React/Java Lead Fullstack Engineer - Lead Software Engineer

Next Frontier Capital; Jersey City (NJ); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

On-site health centers

Retirement savings plan

Tuition reimbursement

Mental health support

Job summary

JPMorganChase in Jersey City is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to drive design, development, and reliability for trusted payments technologies within the Fraud Protection group.

You will lead agile teams to create secure, scalable solutions, implement AI-assisted practices, and collaborate with product and technology leaders to protect clients from fraud while accelerating delivery.

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience.
• Hands-on design, development, testing, and operational stability experience.
• Experience with front-end and back-end development, secure coding practices.

Responsibilities

• Executes creative software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting with ability to think beyond routine approaches.
• Develops 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.
• Influence leaders and senior stakeholders across business, product, and technology teams.
• Proactively identify issues that could impact performance and 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 AI-assisted engineering practices to improve code quality, delivery speed, and outcomes.

Skills

React

TypeScript

Java

Spring Boot

Microservices

REST API

AWS

CI/CD

Security

Agile

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

GraphQL

Redux

Docker

Kubernetes

GitHub Copilot

Terraform

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
• Develops 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

JPMorganChase, one of the oldest financial institutions, offers innovative financial solutions to millions of consumers, small businesses and many of the world’s most prominent corporate, institutional and government clients under the J.P. Morgan and Chase brands. Our history spans over 200 years and today we are a leader in investment banking, consumer and small business banking, commercial banking, financial transaction processing and asset management.

We offer a competitive total rewards package including base salary determined based on the role, experience, skill set and location. Those in eligible roles may receive commission-based pay and/or discretionary incentive compensation, paid in the form of cash and/or forfeitable equity, awarded in recognition of individual achievements and contributions. We also offer a range of benefits and programs to meet employee needs, based on eligibility. These benefits include comprehensive health care coverage, on-site health and wellness centers, a retirement savings plan, backup childcare, tuition reimbursement, mental health support, financial coaching and more. Additional details about total compensation and benefits will be provided during the hiring process.

We recognize that our people are our strength and the diverse talents they bring to our global workforce are directly linked to our success. We are an equal opportunity employer and place a high value on diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute, including race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital or veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. We also make reasonable accommodations for applicants’ and employees’ religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs. Visit our FAQs for more information about requesting an accommodation.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Veterans

J.P. Morgan’s Commercial & Investment Bank is a global leader across banking, markets, securities services and payments. Corporations, governments and institutions throughout the world entrust us with their business in more than 100 countries. The Commercial & Investment Bank provides strategic advice, raises capital, manages risk and extends liquidity in markets around the world. Join the team that's constantly pushing the envelope to enhance, build, and deliver top-notch fraud solution for our clients.