Java​/Spark​/AWS Lead Software Engineer

Jersey City, NJ, United States and 1 more

• Job Identification
• Job Category Software Engineering
• Business Unit Consumer & Community Banking
• Posting Date 02/13/2026, 04:57 PM
• Locations 575 Washington Blvd, Jersey City, NJ, 07310, US
• Job Schedule Full time
• Base Pay/Salary Jersey City,NJ $-$

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

As a Java / Spark / AWS Lead Software Engineer at JPMorgan

Chase within Consumer and Community Bank
- Data Technology, youare 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. As a core technical contributor, you are responsible for conducting critical technology solutions across multiple technical areas within various business functions in support of the firm’s business multi tenant platform objectives.

Job responsibilities

• Executes creative software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting with ability to think beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions or break down technical problems
• Develops secure high-quality production code, and reviews and debugs code written by others
• Identifies opportunities to eliminate or automate remediation of recurring issues to improve overall operational stability of software applications and systems
• Leads evaluation sessions with external vendors, startups, and internal teams to drive outcomes-oriented probing of architectural designs, technical credentials, and applicability for use within existing systems and information architecture
• Leads communities of practice across Software Engineering to drive awareness and use of new and leading-edge technologies
• Adds to team culture of diversity, opportunity, inclusion, and respect

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience
• Demonstrated hands on software development experience with Java
• Hands-on practical experience on building and maintaining capabilities for a large scale bigdata platform
• Hands-on experience in AWS building micro services
• Experience with Spring boot, Spark , Kafka and Kubernetes
• Proficiency in automation and continuous delivery methods
• Proficient in all aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle
• Advanced understanding of agile methodologies such as CI/CD, Application Resiliency, and Security
• Experience in developing, debugging and maintaining code in an enterprise environment with one or more modern programming languages and database querying languages

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Experience with glue, glue serverless

JPMorgan

Chase, 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…