Technical Lead of Software Engineering

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase & Co. in Houston seeks a Technical Lead Software Engineer to guide multiple teams through design, development, and delivery of enterprise-scale services. You will ensure compliance with business requirements, implement best practices, and drive automation across the SDLC.

The role emphasizes hands-on leadership, software architecture, and strong expertise in Java, Spring Boot, Python, and cloud-native patterns, with a focus on delivering reliable, scalable financial applications.

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 10+ years applied experience
• Experience hands-on design, development, testing, and operational stability
• Experience in microservices with Java, Spring Boot, Python
• Proficient with cloud technologies and distributed systems
• Proficient in SQL and NoSQL databases

Responsibilities

• Provides guidance to immediate team of software engineers on daily tasks
• Sets overall guidance and expectations for team output and collaboration
• Anticipates dependencies with other teams to deliver products
• Manages stakeholder relationships with compliance and SLAs
• Creates a culture of diversity, opportunity, inclusion, and respect

Skills

Team leadership

Software architecture

Java

Spring Boot

Python

Cloud technologies

RESTful APIs

SQL & NoSQL

CI/CD automation

Web frontend basics

Tools

Angular

React

Jest

Cypress

Typescript

Webpack

Job description

This is your chance to change the path of your career and guide multiple teams to success at one of the world's leading financial institutions. As a Technical Lead Software Engineering at JPMorganChase within the Corporate Technology, youlead multiple teams and manage day-to-day implementation activities by identifying and escalating issues and ensuring your team’s work adheres to compliance standards, business requirements, and tactical best practices.

Job responsibilities

• Provides guidance to immediate team of software engineers on daily tasks and activities
• Sets the overall guidance and expectations for team output, practices, and collaboration
• Anticipates dependencies with other teams to deliver products and applications in line with business requirements
• Manages stakeholder relationships and the team’s work in accordance with compliance standards, service level agreements, and business requirements
• Creates a culture of diversity, opportunity, inclusion, and respect for the team members and prioritizes diverse representation

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 10+ years applied experience
• Experience hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
• Experience in software development of Micro services with Java, Spring Boot, Python
• Proficient with cloud technologies and distributed systems, RESTful APIs and web technologies
• Proficient hands-on experience designing and building enterprise-scale, high-volume data processing applications using SQL and NoSQL databases.
• Advanced understanding of Restful Web Services, WebSockets/JSON
• In-depth knowledge of the financial services industry and their IT systems
• Practical agile development experience with SCRUM or similar methodologies
• Advanced Proficiency in front-end languages (e.g.HTML, CSS, JavaScript) and back-end languages (e.g., Java, Spring, Python etc.) and practical cloud native experience
• Proficient in all aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle and proficiency in automation and continuous delivery methods
• Advanced understanding of agile methodologies such as CI/CD, Application Resiliency, and Security

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Experience managing projects end-to-end, from requirements scoping to successful launch.
• Experience working at code level
• Proficiency in Javascript including ES6 features
• Experience with Angular, React, Jest, Cypress, Typescript, Webpack, React query, and HTML/CSS
• Experience with artificial intelligence and machine learning tools and framework in development
• Experience production management tools (ex. Splunk / Dynatrace / Grafana)