Lead Software Engineer, Payments Platform & Innovation

Testing Site - JPMC; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorganChase is seeking a Lead Software Engineer within the Commercial & Investment Bank - Payments unit to drive architecture and deliver scalable solutions.

You will be a core technical contributor, owning multi-area design, coding, reviews, and performance tuning while guiding teams and external partners. Strong leadership, communication, and hands-on cloud and container experience are essential.

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience.
• Strong system design, application development, testing, and operational stability.
• Advanced hands-on experience with JavaScript, ReactJS, and Java ecosystems.
• Proficiency with Java, Spring Boot, REST APIs, SQL/Hibernate, and Kafka.
• Ability to translate wireframes and Figma designs into clean, maintainable code.
• Hands-on knowledge of AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, and Terraform.
• Good understanding of networking technologies and collaborative work.
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills with senior engineers.

Responsibilities

• Executes creative software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting.
• Develops secure high-quality production code and reviews others' code.
• Identifies opportunities to automate remediation for stability.
• Leads evaluation sessions with vendors and teams on architectural designs.
• Leads communities of practice to promote new technologies.
• Contributes to team culture with opportunity, inclusion, and respect.
• Proactively solve problems and learn new technologies.

Skills

JavaScript

ReactJS

Java

Spring Boot

REST API

SQL/Hibernate

Kafka

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

Networking

Communication

Team collaboration

Operational stability

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

Kafka

Terraform

ReactJS

Java

Spring Boot

REST API

SQL/Hibernate

Job description

JPMorganChase is seeking a Lead Software Engineer within the Commercial & Investment Bank - Payments unit to drive architecture and deliver scalable solutions.

You will be a core technical contributor, owning multi-area design, coding, reviews, and performance tuning while guiding teams and external partners. Strong leadership, communication, and hands-on cloud and container experience are essential.