React/Java Lead Fullstack Engineer - Lead Software Engineer

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; Jersey City (NJ); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is seeking a Lead Software Engineer in Jersey City to join the Payments Trust & Safety Technology Team. You will lead an agile team to design, deliver trusted, scalable technology products, focusing on fraud protection and secure production code with expert performance tuning.

You will drive performance, set standards for AI-assisted development, and collaborate with business, product, and technology leaders to mitigate risks and improve delivery speed.

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience.
• Proficiency in designing, developing, testing, and operational stability of applications.
• Advanced in React, TypeScript, Java, Springboot, Microservices.
• Hands-on experience with React, TypeScript, JavaScript, Redux, GraphQL, HTML5, CSS3, REST APIs.
• Experience with AWS services (ECS/EKS, Lambda, S3, EC2, Kafka).
• Experience leading AI-assisted software development tools and validating AI outputs.

Responsibilities

• Execute innovative software solutions with design, development, and debugging.
• Develop secure, high-quality production code and review others' code.
• Monitor performance, analyze scalability across hardware and configurations.
• Advise on performance, drive scalable infrastructure.
• Influence senior stakeholders across business, product, and tech teams.
• Identify issues affecting performance and mitigate them.
• Plan performance benchmarks and automation tooling.
• Design and implement tools to automate performance measurement.
• Promote enterprise AI-assisted engineering practices and code validation.

Skills

React

TypeScript

Java

Springboot

Microservices

REST API

AWS

AI-assisted tooling

Tools

ECS/EKS

Lambda

S3

Kafka

Job description

We have an exciting and rewarding opportunity for you to take your software engineering career to the next level.

As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorganChase within the Payments Trust & Safety Technology Team, you serve as a seasoned member of an agile team to design and deliver trusted market-leading technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable way. You will be part of the Fraud Protection group, building solutions for clients to protect themselves against fraudulent behavior. Drive significant business impact through your capabilities and contributions, and apply collaborative problem-solving methodologies to tackle a diverse array of challenges that span multiple technologies and applications. You are responsible for carrying out critical technology solutions across multiple technical areas within various business functions in support of the firm’s business objectives.

Job 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
• HDevelops secure high-quality production code, and reviews and debugs code written by others
• Monitor and collect performance statistics, analyzing product performance and scalability across diverse hardware, software, and configurations
• Serve as performance advisors within teams to ensure performance considerations are integrated into development practices, optimizing infrastructure scalability
• Influence leaders and senior stakeholders across business, product, and technology teams
• Proactively anticipate and identify issues that could negatively impact performance, working to eliminate or mitigate them
• Plan and develop methodologies for standard performance benchmarks and comparisons
• Design, develop, and implement tools to automate performance measurement and analysis
• Drives team adoption of enterprise-authorized AI-assisted engineering practices within the work environment to improve code quality, delivery speed, and operational outcomes (e.g., AI-assisted code review/refactoring, test strategy acceleration, incident/root-cause analysis support), while establishing consistent validation standards (secure coding, peer review, automated testing) and promoting reuse of effective patterns across the team
• Applies knowledge of tools within the Software Development Life Cycle toolchain, including enterprise-authorized AI-assisted development and automation capabilities, to improve the value realized by automation

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• 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 in one or more programming language(s) - React, TypeScript, Java, Springboot, Microservices
• Hands-on practical experience React, TypeScript, JavaScript, Redux , Redux Toolkit, GraphQL, HTML5, CSS3, REST API integration
• Experience in React Router frontend routing, Module Federation Micro Frontends.
• Experience with AWS Services such as ECS EKS, Lambda, S3, EC2, Kafka, NLB. Experience with Databases
• Demonstrated experience leading effective use of approved AI-assisted software development tools (e.g., for coding, code review, test acceleration, troubleshooting) with the ability to set team expectations for validating AI outputs for correctness, performance, and security.
• Strong understanding of responsible AI use in engineering workflows, including data sensitivity considerations, secure handling of inputs outputs, and adherence to resiliency and security expectations; experience coaching engineers on safe, compliant adoption within delivery practices
• Proficient in all aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle. Advanced understanding of agile methodologies such as CI CD, Application Resiliency, and Security
• In-depth knowledge of the financial services industry and their IT systems

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Familiarity with modern front-end technologies
• Strong enterprise architecture design concepts to allow for unified user experience leveraging data sharing capabilities with API, Kafka
• Case management workflow and orchestration to serve as the backbone of a unified user experience across multiple cross-functional teams
• Vibe coding experience and conceptual knowledge while leveraging developer assistant tools like GitHub Copilot to allow for efficiency gains