Senior Lead Backend Engineer - Java/Kotlin, Fintech

J.P. Morgan; New York (NY); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health care coverage

On-site health and wellness centers

Retirement savings plan

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase & Co. in New York is seeking a Senior Lead Software Engineer to join a growth-focused Accelerator team. You will translate smart ideas into customer-ready software, operate in collaborative squads, and shape technology strategies aligned with fintech goals.

You will thrive on solving real-world problems, mentoring teammates, and delivering robust, scalable solutions in a cloud-native environment. This role emphasizes teamwork, curiosity, and impact across global clients.

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience.
• Sees themselves as a problem solver and team player.
• Willingness to teach others and share knowledge.
• Able to adapt quickly to changing priorities and complexity.
• Chooses technologies with long-term goals in mind.

Responsibilities

• Use domain modeling techniques to build best in class business products.
• Structure software so it is easy to understand, test and evolve.
• Build solutions with scalable, fault-tolerant architecture.
• Develop secure code to protect customers and the company.
• Investigate and fix issues promptly to prevent recurrence.
• Ensure releases occur with zero downtime for end users.
• Optimize data read/write patterns for our needs.
• Monitor performance and apply the right approaches to solve problems.
• Maintain reliability and operability of systems.
• Continuously update technologies and patterns.

Skills

Problem solving

Team player

Mentoring

Adaptability

Strategic thinking

Education

Software engineering training/certification

Tools

Java/Kotlin

Open Source

Cloud Native

Multi-Cloud

Job description

JPMorgan Chase & Co. in New York is seeking a Senior Lead Software Engineer to join a growth-focused Accelerator team. You will translate smart ideas into customer-ready software, operate in collaborative squads, and shape technology strategies aligned with fintech goals.

You will thrive on solving real-world problems, mentoring teammates, and delivering robust, scalable solutions in a cloud-native environment. This role emphasizes teamwork, curiosity, and impact across global clients.