Senior Lead Software Engineer: Java, React & AWS

Testing Site - JPMC; Columbus (OH); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorganChase is seeking a Senior Lead Software Engineer to join the L&RCO Product Group in Columbus, OH. You will lead and contribute across the full stack, building secure, scalable solutions in Java, React, and AWS cloud services.

You will mentor teammates, drive architectural decisions, and ensure high-quality delivery within an agile team, focusing on enterprise-grade systems and SDLC governance.

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification in software engineering concepts.
• 5+ years of applied software engineering experience.
• 10+ years in full stack development with Java/Groovy/Python.
• 7+ years UI experience with React or Angular.
• 10+ years Java frameworks experience (Spring Boot, Microservices, REST, JPA, JUnit, Log4J).
• Strong understanding of Kafka, OAuth/OpenID, Windows ADFS.
• Extensive AWS experience (EC2, S3, MSK, Lambda, ELB, ECS, EKS).
• Hands-on with IDEs (IntelliJ/Eclipse), API tools (Postman/SOAP UI).
• Experience with Git, Maven, CI/CD pipelines.
• Cloud tech exposure (AWS, Cloud Foundry, Kubernetes, Google).
• Mentoring junior teammates for career growth.

Responsibilities

• Provides technical guidance to business and teams, contractors, and vendors.
• Develops secure, high-quality production code and reviews peers.
• Codes 35%+ in Java, JavaScript, and UI frameworks (React/Angular).
• Influences product design and technical operations decisions.
• Advocates firmwide SDLC frameworks, tools, and practices.
• Delivers creative software solutions and troubleshoots complex problems.
• Produces detailed design documentation for enterprise systems.
• Identifies and automates recurring issues to improve stability.
• Leads vendor evaluations for architectural fit and credentials.
• Hands-on full-stack development including AWS cloud solutions.

Skills

Mentoring juniors

Software engineering fundamentals

Learning and adaptation

Leadership

Education

Formal training or certification in software engineering

Tools

AWS

Kafka

OAuth/OpenID

Windows ADFS

Git

Maven/CI-CD

IntelliJ/Eclipse

Postman/SOAP UI

Kubernetes

Cloud Foundry

JIRA/Bitbucket/Confluence

Open Telemetry

Splunk/Dynatrace

Job description

JPMorganChase is seeking a Senior Lead Software Engineer to join the L&RCO Product Group in Columbus, OH. You will lead and contribute across the full stack, building secure, scalable solutions in Java, React, and AWS cloud services.

You will mentor teammates, drive architectural decisions, and ensure high-quality delivery within an agile team, focusing on enterprise-grade systems and SDLC governance.