Senior Lead Software Engineer - Digital Assets Team

Testing Site - JPMC; New York (NY); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorganChase, within the Asset Wealth Management Digital Assets Team, seeks a Senior Lead Software Engineer to drive multi-domain design and delivery of blockchain and smart contract applications. You will shape architectural decisions, mentor engineers, and align across product and platform teams to advance digital assets strategy.

The role requires strong Java/OO background, web3 experience, and cloud-native expertise.

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification in software engineering concepts with 5+ years of experience.
• Strong OO language background in Java, and one or more of Go, Rust, or JavaScript.
• Hands-on web3 development including smart contracts and RPC interactions.
• Experience with public or permissioned blockchains (Ethereum/EVM, Hyperledger, Solana, etc.).
• Proficiency with enterprise toolchains: Git, Jenkins, CI/CD, automated testing.
• Cloud-native experience with AWS and Kubernetes.
• Experience delivering production-grade software and scalability.
• Excellent collaboration and communication across diverse teams.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop scalable, secure services using Java, Spring Boot, TS/NestJS, React, and Python.
• Collaborate with platform teams to improve developer experience and cloud blockchain services.
• Work with Product and Core Blockchain teams to deliver innovative blockchain use cases.

Skills

Java

Go

Rust

JavaScript

Web3

Smart contracts

AWS

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Communication

Education

Software Engineering degree

Tools

Git

Jenkins

CI/CD tooling

Job description

As a Senior Lead Software Engineer at JPMorganChase within the Asset Wealth Management, Digital Assets Team, you lead multiple technical areas, manage the activities of multiple departments, and collaborate across technical domains. Your expertise is applied cross-functionally to drive the adoption and implementation of technical methods within various teams and aid the firm in remaining at the forefront of industry trends, best practices, and technological advances.

We are looking for a visionary engineer to join our Asset Management, Digital Assets team. In this role, you will drive the delivery of innovative blockchain and smart contract applications in a rapidly growing space in asset management.

This is a unique opportunity to shape the future of the financial ecosystem by collaborating with product and platform teams to execute our digital assets strategy. The ideal candidate is passionate about blockchain, thrives in a fast-paced environment, and is eager to develop impactful, scalable solutions.

If you are a self-starter, require minimal supervision and are flexible and able to work with diverse groups of people including all levels of business management within a large organization, then we are excited to meet you.

Job responsibilities

• Design and develop scalable, secure services utilizing Java, Spring Boot, TypeScript/NestJS, ReactJS, and Python.
• Collaborate with platform teams to enhance developer experience, toolchains, and cloud-hosted blockchain services.3
• Work closely with Product, Operations, and Core Blockchain teams to innovate and execute transformative blockchain use cases.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification onsoftware engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience.
• Strong object-oriented programming language background in Java one or more of the following languages: Go, Rust or JavaScript
• Hands-on knowledge of end-2-end development in web3 ecosystem – such as smart contract development, deployment, interaction with RPC providers, integrating with key management systems.
• Exposure to building on public or permissioned blockchain platforms (e.g., Ethereum/EVM, Hyperledger, Solana, Polkadot, Cosmos, Avalanche, Canton)
• Proficiency with enterprise development toolchains: Git, Jenkins, CI/CD pipelines, automated testing
• Demonstrable practical cloud native experience, in particular AWS and Kubernetes.
• Practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
• Proven track record delivering complex software projects into production
• Excellent collaboration, facilitation, and communication skills; ability to work with diverse stakeholder groups

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Digital Asset experience
• Thorough understanding of cryptographic protocols and blockchain implementations
• Good understanding in key management, custody solutions and cryptographic fundamentals