Senior Lead Software Engineer - Frontend Sr. Lead

J.P. Morgan; Plano (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Lead Software Engineer to join their dynamic Risk Technology division. In this pivotal role, you will leverage your extensive experience in software engineering to enhance and deliver top-notch technology products. Your expertise in React and agile methodologies will be crucial in driving innovation and ensuring the stability of applications. Collaborate with a diverse team, influence product design, and contribute to a culture of inclusion and respect. This is an exciting opportunity to make a significant impact in a fast-paced environment while advancing your career in technology.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in software engineering with a focus on frontend technologies.
• Strong proficiency in React, Typescript, and JavaScript.

Responsibilities

• Develops secure and high-quality production code while troubleshooting technical problems.
• Drives decisions influencing product design and application functionality.

Skills

React

Typescript

JavaScript

CSS

HTML

Agile Methodologies

CI/CD

Automation

Education

Formal training in Software Engineering

Tools

Webpack

Single Spa

Module Federation

Oracle

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 the Corporate Sector, particularly in the Risk Technology division, you will be a vital member of an agile team tasked with enhancing, creating, and providing high-quality technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable way. Your abilities and contributions will greatly influence the business, and your comprehensive technical knowledge and problem-solving tactics will be employed to tackle a broad spectrum of challenges across diverse technologies and applications.

Job responsibilities:

• Executes software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting with ability to think beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions or break down technical problems
• Develops secure and high-quality production code and maintains algorithms that run synchronously with appropriate systems
• Drives decisions that influence the product design, application functionality, and technical operations and processes
• Serves as a function-wide subject matter expert in one or more areas of focus
• Actively contributes to the engineering community as an advocate of firmwide frameworks, tools, and practices of the Software Development Life Cycle
• Influences peers and project decision-makers to consider the use and application of leading-edge technologies
• Adds to the team culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and respect

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills:

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years of applied experience
• Strong proficiency in React and its core principles andstrong knowledge of integrating frontend and backend components (REST or GraphQL services).
• Solid grasp of Web fundamentals: Typescript/JavaScript, CSS, HTML.
• Understanding of build tools such as Webpack, Single Spa and Module Federation.
• Advanced understanding of agile methodologies such as Software Development Life Cycle, CI/CD, Application Resiliency, and Security
• Identifies opportunities to eliminate or automate remediation of recurring issues to improve overall operational stability of software applications and systems
• Facilitates knowledge sharing within the team through regular meetings, mentoring, code review sessions, best practices/standards, troubleshooting defects and comprehensive documentation.
• Proficiency in automation and continuous delivery methods
• Demonstrated ability to take full ownership of tasks and projects, from inception to completion
• Actively participate in scrum ceremonies including daily stand-ups, sprint planning and retrospectives.
• Consider Accessibility (WCAG), Security, Observability & Performance as part of all owned applications/deliverables.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills:

• Exposure to backend development technologies such as Java and Spring
• Exposure to database technologies such as Oracle to be able to write queries and debug data issues
• Prior financial or banking experience is a plus.
• Experience with Accessibility (WCAG), Security, Observability & Performance as part of all owned applications/deliverables is a plus.