Senior Lead Software Engineer – AI-Driven Microservices

Next Frontier Capital; Plano (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorganChase is seeking a Lead Software Engineer within Asset & Wealth Management to drive end-to-end architecture, secure high-performance services, and guide AI-assisted development across a range of enterprise systems.

You will partner with product, design, and engineering teams to translate complex requirements into actionable plans, mentor engineers, and elevate CI/CD and observability practices. A strong background in Java, microservices, and cloud-native design is required.

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts.
• 10+ years of hands‑on enterprise software engineering using Java/J2EE, REST APIs, Spring Boot, Hibernate or ORM, microservices, and relational databases (Oracle/Sybase).
• Experience leading AI-assisted development tools with code review, test acceleration, and troubleshooting.

Responsibilities

• Own components end-to-end across the SDLC including architecture, build, test, deploy, observability, and production support.
• Collaborate with product, design, business, and engineering to translate requirements into technical plans.
• Design and deliver secure, scalable services and UX for enterprise-scale managed-account platforms.
• Lead technical discovery, solution design, and implementation for high-impact initiatives.
• Coach engineers via code reviews, pairing, and engineering standards.
• Drive adoption of AI-assisted engineering practices to improve quality, speed, and outcomes.
• Apply architectural patterns (DDD, microservices, event-driven, cloud-native) where valuable.
• Use AI coding tools to accelerate understanding, delivery, testing, debugging, and documentation.
• Create prompts and guidance for AI agents with necessary context.
• Validate AI-generated changes (secure coding, peer review, automated testing).
• Improve CI/CD, test automation, and developer experience.

Skills

Java

REST APIs

Spring Boot

Hibernate

Microservices

AI-assisted development

Agile

Team leadership

SQL

DDD

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS or related field

Software engineering certifications

Tools

Git

Maven

Jenkins

SonarQube

Claude Code

GitHub Copilot

Job description

JPMorganChase is seeking a Lead Software Engineer within Asset & Wealth Management to drive end-to-end architecture, secure high-performance services, and guide AI-assisted development across a range of enterprise systems.

You will partner with product, design, and engineering teams to translate complex requirements into actionable plans, mentor engineers, and elevate CI/CD and observability practices. A strong background in Java, microservices, and cloud-native design is required.