Lead Software Engineer- Java / Kafka / AWS / Terraform

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; New York (NY); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase & Co. in New York seeks a Lead Software Engineer to shape critical, scalable financial technology. You will be a core technical contributor on an agile team delivering trusted market-leading products in a secure environment.

Key focus areas include Java server-side development with Spring, AWS, Terraform, Kafka, and AI-assisted tooling to improve code quality, speed, and reliability. You will mentor peers, review code, and help design high-throughput systems for 24/7 operations.

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification in software engineering with 5+ years of applied experience.
• Hands-on experience in system design, application development, testing, and operations.
• Advanced Java server-side programming with Spring (Boot/MVC/Kafka).
• Experience designing high-throughput, low-latency 24/7 applications.
• Experience with distributed technologies and frameworks.
• SQL across Oracle/Sybase/SQL Server/CockroachDB.
• Messaging technologies (Kafka, WebSphere MQ/JMS, RabbitMQ).
• Test automation (JUnit/Mockito, Cucumber/Gherkin) and Git experience.
• Leading use of AI-assisted dev tools and validating AI outputs for correctness, security, and performance.

Responsibilities

• Executes creative software solutions, design, development, and troubleshooting with ability to think beyond routine approaches to build solutions.
• 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 to improve code quality, delivery speed, and operational outcomes.
• Applies SDLC tooling and automation capabilities to improve value realized by automation.
• Identifies opportunities to eliminate or automate remediation of recurring issues to improve operational stability.
• Leads evaluation sessions with external vendors, startups, and internal teams to probe architectural designs and applicability.

Skills

Java

Spring

Kafka

AWS

Terraform

SQL

JUnit/Mockito

Cucumber/Gherkin

AI-assisted dev

Education

Software engineering degree

Tools

Git

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- Java / AWS / Terraform / Kafka at JPMorganChase within the Consumer and Community Bank, 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 experience in Java Server‑side programming including Spring experience (Spring Boot, Spring MVC, Spring Kafka)
• Experience designing and developing high‑throughput, low‑latency solutions for mission‑critical 24/7 applications
• Experience with development of distributing technologies and frameworks
• Experience writing performant SQL and stored procedures (Oracle/Sybase/SQL Server/CockroachDB)
• Experience using messaging technologies (Kafka, WebSphere MQ/JMS, RabbitMQ)
• Experience building for testability and implement test automation (JUnit/Mockito, Cucumber/Gherkin), and use Git for source control
• 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
• Experience with AWS and Terraform

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Experience with both Java and Python development