Senior Lead Software Engineer - AI-Driven Banking Platform

J.P. Morgan; Columbus (OH); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorganChase in Columbus, OH is seeking a Senior Lead Software Engineer to own complex services and end-to-end delivery within Community and Consumer Banking—Business Banking Technology. You will influence architecture, drive engineering practices, and partner with business, product, and operations to deliver resilient platforms and excellent client experiences.

You will lead full-stack design using Java/Spring Boot and React/Angular, implement Kafka-driven patterns, and elevate CI/CD, testing,

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience.
• Advanced hands-on experience building microservices and APIs using Java (8+) and Spring Boot in large-scale environments.
• Strong full-stack engineering depth with modern web frameworks (React or Angular) and pragmatic API/UI design tradeoffs.
• Proven experience building and operating event-driven systems with Kafka, including reliability patterns (retries, idempotency, ordering, and dead-letter queues).
• Solid database skills using SQL, including data modeling, query optimization, and performance tuning.
• Experience with NoSQL data stores (e.g., Cassandra, DynamoDB, Elasticsearch) for scale and reliability.
• Experience designing resilient, highly available architectures with secure engineering practices.
• Demonstrated experience using enterprise-authorized AI-assisted software development tools with validation.
• Strong understanding of responsible AI use in engineering workflows and security considerations.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical design and delivery of complex full-stack capabilities across services and user experiences (Java and Spring Boot with React or Angular).
• Drive event-driven architecture patterns using Kafka, including idempotency, retries, ordering, schema evolution, and dead-letter queue handling.
• Establish and continuously improve engineering practices, including automated testing strategy, CI/CD quality gates, and release readiness.
• Own production excellence by reducing incidents, improving root cause analysis, tuning performance, and strengthening operational readiness.
• Improve observability by defining actionable metrics, dashboards, logs, and alerts using standard monitoring tooling.
• Mentor engineers through design reviews, pairing, and coaching while influencing standards and reusable patterns across squads.
• Partner across product, operations, and engineering teams to align delivery plans and manage technical risk.
• Drives adoption of AI-assisted engineering practices to improve code quality, delivery speed, and operational outcomes with measurable validation standards.
• Applies knowledge of SDLC/TLM toolchain and automation capabilities to improve value realized by automation at scale.

Skills

Java 8+ and Spring Boot

React or Angular

Kafka / event-driven

SQL databases

NoSQL databases

Secure engineering practices

AI-assisted development tools

Mentoring engineers

Architecture and reliability

Tools

AWS

Cloud Foundry

CI/CD pipelines

AI-assisted tooling

Job description

JPMorganChase in Columbus, OH is seeking a Senior Lead Software Engineer to own complex services and end-to-end delivery within Community and Consumer Banking—Business Banking Technology. You will influence architecture, drive engineering practices, and partner with business, product, and operations to deliver resilient platforms and excellent client experiences.

You will lead full-stack design using Java/Spring Boot and React/Angular, implement Kafka-driven patterns, and elevate CI/CD, testing,