Senior Lead Software Engineer - Fullstack

JPMorganChase; Plano (TX); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorganChase in Plano, TX seeks a Senior Lead Software Engineer to drive architecture, delivery, and leadership in an agile team building scalable financial software.

You will mentor engineers, enforce secure coding, champion AI-assisted coding practices, and collaborate with product teams to align technical outcomes with business goals.

This role emphasizes hands-on coding, modern microservices, cloud-native patterns, and robust CI/CD pipelines in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• 10+ years building enterprise-grade software products.
• 5+ years leading technologists to solve complex technical items within your domain.
• Expertise in Java, Spring Core/Boot, REST APIs, or Python microservices.
• Expertise in JavaScript, TypeScript, React, and UI testing.
• Proficiency in OO design and TDD with test automation frameworks.
• Strong understanding of OAuth, TLS, Kerberos.
• Familiarity with ELK, Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk.
• Experience with AI-assisted development tools and governance.
• Experience with Kafka/AMQP and event-driven processing.
• Hands-on CI/CD with Git, Maven, Jenkins, SonarQube, Fortify.
• Leadership in enterprise-grade software delivery.

Responsibilities

• Regularly provides technical guidance to support the business and teams.
• Develops secure and high-quality production code, and reviews code.
• Drives adoption of AI-assisted engineering practices with measurable standards.
• Enhances automation and efficiency across the SDLC/toolchain.
• Coaches a high-performing team locally and remotely.
• Identifies opportunities to automate remediation and improve stability.
• Leads design reviews with external vendors and internal teams.
• Collaborates with end users and product teams for timely alignment.
• Escalates delivery risks with mitigation plans.
• Leads communities of practice to promote new technologies.

Skills

Java

Spring Core/Boot

REST APIs

Python

JavaScript/TypeScript/React

OOD & TDD

Test automation (JUnit/Mockito/Playwrt

Security (OAuth/TLS/Kerberos)

CI/CD pipelines

AI-assisted development tools

Kafka/AMQP

Observability (ELK/Prometheus/Grafana)

AI coding tools (Copilot/Claude)

Tools

Git

Maven

Jenkins

SonarQube

Fortify

Job description

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 JPMorganChase within the Global Finance Technology, you are an integral part of an agile team that works to enhance, build, and deliver trusted market-leading technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable way. Drive significant business impact through your capabilities and contributions, and apply deep technical expertise and problem-solving methodologies to tackle a diverse array of challenges that span multiple technologies and applications.

Job Responsibilities

• Regularly provides technical guidance and direction to support the business and its technical teams, contractors, and vendors
• Develops secure and high-quality production code, and reviews and debugs code written by others
• Drives adoption and governance of approved AI-assisted engineering practices across teams to improve code quality, delivery speed, and operational outcomes (e.g., AI-assisted code review/refactoring, test acceleration, release readiness, incident/root-cause analysis), while establishing measurable validation standards (secure coding, peer review, automated testing) and promoting reuse of proven patterns and automation within the SDLC/TLM toolchain.
• Applies knowledge of tools within the Software Development Life Cycle toolchain, including approved AI-assisted development and automation capabilities, to improve the value realized by automation at scale.
• Coach and develop a high-performing team both locally and remotely
• Identifies opportunities to eliminate or automate remediation of recurring issues to improve overall operational stability of software applications and systems
• Leads evaluation sessions with external vendors, startups, and internal teams to drive outcomes-oriented probing of architectural designs, technical credentials, and applicability for use within existing systems and information architecture
• Collaborate with end users and product teams to ensure timely alignment of technical deliverables.
• Escalate project delivery risks to senior stakeholders across technology, product, and business, along with a mitigation plan.
• Leads communities of practice across Software Engineering to drive awareness and use of new and leading-edge technologies

Required Qualifications, Capabilities, And Skills

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience. In addition, 2 + years of experience leading technologists to manage and solve complex technical items within your domain of expertise.
• 10+ Years of building enterprise grade software products
• Expertise in Java, Spring Core, Spring Boot, REST APIs, JPA (OR) Python and relevant microservices framework.
• Expertise in JavaScript, Typescript, React and popular test framework for UI
• Proficiency in Object-Oriented Design (OOD) and Test Driven Development (TTD), with hands-on experience in test automation frameworks like Junit, Mockito, Playwright and Cucumber.
• Strong understanding of security standards such as OAuth, TLS, and Kerberos.
• Familiarity with log/metric collection and monitoring technologies like ELK stack, Prometheus, Grafana, AppDynamics, and Splunk.
• Proficiency in using Agentic AI Coding assistance such as Copilot, Claude, Windsurf, Gemini.
• Experience with event-driven processing using Kafka, and other AMQP framework.
• Hands-on experience with building CI/CD pipelines using Git, Maven, Jenkins, SonarQube, and Fortify.
• Demonstrated experience leading effective use of enterprise-authorized AI-assisted software development tools within the work environment (e.g., for coding, code review, test acceleration, troubleshooting) with the ability to set team expectations for validating AI outputs for correctness, performance, and security

Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities, And Skills

• Agile software development experience adhering to a product operating model.
• Experience in building enterprise solution focused on Data Analytics will be beneficial
• Experience in Finance Reporting will be beneficial
• Experience in building cloud-native web applications.
• Exposure to NoSQL databases such as Cassandra
• Experience in LLM based implementations will be beneficial
• Knowledge of Domain Driven Design, microservices patterns, and modern architectures.

ABOUT US

JPMorganChase, one of the oldest financial institutions, offers innovative financial solutions to millions of consumers, small businesses and many of the world's most prominent corporate, institutional and government clients under the J.P. Morgan & Chase brands. Our history spans over 200 years and today we are a leader in investment banking, consumer and small business banking, commercial banking, financial transaction processing and asset management.

We offer a competitive total rewards package including base salary determined based on the role, experience, skill set and location. Those in eligible roles may receive commission-based pay and/or discretionary incentive compensation, paid in the form of cash and/or forfeitable equity, awarded in recognition of individual achievements and contributions. We also offer a range of benefits and programs to meet employee needs, based on eligibility. These benefits include comprehensive health care coverage, on-site health and wellness centers, a retirement savings plan, backup childcare, tuition reimbursement, mental health support, financial coaching and more. Additional details about total compensation and benefits will be provided during the hiring process.

We recognize that our people are our strength and the diverse talents they bring to our global workforce are directly linked to our success. We are an equal opportunity employer and place a high value on diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute, including race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital or veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. We also make reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs. Visit our FAQs for more information about requesting an accommodation.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Veterans

About The Team

Our Corporate Technology team relies on smart, driven people like you to develop applications and provide tech support for all our corporate functions across our network. Your efforts will touch lives all over the financial spectrum and across all our divisions: Global Finance, Corporate Treasury, Risk Management, Human Resources, Compliance, Legal, and within the Corporate Administrative Office. You'll be part of a team specifically built to meet and exceed our evolving technology needs, as well as our technology controls agenda.