Senior Lead Java Payments Engineer

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; Jersey City (NJ); On-site; USD 61,000 - 101,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is seeking a Senior Lead Software Engineer in New Jersey. The role focuses on designing, building, and securing scalable software in a fast-paced, compliance-driven environment.

You will mentor teammates, lead architecture discussions, and drive delivery across distributed systems. The position emphasizes hands-on coding about half the time, with collaboration across vendors and internal teams to ensure robust, low-latency solutions.

Qualifications

• Formal training in software engineering concepts with 5+ years of applied experience.
• Hands-on development with Java, Spring/Spring Boot and microservices.
• Experience leading software engineering teams and mentoring others.
• Proficiency in automation and CI/CD practices.
• Strong understanding of the full SDLC.
• Knowledge of agile practices, cloud-native tech, and security.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and troubleshoot software solutions beyond standard approaches.
• Build secure, high-quality production code and review others' code.
• Lead evaluation sessions with vendors and internal teams on architecture.
• Guide the software engineering team in day-to-day priorities and outputs.
• Manage stakeholder relationships ensuring alignment with compliance and SLAs.
• Support career growth and development of engineers.

Skills

Leadership

Mentoring

Troubleshooting

Cloud-native experience

Agile practices

Education

CS/Engineering/Math degree

Tools

Java

Spring / Spring Boot

Microservices

CockroachDB

Cassandra

CI/CD

Cloud

Job description

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is seeking a Senior Lead Software Engineer in New Jersey. The role focuses on designing, building, and securing scalable software in a fast-paced, compliance-driven environment.

You will mentor teammates, lead architecture discussions, and drive delivery across distributed systems. The position emphasizes hands-on coding about half the time, with collaboration across vendors and internal teams to ensure robust, low-latency solutions.