Lead Software Engineer (Java) - Microservices & AWS

JPMorganChase; Plano (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorganChase in Plano, Texas seeks a Lead Software Engineer within the Investment Banking - Collateral Services to drive end-to-end features from React front end to Java microservices, on AWS, with a focus on secure, scalable solutions.

You will guide AI-assisted engineering practices, code reviews, CI/CD, and performance optimization, collaborating across teams to deliver trusted technology products in a regulated financial environment.

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience.
• Solid hands-on experience delivering production web applications.
• Strong backend skills in Java and building/maintaining microservices.
• Practical front-end experience with React and modern JavaScript/TypeScript.
• Working experience with Kafka and event-driven patterns.
• Comfortable deploying and running services on AWS.
• Good PostgreSQL/Aurora skills — writing efficient queries and understanding schema and performance.
• Demonstrated experience leading effective use of approved AI-assisted software development tools 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.

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.
• Build features end-to-end across the Client Portal, from the React front end through Java microservices to the Postgres/Aurora data layer.
• Drives team adoption of enterprise-authorized AI-assisted engineering practices to improve code quality, delivery speed, and operational outcomes, with standardized validation.
• Applies knowledge of SDLC tools to improve value of automation.
• Develop and maintain event-driven services using Kafka, integrating the portal with downstream services.
• Deploy and support your work on AWS, participating in CI/CD, monitoring, and troubleshooting in production.
• Debug and resolve issues across the stack, from front-end behavior to backend performance to database queries.
• Contribute in code reviews and share knowledge across the team.

Skills

Java

Microservices

React

TypeScript

Kafka

AWS

PostgreSQL/Aurora

AI-assisted tooling

Secure coding

Observability

Docker/Kubernetes

Tools

Kafka

PostgreSQL

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Job description

JPMorganChase in Plano, Texas seeks a Lead Software Engineer within the Investment Banking - Collateral Services to drive end-to-end features from React front end to Java microservices, on AWS, with a focus on secure, scalable solutions.

You will guide AI-assisted engineering practices, code reviews, CI/CD, and performance optimization, collaborating across teams to deliver trusted technology products in a regulated financial environment.