Senior Java Lead Engineer - AWS Cloud & Fraud Protection

Next Frontier Capital; Jersey City (NJ); On-site; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase in Jersey City seeks a Senior Lead Software Engineer to drive secure, scalable cloud-native solutions within the Payments Trust and Safety Technology group. You will lead development for fraud protection platforms, building trusted products with AWS, Java/Spring Boot, Python, and serverless architectures.

Lead engineering practices, optimize performance, and collaborate across teams to deliver high-impact results while adhering to security and compliance requirements.

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification on Software Engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience.
• Extensive hands-on experience with AWS cloud services and infrastructure.
• Experience with S3, Aurora Postgres, ECS, EKS, RDS, Lambda, Glue, ALB/NLB and serverless architectures.
• Proficiency in programming languages (Java, Spring Boot, Python, Node.js, etc.).
• Proficiency in automation, continuous delivery methods and all aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle.
• Advanced understanding of agile methodologies such as CI/CD, Application Resiliency, Security and working with Kafka for event streaming.

Responsibilities

• Executes creative software solutions, design, development, and deploy cloud-native applications using AWS services (EC2, S3, Lambda, RDS, Aurora, ECS, EKS, etc.).
• Automate infrastructure provisioning and application deployment using AWS tools (CloudFormation, Terraform, AWS CDK).
• Develops secure high-quality production code, and reviews and debugs code written by others.
• Identifies opportunities to eliminate or automate remediation of recurring issues to improve overall operational stability of software applications and systems.
• Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize application performance and reliability in the AWS environment.
• Ensure security and compliance by implementing IAM policies, encryption, and monitoring.
• Document technical solutions and provide support for audits and regulatory reviews.
• Leads communities of practice across Software Engineering to drive awareness and use of new and leading-edge cloud technologies.
• Establish comprehensive monitoring and alerting frameworks to ensure optimal performance, scalability, availability, and reliability.
• Utilize AI agents and emerging technologies to build prototypes for demonstration purposes, presenting to peer groups, business partners, and senior leadership.
• Deliver high-quality results within tight deadlines while maintaining a strong focus on code optimization, performance tuning, and engineering best practices.

Skills

AWS cloud

Java/Spring Boot

Python/Node.js

CI/CD

Kafka

GitHub Copilot

Tools

GitHub Copilot

Job description

JPMorgan Chase in Jersey City seeks a Senior Lead Software Engineer to drive secure, scalable cloud-native solutions within the Payments Trust and Safety Technology group. You will lead development for fraud protection platforms, building trusted products with AWS, Java/Spring Boot, Python, and serverless architectures.

Lead engineering practices, optimize performance, and collaborate across teams to deliver high-impact results while adhering to security and compliance requirements.