Senior Lead Software Engineer - FinTech Platform Architect

Testing Site - JPMC; Plano (TX); On-site; USD 170,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorganChase in Plano, TX is seeking a Senior Lead Software Engineer to join an agile team within Global Finance Technology. You will drive architecture, influence design decisions, and deliver trusted market-leading software in a secure, scalable environment.

The role emphasizes deep technical expertise, mentorship of engineers, and collaboration with product teams to align deliverables and business goals.

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts with 5+ years of applied experience.
• 2+ years of experience leading technologists to manage complex technical items.
• 10+ years of building enterprise-grade software products.
• Expertise in Java, Spring Core, Spring Boot, REST APIs, JPA, and Python.
• Expertise in JavaScript, TypeScript, React and UI testing frameworks.
• Proficiency in OOD and TDD, with hands-on experience in JUnit, Mockito, Playwright, and Cucumber.
• Strong understanding of OAuth, TLS, and Kerberos security standards.
• Knowledge of Domain Driven Design, microservices patterns and modern architectures.
• Familiarity with log/metric collection and monitoring (ELK, Prometheus, Grafana, AppDynamics, Splunk).
• Proficiency with AI coding assistants (Copilot, Claude, Windsurf, Gemini).
• Experience with Kafka and AMQP event-driven processing.
• Hands-on CI/CD with Git, Maven, Jenkins, SonarQube, Fortify.

Responsibilities

• Executes creative software solutions, design, development, and troubleshooting.
• Develops secure high-quality production code and reviews code.
• Identifies opportunities to automates remediation for stability.
• Leads evaluation sessions with vendors and teams on architecture.
• Collaborate with end users and product teams for timely alignment.
• Escalates project risks with mitigation plans to senior stakeholders.
• Coach and develop a high-performing team locally and remotely.
• Leads communities of practice to promote new technologies.
• Adds to team culture of diversity, inclusion, and respect.

Skills

Java

Spring Core

Spring Boot

REST APIs

JPA

Python

Microservices

JavaScript

TypeScript

React

JUnit

Mockito

Playwright

Cucumber

OAuth

TLS

Kerberos

Domain Driven Design

Microservices patterns

Kafka

AMQP

Git

Maven

Jenkins

SonarQube

Fortify

ELK

Prometheus

Grafana

AppDynamics

Splunk

Copilot

Claude

Windsurf

Gemini

Tools

Maven

Jenkins

SonarQube

Fortify

Prometheus

Grafana

ELK

Splunk

Job description

JPMorganChase in Plano, TX is seeking a Senior Lead Software Engineer to join an agile team within Global Finance Technology. You will drive architecture, influence design decisions, and deliver trusted market-leading software in a secure, scalable environment.

The role emphasizes deep technical expertise, mentorship of engineers, and collaboration with product teams to align deliverables and business goals.