Senior Lead Java Engineer - AWS & AI Platform

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; Jersey City (NJ); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorganChase in Jersey City, NJ, seeks a Senior Lead Software Engineer focused on Java, AWS, and AI Platform Services. You will architect and optimize high-performance, low-latency distributed systems used for ML data platforms, collaborating across engineering, data science, and platform teams to deliver reliable, scalable solutions.

The role emphasizes ownership of production outcomes, mentoring engineers, and driving standards for secure, observable, and efficient software delivery in a

Qualifications

• 5+ years of applied software engineering experience; strong Java and Spring Boot skills.
• Experience designing low-latency production distributed systems.
• Hands-on with AWS services (MSK, SQS, S3, ECS/EKS, Lambda).
• Experience implementing observability using Datadog, Dynatrace, or Splunk.

Responsibilities

• Architect, implement, and operate low-latency Java Spring Boot distributed services.
• Design cloud-native architectures with high availability (3–5 nines).
• Develop infrastructure-as-code with Terraform/CloudFormation.
• Improve observability and runbooks for scalable production systems.
• Lead design reviews and promote engineering best practices.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

Low-latency

Cloud-native

Observability

Mentorship

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

CloudFormation

MSK

S3

Job description

JPMorganChase in Jersey City, NJ, seeks a Senior Lead Software Engineer focused on Java, AWS, and AI Platform Services. You will architect and optimize high-performance, low-latency distributed systems used for ML data platforms, collaborating across engineering, data science, and platform teams to deliver reliable, scalable solutions.

The role emphasizes ownership of production outcomes, mentoring engineers, and driving standards for secure, observable, and efficient software delivery in a