Senior Lead Software Engineer - API Marketplace

Testing Site - JPMC; Jersey City (NJ); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase is seeking a Senior Lead Software Engineer for the API Marketplace within Consumer and Community Banking. This role focuses on building, enhancing, and delivering trusted, market-leading technology products using TypeScript/React, Java 8+, and cloud-native architectures.

You will guide architecture, design, and SDLC practices while mentoring engineers across multiple teams. The ideal candidate brings strong hands-on experience, a proven track record in distributed systems, and the

Qualifications

• Formal training in software engineering concepts with 5+ years experience.
• Proficiency in TypeScript and React.
• Advanced Java 8+ for distributed applications and REST/microservices.
• Experience building cloud-native apps (AWS/GCP).
• Familiarity with SDLC practices: TDD, CI/CD, CD.
• Experience with design systems and version control (Git).
• Hands-on in system design, development, testing, and operational stability.

Responsibilities

• Provide regular technical guidance to business partners, technical teams, contractors, and vendors.
• Foster diversity, inclusion, opportunity, and respect within the team.
• Influence peers to adopt leading-edge technologies.
• Serve as SME in technical domains; contribute to SDLC best practices.
• Develop secure, high-quality production code and review others' code.
• Drive decisions shaping design, functionality, and operations.
• Mentor junior developers and participate in code reviews.

Skills

TypeScript and React

Java 8+

REST/Microservices

Spring Boot

Cloud-native apps (AWS/GCP)

SDLC practices (TDD/CI/CD/CD)

Git

System design & testing

Tools

Maven

Jenkins

Git

React

Spring Boot

Job description

Be an integral part of an agile team that's constantly pushing the envelope to enhance, build, and deliver top-notch technology products.

As a Senior Lead Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within Consumer and Community Banking's (CCB) API Marketplace, you will play a key role in an agile team dedicated to building, enhancing, and delivering trusted, market-leading technology products. You will leverage your deep technical expertise and problem-solving skills to address complex challenges across multiple technologies and applications, driving significant business impact through your contributions.

Job Responsibilities

• Provide regular technical guidance and direction to business partners, technical teams, contractors, and vendors.
• Foster a culture of diversity, inclusion, opportunity, and respect within the team.
• Influence peers and stakeholders to adopt innovative, leading-edge technologies.
• Serve as a subject matter expert in one or more technical domains, contributing to firmwide frameworks and best practices throughout the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
• Develop secure, high-quality production code and review/debug code written by others.
• Drive decisions that shape product design, application functionality, and technical operations.
• Mentor and coach junior developers, actively participating in code reviews to promote growth and knowledge sharing.
• Rapidly iterate on design and implementation, even in the face of ambiguous requirements.

Required Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills

• Formal training or certification in software engineering concepts, with 5+ years of applied experience.
• Proficiency in TypeScript and React.
• Advanced skills in one or more programming languages, including Java 8+ for distributed application development, REST, microservices, and Spring Boot.
• Experience developing cloud-native applications (e.g., AWS, GCP, private cloud).
• Familiarity with modern SDLC practices such as Test Driven Development, Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery, and Continuous Deployment.
• Experience with design systems and version control systems (e.g., Git).
• Hands-on experience in system design, application development, testing, and ensuring operational stability.
• Proficiency in all aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle.

Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills

• Familiarity with state management libraries (e.g., Zustand, Redux, Context API).
• Experience with build automation tools such as Maven.
• Experience configuring Continuous Integration pipelines in Jenkins.
• Experience with frameworks like React Query.
• Knowledge of performance optimization techniques and tools.