedures.
• Hands‑on experience in public cloud – Kubernetes, AWS and extensive experience with ECS, S3, RDS, Lambda, CloudWatch, Eventbridge, and Step Functions, as well as infrastructure automation using Terraform
• Proficiency in designing and implementing RESTful APIs for enterprise-scale applications.
• Ability to design software systems using object‑oriented principles and practices.
• Experience in building Decoupled Systems.
• Proficiency in using design patterns and technologies to decouple system components, enhancing flexibility and maintainability.
• Proficiency in unit testing frameworks such as JUnit and Mockito for ensuring code quality.
• Knowledge of messaging platforms such as Apache Kafka

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Familiarity with modern front-end technologies like React JS, JavaScript, typescript
• Experience with SQL performance tuning, JDBC, and ORM frameworks (Hibernate/JPA)
• Familiarity with DevOps practices, containerization and orchestration
• Exposure to AI systems such as Copilot, Claude