Senior Lead Software Engineer - Java Architect

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; Palo Alto (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorganChase is seeking a Software Engineer III to lead design and delivery of scalable payment tech for global clients. You will build high-volume microservices, RESTful APIs, and event-driven flows using Java/Spring Boot, Kafka, and IBM MQ within a secure, auditable environment.

You will collaborate with product and operations teams, implement automated tests, and contribute to CI/CD pipelines. Expect architecture work, production monitoring, and responsible AI usage in a fast-paced Agile

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification in software engineering with 5+ years of applied experience.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

Microservices

RESTful APIs

API security

Kafka

IBM MQ

Relational databases

NoSQL

SQL

CI/CD

Maven/Jenkins

Docker

Kubernetes

AI-assisted tools

Responsible AI

Agile practices

gRPC

Protobuf

Python (automation)

Education

Software engineering degree or equivalent

Tools

Kafka

IBM MQ

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.