Senior Java Backend Lead — AI-Driven Cloud & Security

JPMorgan Chase; Jersey City (NJ); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorganChase in Jersey City seeks a Lead Software Engineer to join the Consumer and Community Banking’s Business Payment team. You will be a core technical contributor driving secure, scalable solutions across multiple business functions, with a focus on enterprise AI-assisted development practices.

You will lead design, development, and debugging of production code, review peers’ work, and advance automation and testing within an agile environment.

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience.
• Hands-on experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability.
• Advanced in Java, SpringBoot, fundamentals in DB with deep understanding of building cloud native applications and Experience in AWS services.
• Demonstrated experience leading effective use of approved AI-assisted software development tools 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.
• 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
• Practical cloud native experience

Responsibilities

• Executes creative software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting with ability to think beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions or breakdown technical problems
• Develops secure and high-quality production code, and reviews and debugs code written by others
• 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.
• Identifies opportunities to eliminate or automate remediation of recurring issues to improve overall operational stability of software applications and systems
• Leads evaluation sessions with external vendors, startups, and internal teams to drive outcomes-oriented probing of architectural designs, technical credentials, and applicability for use within existing systems and information architecture

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

AWS

CI/CD

AI-assisted development

Secure coding

Agile methodologies

Cloud native

Team leadership

Financial services IT

Tools

SDLC tools

Job description

JPMorganChase in Jersey City seeks a Lead Software Engineer to join the Consumer and Community Banking’s Business Payment team. You will be a core technical contributor driving secure, scalable solutions across multiple business functions, with a focus on enterprise AI-assisted development practices.

You will lead design, development, and debugging of production code, review peers’ work, and advance automation and testing within an agile environment.