Senior Lead Software Engineer - Java/Springboot, Cloud/API

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; Fairfax (DE); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase & Co. in the Corporate Sector seeks a Senior Lead Software Engineer - Java/Springboot/Kubernetes to join an agile team delivering high‑performing, secure technology products.

You will provide technical guidance, design and implement production‑grade code, influence product and operations, and work across cloud‑native architectures, Kafka, Cassandra, and observability tools to ensure low latency, scalability, and reliability.

Qualifications

• 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.
• Advanced in Java, Springboot, Microservices, RESTful API and Kubernetes.
• Experience in API Gateways, Apache Kafka, Cassandra or other NoSQL DB, exposure to cloud infrastructure.
• Observability tools such as Splunk, Kibana, AppDynamics or Dynatrace.
• Advanced knowledge of software applications and technical processes with cloud, AI, ML focus.
• Ability to tackle design and functionality problems independently with little oversight.
• Practical cloud native experience.
• Experience in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Mathematics, or related technical field.

Responsibilities

• Provides technical guidance to business and technical teams, contractors, and vendors.
• Develops secure, high‑quality production code and reviews peers' code.
• Drives decisions influencing product design, functionality, and operations.
• Serves as a subject matter expert in one or more focus areas.
• Contributes to the engineering community with firmwide frameworks, tools, and SDLC practices.
• Influences decisions to adopt leading-edge technologies.
• Promotes diversity, opportunity, inclusion, and respect.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

Microservices

RESTful API

Kubernetes

API Gateways

Apache Kafka

Cassandra

Cloud

AI/ML

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / related field

Tools

Kubernetes

Splunk

Kibana

AppDynamics

Dynatrace

AWS

Job description

JPMorgan Chase & Co. in the Corporate Sector seeks a Senior Lead Software Engineer - Java/Springboot/Kubernetes to join an agile team delivering high‑performing, secure technology products.

You will provide technical guidance, design and implement production‑grade code, influence product and operations, and work across cloud‑native architectures, Kafka, Cassandra, and observability tools to ensure low latency, scalability, and reliability.