Sr. Lead Software Engineer - Java/React/SpringBoot/SQL/AWS

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

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase & Co. in Jersey City seeks a Senior Lead Software Engineer to join the Asset and Wealth Management technology team. You will drive the design, delivery, and governance of trusted, scalable software across regions.

You will lead agile squads, mentor engineers, and collaborate with architects, product specialists, and wealth managers to deliver end-to-end solutions. This role emphasizes high availability, robust backend services, and secure, compliant systems, with opportunities to

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience
• Experience in Spring Boot, Spring MVC, Spring Cloud, Spring Flux & Spring Security frameworks
• Experience in Web UI development using ReactJS, TypeScript, Html 5, CSS 3
• Relational Database development skills including SQL and data modelling
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines with designing and building applications natively on AWS, utilizing key services such as AWS Lambda, AWS ECS, S3, Aurora, and API Gateway
• Experience in high availability development and architectural practices
• Excellent analytical, problem solving, & decision‑making skills.
• Proven track record of technical leadership experience

Responsibilities

• Optimize back end applications for maximum speed, reliability and scalability
• Collaborate with technical architect and Designers for new products
• Follow and promote Agile practices including Scrum, Lean, BDD, TDD and Continuously Delivery
• Research new technologies, identify and learn best practice, adapt quickly and provide technical guidance across the organization.
• Work with multiple globally distributed teams to deliver end‑to‑end solution across regions
• Advise, collaborate with, and synthesize feedback from Wealth Managers and Product Specialist
• Presenting and demoing to users, stakeholders, and technology groups

Skills

Leadership

Agile

Problem solving

Technical leadership

Spring Frameworks

ReactJS

SQL

AWS

Tools

AWS

CI/CD

Kafka

RabbitMQ

Atlassian tools

Job description

As a Senior Lead Software Engineer at JPMorganChase within the Asset and Wealth Management line of business, 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

• Optimize back end applications for maximum speed, reliability and scalability
• Collaborate with technical architect and Designers for new products
• Follow and promote Agile practices including Scrum, Lean, BDD, TDD and Continuously Delivery
• Research new technologies, identify and learn best practice, adapt quickly and provide technical guidance across the organization.
• Work with multiple globally distributed teams to deliver end‑to‑end solution across regions
• Advise, collaborate with, and synthesize feedback from Wealth Managers and Product Specialist
• Presenting and demoing to users, stakeholders, and technology groups

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience
• Experience in Spring Boot, Spring MVC, Spring Cloud, Spring Flux & Spring Security frameworks
• Experience in Web UI development using ReactJS, TypeScript, Html 5, CSS 3
• Relational Database development skills including SQL and data modelling
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines with designing and building applications natively on AWS, utilizing key services such as AWS Lambda, AWS ECS, S3, Aurora, and API Gateway
• Experience in high availability development and architectural practices
• Excellent analytical, problem solving, & decision‑making skills.
• Proven track record of technical leadership experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in Reactive Programming
• Experience in DevOps
• Experience with Kafka and RabbitMQ
• Financial Services industry experience to include understanding of Investment securities
• Exposure to Atlassian tracking, collaboration and code quality tools

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 the FAQs for more information about requesting an accommodation.

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