Lead Software Engineer: Mainframe to Cloud Innovator

Testing Site - JPMC; Wilmington (DE); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorganChase in the United States is seeking a Lead Software Engineer within the Consumer & Community Banking Card Technology Team. You will be a core technical contributor, delivering secure, scalable software solutions across mainframe and distributed systems.

The role requires 5+ years of hands-on experience, proficiency in COBOL, DB2, CICS, and modern cloud-native skills (AWS, GCP), plus leadership and collaboration across vendors and internal teams.

Qualifications

• 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 proficiency & hands on experience in COBOL, DB2, CICS, IBM JCL, MQ, VSAM and strong skills in database design with IMS DB, DB2 SQL and Stored Procedures.
• Proficient in FTP/NDM/File-Mover, CA-7, IBM Utilities and debug tools.
• Familiarity with IBM WebSphere MQ messaging solution.
• Skilled in estimating and planning JIRA stories.
• Proficiency in automation and continuous delivery methods
• Advanced understanding of agile methodologies such as CI/CD, Application Resiliency, and Security
• Demonstrated proficiency in software applications and technical processes within a technical discipline - Mainframe Technology & distributed applications.
• Practical cloud native experience - AWS, GCP.
• Providing leadership, guidance, and support to ensure team success and development of global team.

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
• Develops secure high-quality production code, and reviews and debugs code written by others
• 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
• Leads communities of practice across Software Engineering to drive awareness and use of new and leading-edge technologies
• Adds to team culture of diversity, opportunity, inclusion, and respect

Skills

Software engineering

Agile methodologies

CI/CD

Automation

Security

Education

Formal training or certification in software engineering

Tools

COBOL

DB2

CICS

IBM JCL

MQ

VSAM

IMS DB

DB2 SQL

JIRA

Job description

JPMorganChase in the United States is seeking a Lead Software Engineer within the Consumer & Community Banking Card Technology Team. You will be a core technical contributor, delivering secure, scalable software solutions across mainframe and distributed systems.

The role requires 5+ years of hands-on experience, proficiency in COBOL, DB2, CICS, and modern cloud-native skills (AWS, GCP), plus leadership and collaboration across vendors and internal teams.