Senior Lead Software Engineer - Java Architect

JPMorgan Chase; Palo Alto (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase is seeking a Software Engineer III to lead design and delivery of payments technology across global clients. You will build high-volume, event-driven microservices and secure RESTful APIs using Java/Spring Boot in a Kubernetes-based environment.

You will collaborate with product owners, analysts, and operations to translate business requirements into scalable solutions, and contribute to CI/CD pipelines while ensuring security and reliability in production.

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience.
• Hands-on experience delivering system design, development, testing, and operational stability.
• Hands-on programming experience with Java, Spring Boot, and microservices architecture.
• Experience designing and building RESTful APIs, including API security, authentication/authorization, and API documentation.
• Experience with event-driven and messaging platforms such as Kafka or IBM MQ.
• Experience with automated testing (TDD, JUnit, Mockito, BDD/Cucumber) and CI/CD pipelines (Maven, Jenkins).
• Experience deploying and operating services using Docker and Kubernetes.
• Hands-on experience using enterprise-authorized AI-assisted software development tools with validation for correctness, performance, and security.
• Understanding of responsible AI use, data sensitivity, and secure handling in engineering workflows.
• Solid understanding of agile practices, application resiliency, and security.

Responsibilities

• Executes software solutions, design, development, and troubleshooting with ability to handle non-routine problems.
• Partners with product owners to translate payment requirements into robust technical solutions.
• Designs, develops, and maintains Java/Spring Boot microservices and RESTful APIs that process payments.
• Creates secure production code with stateful workflows and resilient integrations.
• Writes automated tests and contributes to CI/CD pipelines with quality gates.
• Produces architecture and design artifacts ensuring design constraints are met.
• Supports production stability through monitoring, troubleshooting, and root-cause analysis in Kubernetes environments.
• Leverages AI coding assist tools to improve quality and speed, with peer review and secure coding standards.
• Analyzes production telemetry to drive improvements in code hygiene and system architecture.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

Microservices

REST APIs

Kafka

IBM MQ

Docker

Kubernetes

JUnit

Mockito

API security

OpenTelemetry

Grafana

AI-assisted tools

Agile

Oracle

NoSQL

gRPC

Protobuf

Education

Software engineering certification

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

OpenTelemetry

Grafana

gRPC

Protobuf

Job description

This is your chance to change the path of your career and guide multiple teams to success at one of the world\'s leading financial institutions. As a Software Engineer III at JPMorganChase within Commercial and Investment Bank - Payments Technology , you serve as a seasoned member of an agile team to design and deliver trusted, market-leading technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable way. You will deliver both the technical platform capabilities and the business functionality that process payments for global clients across multiple clearing systems, building high-volume, event-driven microservices and APIs where correctness, resiliency, and auditability are critical.

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
• Partners with product owners, business analysts, and operations teams to translate payment business requirements such as validations, enrichment, routing, and exception handling into robust technical solutions
• Designs, develops, and maintains Java/Spring Boot microservices and RESTful APIs that process payment transactions through Kafka- and MQ-based event-driven flows
• Creates secure and high-quality production code, including stateful workflows, idempotent message processing, and resilient integrations with upstream and downstream systems
• Writes automated unit, integration, and end-to-end tests and contributes to CI/CD pipelines with static analysis and code quality gates to deliver safe, frequent releases
• Produces architecture and design artifacts for complex applications while being accountable for ensuring design constraints are met by software code development
• Supports production stability through monitoring, troubleshooting, and root-cause analysis of payment flows in containerized, Kubernetes-based environments
• Leverages enterprise-authorized AI coding assist tools within the work environment to improve code quality, delivery speed, and productivity across complex deliverables (e.g., code generation/refactoring, unit test creation, documentation), while validating outputs through peer review, automated testing, and secure coding standards; contributes learnings and reusable patterns to improve broader team effectiveness
• Analyzes production telemetry and operational data to proactively identify hidden problems and patterns, and uses these insights to drive improvements to coding hygiene and system architecture

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience
• Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
• Hands-on programming experience with Java, Spring Boot, and microservices architecture
• Experience designing and building RESTful APIs, including API security, authentication/authorization, and API documentation
• Experience with event-driven and messaging platforms such as Kafka or IBM MQ
• Experience with relational databases (e.g., Oracle) and NoSQL data stores, including SQL and database schema change management
• Experience with automated testing (TDD, JUnit, Mockito, BDD/Cucumber) and CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Maven, Jenkins)
• Experience deploying and operating services using Docker and Kubernetes
• Hands-on experience using enterprise-authorized AI-assisted software development tools within the work environment (e.g., for coding, test creation, troubleshooting, or documentation) with demonstrated ability to critically evaluate, validate, and refine AI-generated outputs for correctness, performance, and security
• Understanding of responsible AI use in engineering workflows, including data sensitivity considerations, secure handling of inputs/outputs, and adherence to resiliency and security expectations; ability to guide peers on safe and effective usage within team practices
• Solid understanding of agile practices, application resiliency, and security

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Exposure to payments or financial services technology (e.g., payment processing, clearing and settlement, fraud or sanctions screening)
• Experience with event sourcing, state machine-based workflows, or high-throughput transaction processing
• Experience with gRPC and Protobuf
• Experience with Python for automation, internal tooling, or data analysis and reporting
• Experience with observability tooling (e.g., OpenTelemetry, Grafana)
• Familiarity with modern front-end technologies (e.g., JavaScript, HTML/CSS)

Federal Deposit Insurance Act

This position is subject to Section 19 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act. As such, an employment offer for this position is contingent on JPMorganChase's review of criminal conviction history, including pretrial diversions or program entries.