Lead Software Engineer - Java/Python/AWS

Socket.dev; Columbus (OH); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive total rewards

Health benefits

On-site wellness centers

Retirement savings plan

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to own architecture for portfolio‑scale platforms within Corporate Technology. You will shape architecture, drive end‑to‑end delivery, and mentor engineers across teams to ensure secure, scalable practices.

You will guide cross‑platform strategy, collaborate with Product Owners, and lead initiatives spanning multiple products. Expect to work across cloud technologies, APIs, and modern front‑end and back‑end stacks in a fast‑paced agile

Qualifications

• Formal software engineering training or certification.
• 5+ years API software development experience.
• 2+ years AWS experience (ECS/Fargate, SNS, SQS, Lambda, API Gateway, S3).
• 3+ years relational database experience.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code deployments.
• Proven distributed system design experience in large enterprises.
• Strong architectural leadership and mentoring capabilities.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management.

Responsibilities

• Own portfolio‑level architecture and technical strategy for one or more platforms.
• Lead complex initiatives from discovery to delivery and operations.
• Translate business goals into measurable technical outcomes and drive roadmaps.
• Design and implement cloud‑native solutions with integrations and API extensions.
• Write secure, high‑quality code across languages and frameworks.
• Architect backend services, GraphQL APIs, and modern React UIs.
• Set non‑functional standards (SLOs/SLAs, observability, security) and automate gates.
• Evaluate new technologies and promote secure‑by‑design patterns.

Skills

API development

AWS

Relational databases

Infrastructure as Code

Distributed systems

Technical leadership

Agile practices

Mentoring engineers

Communication with stakeholders

Education

Formal training or certification in software engineering

Tools

Java Spring Boot

Python

React.js

GraphQL

Job description

Design and deliver cloud‑native platforms for product intake, communication, and collaboration as part of an agile engineering organization.
You’re a seasoned technical leader ready to own portfolio‑scale challenges and elevate engineering excellence—and we have an exceptional opportunity for you.

As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within the Corporate Technology team, you will shape architecture and drive delivery across the firm’s state‑of‑the‑art technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable way. You’ll set technical direction, lead complex initiatives end‑to‑end, and mentor engineers across teams, ensuring consistent design standards, robust operational practices, and measurable business outcomes.

In this role, you’ll join an agile engineering organization building and operating three firmwide platforms—Feature Request, Convey, and TechTube that streamline product intake, customer communication, and knowledge sharing across the organization. You’ll take ownership of one or more product teams within this portfolio while influencing cross‑platform strategy, architectural decisions, and the full SDLC to deliver scalable, cloud‑native capabilities that improve transparency, collaboration, and value delivery for product teams firmwide. Given the common technology stack, cross‑team contribution is expected, and you’ll frequently lead initiatives spanning multiple products.

Job responsibilities

• Own portfolio‑level architecture and technical strategy across one or more platforms (Feature Request, Convey, TechTube), ensuring secure, scalable, and resilient solutions across the SDLC.
• Lead complex technical initiatives—from discovery and design through delivery and operations—establishing engineering standards, reusable patterns, and reference implementations for cross‑team adoption.
• Partner with Product Owners and stakeholders to translate business goals into measurable technical outcomes, define roadmaps, and drive transparency through product metrics and KPIs; Champion agile practices including shared backlog ownership, crowdsourced prioritization, and community‑driven product development, advocating for technical excellence and sustainable engineering; Mentor and grow engineers (junior through senior), conducting design reviews, code reviews, and hands‑on guidance on best practices, system design, and implementation approaches.
• Design and implement complex, cloud‑native software solutions with clear ownership of upstream/downstream integrations, including Jira integrations, notification workflows, serverless architectures, and API extensions.
• Write secure, high‑quality, well‑documented code across multiple languages and frameworks (e.g., Java Spring Boot, React.js, GraphQL, Python) while modeling best‑in‑class engineering practices.
• Architect and build backend services, GraphQL APIs, and modern React UIs; ensure thoughtful API design (GraphQL and REST) and robust client‑server contracts.
• Set and enforce non‑functional standards (security, performance, availability, observability, cost efficiency), including SLOs/SLAs, error budgets, and automated quality gates in CI/CD.
• Evaluate and introduce new technologies, tools, and approaches to improve developer experience, platform quality, and delivery velocity; lead proofs of concept and guide adoption; Promote secure‑by‑design and privacy‑aware patterns, threat modeling, and proactive risk identification to meet firm standards and industry best practices.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience
• 5+ years of experience in API software development (Java Spring, Python FastAPI)
• 2+ years of experience with AWS (e.g. ECS/Fargate, SNS, SQS, Lambda, API Gateway, S3)
• 3+ years of experience with relational databases
• Experience in deploying cloud services using Infrastructure as Code
• Proven expertise in distributed system design (AWS stability, resiliency and security)
• Proven capability of application architecture and technical leadership, as well as elevate current practices and operations
• Strong experience developing, debugging, deploying and maintaining code in large enterprise environments
• Strong understanding of agile methodologies and practices
• Demonstrated ability to mentor engineers, lead design reviews, and guide architectural decisions
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, as well as experienced in aligning technical decisions to business outcomes and product strategy.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Exposure to React
• Experience with AI/ML including vector database
• Exposure to GraphQL
• Experience with CockroachDB, Aurora Postgres and DynamoDB
• Exposure to video streaming, content management, or media platforms, including performance and caching strategies.
• Familiarity with email servers and SMTP protocol
• Strong background in observability and performance optimization (metrics, logging, tracing), and cost governance for cloud workloads.

JPMorganChase, one of the oldest financial institutions, offers innovative financial solutions to millions of consumers, small businesses and many of the world’s most prominent corporate, institutional and government clients under the J.P. Morgan and Chase brands. Our history spans over 200 years and today we are a leader in investment banking, consumer and small business banking, commercial banking, financial transaction processing and asset management.

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. These benefits include comprehensive health care coverage, on‑site health and wellness centers, a retirement savings plan, backup childcare, tuition reimbursement, mental health support, financial coaching and 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

Our professionals in our Corporate Functions cover a diverse range of areas from finance and risk to human resources and marketing. Our corporate teams are an essential part of our company, ensuring that we’re setting our businesses, clients, customers and employees up for success.