Lead Software Engineer - Java/SpringBoot/React/AWS

Testing Site - JPMC; Wilmington (DE); On-site; USD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase Wealth Management Controls Technology is seeking a Full Stack Lead Software Engineer in Wilmington, DE to design and deliver secure, scalable fintech solutions. You will work on a high-impact program, guiding a team through architecture, development, and operational excellence.

The role emphasizes hands-on coding in Java/Spring Boot, REST APIs, and modern front-end stacks, with a focus on reliability, observability, and collaboration across large teams in an agile environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience with full stack delivery.
• Hands-on design, development, testing, and operations experience.
• Strong knowledge of Java stack, REST APIs, and data access patterns.
• Proficient in AWS, Docker, and Kubernetes with cloud-native thinking.

Responsibilities

• Execute and deliver software solutions, design, and troubleshooting.
• Write secure, high-quality production code.
• Document services APIs (Swagger) and ensure logging, security, and monitoring.
• Improve reliability using service level indicators and SRE practices.
• Collaborate with large teams and contribute to engineering communities.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

REST API

SQL Hibernate

MQ Kafka

JavaScript

ReactJS

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

Networking

Tools

Swagger

Terraform

Job description

The Wealth Management Controls Technology group is looking for a Full Stack Lead Software Engineer to work on a new program using cutting-edge technology.

As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within the Wealth Management Controls Technology organization, you will be an experienced member of an agile team, tasked with designing and delivering reliable, market-leading technology products that are secure, stable, and scalable. Your role involves implementing essential technology solutions across diverse technical domains, supporting various business functions to achieve the firm's strategic goals.

Job responsibilities

• Executes software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting with ability to think beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions or break down technical problems
• Creates secure and high-quality production code
• Contribute to technical documentation, including service APIs (using Swagger), and ensure robust logging, auditability, security, and monitoring features.
• Apply knowledge of service level indicators and objectives to proactively address issues and improve system reliability.
• Support the adoption of SRE best practices within the team as needed.
• Contributes to software engineering communities of practice and events that explore new and emerging technologies

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience
• Hands-on practical experience in system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
• Hands-on programming/application development experience JAVA, Spring Boot, REST/API. Proficiency in: SQL/Hibernate, Messaging (MQ & Kafka), application performance testing and tuning
• Excellent analytical, technical, and oral communication skills
• Experience with JavaScript, ReactJS, or similar scripting language
• Good knowledge of AWS offerings (S3, EC2, RDS, Lambda ,Terraform etc).
• Good knowledge of Docker, Kubernetes.
• Ability to troubleshoot networking technologies and resolve common issues.
• Strong communication skills and ability to work collaboratively in large teams. Proactive problem-solving mindset and eagerness to learn new technologies.
• Ability to identify and implement innovative solutions to meet business needs.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Experience in Spark, Scala, testable, and efficient code
• Experience applying site reliability engineering (SRE) principles to software development.
• Understanding of authentication and authorization technologies (OAUTH, Kerberos).
• Exposure to service level objective alerting and telemetry collection.
• Experience with observability tools (Grafana, Dynatrace, Prometheus, Datadog, Splunk) and monitoring best practices is a plus.