Senior Lead Full-Stack Engineer: Java/AWS & Cloud

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; Tampa (FL); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase & Co. in Tampa, FL seeks a Sr. Lead Software Engineer-Full Stack/Java/AWS to drive technical strategy and deliver scalable financial tech solutions. You will guide architecture, ensure security, and advance cloud-native practices across multi-region deployments.

You will mentor engineers, shape API standards, and push for AI-assisted development and DevOps maturity within an agile team, focusing on reliability and performance in demanding financial environments.

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification on Software Engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience.
• Extensive experience in Java and object-oriented programming.
• Proven technical leadership delivering solutions with Java, React, Spring Boot, Kafka, and Oracle Database.
• Strong experience building cloud-native applications and leading Kubernetes-based engineering efforts.
• Hands-on expertise with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP), including practical cloud-native design and implementation.
• Strong background in RESTful and gRPC API design, development, and implementation.
• Demonstrated experience with API best practices and service registry concepts in distributed systems.
• Demonstrated proficiency across modern software engineering disciplines and technical processes (e.g., cloud, artificial intelligence, machine learning, mobile, etc.).
• In-depth financial services domain knowledge, including experience in Banking and/or Payments environments and related IT systems, with a track record of designing highly resilient, share-nothing, multi-region architectures and applying advanced agile/DevOps practices (e.g., CI/CD, automation/continuous delivery, application resiliency, security).
• Demonstrated experience leading effective use of enterprise-authorized AI-assisted software development tools within the work environment (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 senior engineers/leads on compliant usage patterns and controls.

Responsibilities

• Own the technical strategy and architecture for mission-critical applications, aligning solutions with business goals, industry best practices, and roadmap decisions while representing engineering in strategic discussions
• Leads and mentors a team of software engineers, providing guidance, support, and professional development opportunities
• Drives the design and implementation of high-performance backend services using Java and cloud-native technologies
• Sets and enforces standards for API design and development (REST/gRPC), including best practices for versioning, documentation, and error handling to ensure robust, secure, and scalable interfaces
• Champions highly resilient, share-nothing, multi-region architectures to achieve fault tolerance, high availability, and disaster recovery
• Guides the integration and management of service registries for dynamic service discovery and orchestration in microservices environments
• Promotes the creation of custom frameworks and reusable components to accelerate development and maintain consistency
• Fosters and manages Agile, self-managing team practices and project delivery, driving continuous improvement in processes, tools, and standards while ensuring timelines, quality, stakeholder satisfaction, and proactive mitigation of technical risks
• Drives adoption and governance of approved AI-assisted engineering practices across teams to improve code quality, delivery speed, and operational outcomes (e.g., AI-assisted code review/refactoring, test acceleration, release readiness, incident/root-cause analysis), while establishing measurable validation standards (secure coding, peer review, automated testing) and promoting reuse of proven patterns and automation within the SDLC/TLM toolchain.
• Applies knowledge of tools within the Software Development Life Cycle toolchain, including approved AI-assisted development and automation capabilities, to improve the value realized by automation at scale.

Skills

Java

React

Spring Boot

Kafka

Oracle Database

Cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP)

Kubernetes

REST/gRPC API design

AI-assisted development tools

CI/CD / DevOps

Tools

Docker

Jenkins

Cloud Foundry

Job description

JPMorgan Chase & Co. in Tampa, FL seeks a Sr. Lead Software Engineer-Full Stack/Java/AWS to drive technical strategy and deliver scalable financial tech solutions. You will guide architecture, ensure security, and advance cloud-native practices across multi-region deployments.

You will mentor engineers, shape API standards, and push for AI-assisted development and DevOps maturity within an agile team, focusing on reliability and performance in demanding financial environments.