Senior Backend Lead - Kafka + AWS, AI-Driven Dev

JP Morgan Chase; Wilmington (DE); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase in Wilmington, DE is seeking a Backend Lead Software Engineer focused on Kafka and AWS to drive secure, scalable backend services. You will design, develop, and optimize microservices while guiding best practices across the team in a fast-paced, enterprise environment.

The role emphasizes architecture decisions, streaming data pipelines, and adherence to secure coding with AI-assisted tooling to boost quality and velocity.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience and formal training.
• Backend + microservices with Java/Spring Boot or Node.js.
• Cloud experience (AWS/Azure/GCP) and REST/WebSocket APIs.
• Experience with SQL and NoSQL databases.
• Experience with AI-assisted development tools and secure coding.
• Leadership in architecture decisions and delivery.
• Experience streaming with Kafka and event-driven patterns.

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.
• Drives team adoption of AI-assisted engineering practices to improve code quality, delivery speed, and operational outcomes.
• Applies knowledge of SDLC tools to improve automation and value.
• Identifies opportunities to automate remediation of recurring issues for stability.
• Leads evaluation sessions with external vendors and internal teams on architectural designs.
• Leads communities of practice across Software Engineering to promote new technologies.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

Node.js

AWS

REST APIs

WebSockets

JSON

SQL

NoSQL

AI-assisted development tools

Security best practices

Leadership

Architecture decisions

Distributed systems

Kafka

Apache Spark

Apache Flink

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

AWS Certification

Tools

Kafka

Apache Spark

Apache Flink

Job description

JPMorgan Chase in Wilmington, DE is seeking a Backend Lead Software Engineer focused on Kafka and AWS to drive secure, scalable backend services. You will design, develop, and optimize microservices while guiding best practices across the team in a fast-paced, enterprise environment.

The role emphasizes architecture decisions, streaming data pipelines, and adherence to secure coding with AI-assisted tooling to boost quality and velocity.