Java, Microservices, Boot Lead Software Engineer

Job Description

We have an exciting and rewarding opportunity for you to take your software engineering career to the next level.

As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within Securities Lending, 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. As a core technical contributor, you are responsible for developing critical technology solutions across multiple technical domains within various business functions in support of the firm's business objectives.

• Executes creative software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting with the ability to think beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions or break down technical problems.
• Creates user interfaces and interactive features for web applications using languages and frameworks.
• Develops secure high‑quality production code, 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 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.

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience.
• Hands‑on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability.
• Experience in software development of microservices with Java, Spring Boot, Python.
• Experience with cloud technologies and distributed systems, RESTful APIs and web technologies. Knowledge of Restful Web Services, Web Sockets; JSON.
• Hands‑on experience designing and building enterprise‑scale, high‑volume data processing applications using SQL databases such as Oracle.
• Advanced proficiency in front‑end languages and libraries (e.g., C#, React) and back‑end languages and frameworks (e.g., Java, Spring, Python) 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.
• Experience with build and integration tools, including knowledge of JIRA, Maven, Git, Jenkins, Git Hub and Bit Bucket is required.
• Demonstrated proficiency in software applications and technical processes within a technical discipline (e.g., cloud, artificial intelligence, machine learning).

• Experience working across the entire Software Development Life Cycle in a large corporate environment.
• Completed AWS Developer or Solution Architect Certification.
• In‑depth knowledge of the financial services industry and its IT systems.
• Observability and production management tools (ex. Splunk, Dynatrace, Grafana).
• A keen interest in staying ahead of modern development trends and experimenting with emerging technologies such as AI and Machine Learning.

We offer a competitive total rewards package, including a base salary determined by role, experience, skill set and location. Eligible employees 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. You will also have access to a range of benefits and programs: 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.

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

J.P. Morgan's Commercial & Investment Bank is a global leader across banking, markets, securities services and payments. Corporations, governments and institutions worldwide entrust us with their business in more than 100 countries. The Commercial & Investment Bank provides strategic advice, raises capital, manages risk and extends liquidity in markets around the world.