Lead Software Engineer - Java Fullstack (Risk Framework)

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; Jersey City (NJ); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase & Co. in Jersey City seeks a Lead Software Engineer to serve as a senior technical lead on an agile team.

You will own end-to-end delivery across full-stack engineering and DevOps practices, drive technical direction, and reduce operational risk through automation and resilient design. Responsibilities include building secure production code, mentoring engineers, and leading AI-assisted engineering initiatives to improve quality and delivery speed while ensuring secure handling of

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience in Java.
• Hands-on experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability.
• Proficiency in one or more programming languages; strong hands-on experience with Java and Spring Boot.
• Strong experience building frontend applications using React and TypeScript with design systems.
• Strong knowledge of DevOps practices: CI/CD, automation, release management, and reliability.
• Experience applying SRE and reliability engineering practices including observability and incident response.
• Understanding of SDLC and agile methodologies, including resiliency and security fundamentals.
• Experience designing and operating APIs and integration patterns (REST, event-driven).
• Experience with automated testing and quality engineering practices.
• Experience using AI-assisted software development tools and validating AI outputs for correctness, performance and security.
• Strong understanding of responsible AI use in engineering workflows and secure data handling.

Responsibilities

• Executes creative software solutions and technical troubleshooting; solves complex problems beyond routine approaches.
• Develops secure, high-quality production code and reviews code written by others.
• Drives adoption of enterprise AI-assisted engineering practices to improve quality and delivery speed.
• Applies SDLC tools and automation capabilities to improve value and efficiency.
• Identifies opportunities to automate remediation to improve operational stability of software applications.
• Leads evaluation sessions with external vendors and internal teams on architectural designs and fit within information architecture.
• Guides the team in secure coding, testing, and validation standards and promotes reuse of patterns.
• Supports API design and integration strategy including REST and event-driven patterns.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

React

TypeScript

DevOps

SRE

APIs REST

AI-assisted tooling

Security fundamentals

Tools

CI/CD pipelines

Observability tooling

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 Corporate Technology, you serve as a senior technical lead on an agile team, driving delivery of trusted market-leading technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable way. You are responsible for setting technical direction, owning end-to-end delivery across full stack engineering and DevOps/SRE practices, and proactively reducing operational risk through automation and resilient design.

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
• 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.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience in Java
• Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
• Proficiency in one or more programming languages; strong hands-on experience with Java and Spring Boot (or equivalent frameworks)
• Strong experience building frontend applications using React and TypeScript, including working with design systems and component libraries
• Strong knowledge of DevOps practices: CI/CD, infrastructure automation, release management, and operational readiness
• Practical experience applying SRE and reliability engineering practices, including observability, incident response, root cause analysis, and reliability improvements
• Solid understanding of the Software Development Life Cycle and agile methodologies, including Application Resiliency and Security fundamentals
• Experience designing and operating APIs and integration patterns (REST required; event-driven patterns)
• Experience with automated testing across the stack (unit, integration, UI) and quality engineering practices
• 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

• Practical cloud-native experience (containers, orchestration, managed services)
• Familiarity with distributed systems patterns (resilience, idempotency, rate limiting, caching)
• Familiarity implementing security controls in the SDLC (threat modeling, secrets management, secure-by-design)
• On-call ownership of service health with a focus on reducing toil through automation
• Exposure to data and analytics tooling for operational insights (reliability trends, latency, error analysis)
• Exposure modernizing legacy systems without disrupting business delivery