Sr Lead Software Engineer - Equities Prime Sec Lending Technology

JPMorgan Chase; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive health care coverage

Retirement savings plan

Tuition reimbursement

Mental health support

Backup childcare

Job summary

A global financial services leader is seeking a Senior Lead Software Engineer in Houston. This role involves enhancing and delivering market-leading technologies, collaborating in an agile team to drive significant business impacts. Candidates should possess over 5 years of experience in enterprise software and proficiency in technologies like Java, Spring Boot, and AWS Cloud. Applicants will contribute to full stack development, ensuring high code quality and stability, while also mentoring junior developers. A competitive compensation package is provided.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of applied experience in software engineering.
• Strong experience in building enterprise-grade software products.
• Advanced proficiency in Java and Spring frameworks.
• Proficiency in OOD and TDD principles.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical guidance to teams and vendors.
• Develop high-quality code and maintain code reliability.
• Drive product design and application functionality.
• Serve as subject matter expert in full stack development.

Skills

Core Java

Spring Boot

Oracle

AWS Cloud

React

MQ/Kafka

Test Automation

DevOps

Education

Formal training or certification in software engineering

Tools

Junit

Mockito

Cucumber

Git

Maven

Jenkins

SonarQube

Fortify

Job description

We have an opportunity to impact your career and provide an adventure where you can push the limits of what's possible.

As a Senior Lead Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within Commercial and Investment Bank, you will play a pivotal role in an agile team, enhancing, building, and delivering trusted, market-leading technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable manner. You will leverage your deep technical expertise and problem-solving skills to address complex challenges across multiple technologies and applications, driving significant business impact through your contributions.

Job Responsibilities

• Provide regular technical guidance and direction to business and technical teams, including contractors and vendors, ensuring alignment with organizational goals.
• Develop secure, high-quality production code using Core Java, Spring Boot, Oracle, AWS Cloud, React, and MQ/ Kafka. Review and debug code written by others to maintain code quality and reliability.
• Drive decisions that shape product design, application functionality, and technical operations/processes.
• Serve as a function-wide subject matter expert in one or more areas of focus, particularly in full stack development and cloud-native solutions.
• Actively contribute to the engineering community as an advocate for firmwide frameworks, tools, and best practices throughout the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
• Influence peers and project stakeholders to adopt and apply leading-edge technologies and methodologies.
• Ensure operational stability and performance of applications, proactively addressing issues and optimizing processes.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience
• Strong experience building enterprise grade software products, hands‑on experience in system design, application development, testing, and operational stability.
• Advanced proficiency in Java, Spring Core, Spring Boot, REST APIs and relevant microservices framework; proficient in React for modern front‑end development and UI/UX best practices.
• Strong experience with Oracle databases, including schema design and performance tuning.
• Proficiency in Object‑Oriented Design (OOD) and Test‑Driven Development (TTD), with hands‑on experience in test automation frameworks like Junit, Mockito, Cucumber.
• Strong understanding of security standards such as OAuth, TLS, and Kerberos.
• Knowledge of Domain Driven Design, microservices patterns, and modern architectures.
• Familiarity with log/metric collection and monitoring technologies like ELK stack, Prometheus, Grafana, AppDynamics, and Splunk.
• Proficiency in using Agentic AI Coding assistance such as Copilot, Claude.
• Hands‑on experience with building CI/CD pipelines using Git, Maven, Jenkins, SonarQube, and Fortify.
• Practical experience with AWS Cloud services and cloud‑native application development. Experience with MQ/Apache Kafka for distributed messaging and event‑driven architectures.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Experience managing or mentoring other technical specialists.
• Familiarity with DevOps practices and tools.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.

JPMorganChase, one of the oldest financial institutions, offers innovative financial solutions to millions of consumers, small businesses and many of the world's most prominent corporate, institutional and government clients under the J.P. Morgan and Chase brands. Our history spans over 200 years and today we are a leader in investment banking, consumer and small business banking, commercial banking, financial transaction processing and asset management.

We offer a competitive total rewards package including base salary determined based on the role, experience, skill set and location. Those in eligible roles may receive commission-based pay and/or discretionary incentive compensation, paid in the form of cash and/or forfeitable equity, awarded in recognition of individual achievements and contributions. We also offer a range of benefits and programs to meet employee needs, based on eligibility. These benefits include comprehensive health care coverage, on‑site health and wellness centers, a retirement savings plan, backup childcare, tuition reimbursement, mental health support, financial coaching and more. Additional details about total compensation and benefits will be provided during the hiring process.

We recognize that our people are our strength and the diverse talents they bring to our global workforce are directly linked to our success. We are an equal opportunity employer and place a high value on diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute, including race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital or veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. We also make reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs. Visit our FAQs for more information about requesting an accommodation.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Veterans