Senior Lead Software Engineer – Java/AWS (AI‑Driven, Scalable)

JPMorganChase; New York (NY); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive health care coverage

On-site health and wellness centres

Retirement savings plan

Backup childcare

Tuition reimbursement

Mental health support

Financial coaching

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase, a leading financial services firm, seeks a Sr Lead Software Engineer in New York within Consumer & Community Banking to push the envelope in top‑tier technology products. You will join an agile team to enhance, build, and deliver trusted software in a secure, scalable environment.

You will lead architecture, drive AI‑assisted engineering adoption, and mentor teams across Java 8+ stacks, RESTful services, and cloud‑native deployments while ensuring performance and reliability at

Qualifications

• 5+ years of application development experience delivering production‑grade software.
• Hands‑on experience with system design, application development, testing, and operational stability in production environments.
• Experience developing, debugging, and maintaining code in a large enterprise environment using modern programming languages and database query languages.
• Proficiency in multiple modern programming languages, with demonstrated depth in at least one.
• Demonstrated experience building distributed applications in Java 8+, including RESTful APIs, microservices, and Spring Boot.
• Experience delivering multi-threaded, high-throughput, mission‑critical systems with performance and latency considerations.
• Demonstrated experience leading effective use of approved AI‑assisted software development tools with validation for correctness, performance, and security.
• Strong understanding of responsible AI use in engineering workflows, including data sensitivity considerations, secure handling of inputs/outputs, and resiliency/ security expectations.
• Experience with cloud‑native application development (e.g., GCP or private cloud).

Responsibilities

• Designs software solutions with complex debugging and troubleshooting using strong engineering judgement.
• Drives team adoption of enterprise‑authorised AI‑assisted engineering practices to improve quality, speed, and outcomes.
• Applies knowledge of SDLC tools including AI‑assisted development and automation to boost automation value.
• Creates architecture and design artefacts for complex applications ensuring adherence to constraints.
• Analyzes large datasets to produce visuals and reports for continuous improvement.
• Identifies hidden problems and data patterns to improve coding hygiene and observability.
• Improves service reliability through automated testing, CI/CD, resiliency patterns, and secure‑by‑design practices.
• Develops reusable services and shared components for consistency and faster delivery across teams.
• Evaluates emergent technologies to deliver engineering and business value.
• Collaborates in agile teams with clear ownership and accountability.

Skills

Java 8+

REST APIs

Microservices

Spring Boot

AI-assisted tools

Cloud-native development

Python

Linux shell scripting

Tools

Kafka

IBM MQ

Cucumber

Jenkins

Job description

JPMorgan Chase, a leading financial services firm, seeks a Sr Lead Software Engineer in New York within Consumer & Community Banking to push the envelope in top‑tier technology products. You will join an agile team to enhance, build, and deliver trusted software in a secure, scalable environment.

You will lead architecture, drive AI‑assisted engineering adoption, and mentor teams across Java 8+ stacks, RESTful services, and cloud‑native deployments while ensuring performance and reliability at