Senior Platform Lead — Java, React & AWS (Cloud-Native)

Next Frontier Capital; Jersey City (NJ); On-site; USD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorganChase is seeking a Senior Lead Software Engineer to shape architecture and drive delivery of cloud-native platforms across the SDLC in a secure, scalable manner. You will mentor engineers, set technical direction for multiple teams, and champion secure-by-design practices within an agile organization.

You will lead end-to-end initiatives, influence cross-platform strategy, and translate business goals into measurable technical outcomes, driving reliability and developer productivity

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience.
• Proven expertise in distributed system design, application architecture, and technical leadership, including setting standards and leading cross-team initiatives.
• Demonstrated experience leading effective use of approved AI-assisted software development tools, with the ability to set team expectations for validating AI outputs for correctness, performance, and security.
• Strong understanding of responsible AI use in engineering workflows, including data sensitivity, secure handling of inputs/outputs, and adherence to resiliency and security expectations; experience coaching engineers on safe, compliant adoption.
• Strong experience developing, debugging, and maintaining code in large enterprise environments using modern programming and database querying languages.
• Hands-on proficiency in Java, JavaScript/TypeScript, and Python, with a track record of designing and delivering robust APIs (GraphQL and REST).
• Deep experience across the full SDLC with an emphasis on secure, resilient, and observable systems; AWS and cloud-native architectures (e.g., ECS/Fargate, SNS, SQS, Lambda, API Gateway, S3), including multi-AZ/multi-region resiliency design.
• Strong understanding of agile methodologies and practices such as CI/CD, application resiliency, and security; ability to drive continuous improvement in engineering workflows.
• Demonstrated ability to mentor engineers, lead design reviews, and guide architectural decisions that improve reliability, performance, and developer productivity.
• Advanced knowledge within one or more technical disciplines (e.g., cloud, AI/ML, mobile, data platforms) and the ability to apply it pragmatically in product contexts.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with experience aligning technical decisions to business outcomes and product strategy.

Responsibilities

• Own platform-level architecture and technical strategy across one or more platforms ensuring secure, scalable, and resilient solutions across the SDLC.
• Lead complex technical initiatives from discovery and design through delivery and operations, establishing engineering standards, reusable patterns, and reference implementations for cross-team adoption—including capability-first API designs.
• Design and implement complex, cloud-native software with clear ownership of key integrations, including Jira Align/Jira Plan for roadmap data, Bitbucket/GitHub integration, and event-driven workflows.
• Architect and build backend services, GraphQL APIs, and modern React UIs, including Module Federation micro-frontends and Hugo-based static content pipelines, with thoughtful API design (GraphQL and REST).
• Own content and discovery capabilities such as Lucene-based full-text search, documentation hosting across 50+ content modules, and content authoring pipelines.
• Write secure, high-quality, well-documented code across multiple languages and frameworks (e.g., Java Spring Boot, React.js, GraphQL, Python, Go).
• Mentor and grow engineers through design reviews and code reviews, aligning technical decisions to business outcomes and roadmaps.
• Set and enforce non-functional standards (security, performance, availability, observability, cost efficiency), including SLOs/SLAs and automated CI/CD quality gates.
• Evaluate and introduce new technologies to improve developer experience, platform quality, and delivery velocity; lead proofs of concept and secure-by-design practices.
• Drives adoption of AI-assisted engineering practices across teams to improve code quality and delivery speed.

Skills

Java

JavaScript/TypeScript

Python

GraphQL/REST APIs

AWS

CI/CD

React

Go

Jira

Bitbucket/GitHub

Module Federation

Hugo

Architectural leadership

Mentoring engineers

Tools

Jira Align/Jira Plan

Bitbucket

GitHub

GraphQL

REST

React UI

Go CLI tools

Terraform

Job description

JPMorganChase is seeking a Senior Lead Software Engineer to shape architecture and drive delivery of cloud-native platforms across the SDLC in a secure, scalable manner. You will mentor engineers, set technical direction for multiple teams, and champion secure-by-design practices within an agile organization.

You will lead end-to-end initiatives, influence cross-platform strategy, and translate business goals into measurable technical outcomes, driving reliability and developer productivity