Sr Lead Software Engineer- Android

Testing Site - JPMC; Columbus (OH); On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase is seeking a Senior Lead Software Engineer to join an agile team responsible for designing, building, and delivering trusted, scalable technology products. You will drive architectural decisions, tackle complex problems, and contribute to a high-performance, inclusive team culture.

The role involves working with Kotlin, Jetpack Compose, RxJava, LiveData, RESTful APIs, and modern testing tools. Expect collaboration across mobile and backend domains in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification in software engineering concepts.
• 5+ years of applied software development experience.
• Strong programming ability in one or more languages.
• Cloud native experience and knowledge of modern software architectures.

Responsibilities

• Produce architecture and design artifacts for complex applications and ensure design constraints are met by code.
• Identify patterns in data to improve coding hygiene and system architecture.
• Contribute to communities of practice and explore new technologies.
• Support a culture of diversity, inclusion, and respect.
• Translate requirements into efficient, maintainable code.
• Work with Kotlin, Jetpack Compose, RxJava, LiveData, and RESTful APIs.
• Utilize unit and functional testing tools like Mockito and Espresso.
• Leverage distributed systems, caching, and persistence techniques.
• Apply MVP, MVVM, and Gang of Four design patterns.
• Utilize Gradle and Jenkins for build and CI.

Skills

Programming languages

Cloud native

Software engineering concepts

Problem solving

Data structures

Education

Formal training/certification in software engineering

CS/CE/Math degree or related field

Tools

Gradle

Jenkins

Job description

Be an integral part of an agile team that's constantly pushing the envelope to enhance, build, and deliver top-notch technology products.

As a Senior Lead Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within an agile team, you are an integral part of an agile team that works to enhance, build, and deliver trusted market-leading technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable way.. Drive significant business impact through your capabilities and contributions, and apply deep technical expertise and problem-solving methodologies to tackle a diverse array of challenges that span multiple technologies and applications.

Job responsibilities:

• Produces architecture and design artifacts for complex applications and ensures design constraints are met by software code development.
• Proactively identifies hidden problems and patterns in data and uses these insights to improve coding hygiene and system architecture.
• Contributes to software engineering communities of practice and participates in events that explore new and emerging technologies.
• Adds to a team culture of diversity, opportunity, inclusion, and respect.
• Focus on creating an informative, data-promoten journey with a customer-focused mindset
• Demonstrate the ability to understand requirements and translate them into efficient code
• Gain experience with Kotlin, Jetpack Compose, RxJava, LiveData, mobile UI fundamentals (from layout to animations), and RESTful API integration
• Utilize experience with unit and functional testing libraries like Mockito and Espresso
• Leverage experience with distributed systems, caching, and persistence solutions.
• Apply understanding of architectural patterns such as MVP and MVVM, and application design patterns (Gang of Four).
• Utilize understanding of build and CI systems such as Gradle and Jenkins

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
• Advanced in one or more programming language(s)
• Advanced knowledge of software applications and technical processes with considerable in-depth knowledge in one or more technical disciplines (e.g., cloud, artificial intelligence, machine learning, mobile, etc.)
• Ability to tackle design and functionality problems independently with little to no oversight
• Practical cloud native experience
• Experience in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Mathematics, or a related technical field

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills:

• Work with mobile application team to setup monitoring and resolve production issues/crashes on mobile devices. Assist with troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and ensure that software bugs are corrected in an expedient manner. Communicate resolution & next steps.
• Experience with mobile testing in areas like unit test, automation test, testing/debugging using emulator and device including experience with mobile application profiling for memory analysis, thread analysis and heap analysis on devices, emulators and simulators.
• Can work with large codebases, managing shared resources and libraries and involvement in the ongoing development one or more mobile applications available in Apple's App Store or Google’s Play Store.
• Ability to troubleshoot and identify root causes under time pressure.
• Experience building localized, multi-tenant solutions.
• Strong experience with data structures and multithreading.