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

JPMorganChase; Jersey City (NJ); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorganChase in Jersey City is seeking a Senior Lead Software Engineer to join the Asset and Wealth Management team. You will enhance and deliver leading technology products, collaborating across teams to optimize applications and drive significant business impact.

The ideal candidate has over 5 years of experience in software engineering, specifically with Spring frameworks and backend optimization. A background in financial services is preferred. This role is full-time and positioned on-site in Jersey City.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in software engineering with a strong focus on backend applications.
• Experience in high availability development and architectural practices.
• Strong problem-solving skills with a proven track record of technical leadership.

Responsibilities

• Optimize back end applications for maximum speed, reliability and scalability.
• Collaborate with architects and designers for new products.
• Promote Agile practices including Scrum and Continuous Delivery.

Skills

Spring Boot

ReactJS

SQL

DevOps

Agile Practices

Education

Formal training or certification in software engineering concepts

Tools

AWS

Kafka

JIRA

Job description

Overview

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

• 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

About The Team

J.P. Morgan Asset & Wealth Management delivers industry‑leading investment management and private banking solutions. Asset Management provides individuals, advisors and institutions with strategies and expertise that span the full spectrum of asset classes through our global network of investment professionals. Wealth Management helps individuals, families and foundations take a more intentional approach to their wealth or finances to better define, focus and realize their goals.

EEO Statement

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.

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