Lead Software Engineer - Python/Java Developer

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; Fairfax (DE); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorganChase seeks a Lead Software Engineer to join the Cybersecurity & Technology Controls team in Corporate Technology. You will be a core technical contributor, delivering secure software, leading resiliency reviews, and guiding reliability initiatives across multiple business domains.

You will design and implement high-quality production code, automate remediation, and drive scalable, secure solutions while collaborating with cross-functional teams to meet business objectives.

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification in software engineering concepts with 5+ years of applied experience.
• Proven reliability, scalability, security, and enterprise architecture expertise.
• Hands-on experience with system design, development, testing, and operational stability.
• Proficiency in Python or Java/Spring Boot.

Responsibilities

• Execute software solutions, design, development, and advanced technical troubleshooting.
• Develop secure production code, review and debug code, and automate remediation of recurring issues to improve operational stability.
• Lead resiliency design reviews, break down complex problems, and act as the main contact during major incidents.
• Lead efforts to improve reliability, stability, and performance using data-driven analytics.
• Drive collaboration to define service level indicators and error budgets with stakeholders.
• Provide high-level technical expertise across domains and proactively resolve bottlenecks.
• Document and share knowledge through internal forums and communities of practice.

Skills

Reliability engineering

Scalability

Security best practices

Enterprise architecture

CI/CD pipelines

Python / Java / Spring Boot

Observability

Container orchestration

Networking troubleshooting

Cloud native

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

AWS

Job description

Take on a crucial role where you'll be a key part of a high-performing team delivering secure software solutions.

As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorganChase within the Cybersecurity & Technology Controls team in Corporate Technology, you will be an integral part of an agile team that works to enhance, build, and deliver trusted market-leading technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable way. As a core technical contributor, you will be responsible for conducting critical technology solutions across multiple technical areas within various business functions in support of the firm’s business objectives.

Job Responsibilities:

• Execute software solutions, design, development, and advanced technical troubleshooting, thinking beyond conventional approaches to solve complex problems.
• Develop secure, high-quality production code, review and debug code, and automate remediation of recurring issues to improve operational stability.
• Lead resiliency design reviews, deconstruct complex problems into actionable work for other engineers, and act as the main point of contact during major incidents.
• Lead initiatives to improve reliability, stability, and performance of applications and platforms using data-driven analytics to enhance service levels.
• Drive collaboration to identify comprehensive service level indicators, establish service level objectives and error budgets with stakeholders and customers.
• Offer high-level technical expertise within one or more technical domains, proactively identifying and solving technology-related bottlenecks.
• Document and share knowledge within the organization via internal forums and communities of practice, driving awareness and adoption of new technologies.

Required Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills:

• Formal training or certification in software engineering concepts and 5+ years’ applied experience.
• Demonstrated proficiency in reliability, scalability, performance, security, enterprise system architecture, toil reduction, and site reliability best practices.
• Advanced hands‑on experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability.
• Fluent in at least one modern programming language (Python, Java/Spring Boot,).
• Advanced knowledge of software applications and technical processes, with emerging depth in one or more technical disciplines (e.g., cloud, distributed systems).
• Proficient in automation and continuous delivery methods, including CI/CD pipelines.
• Proficient with observability tools and service level objective alerting.
• Proficient with container and orchestration technologies (ECS, Kubernetes, Docker).
• Experience troubleshooting networking technologies and issues.
• Practical cloud native experience.
• Actively self‑educates, evaluates new technology, and recommends suitable solutions.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills:

• Observability Tools (e.g. Splunk, Grafana)
• Data Streaming Frameworks
• AWS services
• Kubernetes
• Terraform

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