Senior Lead Software Engineer - Java, Blockchain, API, Cloud

Be an integral part of an agile team that's constantly pushing the envelope to enhance, build, and deliver top-notch technology products.

As a Sr. Lead Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within the Commercial & Investment Bank – Payments Technology, Core Blockchain Team, 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.

• Designs and implements microservices architectures using industry‑standard technologies and frameworks.
• Designs blockchain solutions and decentralized applications on private and public blockchain networks, with proven and verified cryptographic protocols.
• Drives decisions that influence the product design, application functionality, and technical operations and processes.
• Monitors and optimises the performance of microservices, ensuring high availability and responsiveness.
• Troubleshoots and resolves technical issues, providing timely solutions to maintain application stability.
• Conducts code reviews and provides constructive feedback to peers, fostering a culture of continuous improvement.
• Contributes to the engineering community as an advocate of firmwide frameworks, tools, and practices of the Software Development Life Cycle.
• Implements rigorous and thorough monitoring and testing practices to ensure the security and performance goals of blockchain infrastructure.
• Designs and verifies cryptographic protocols deployed on the blockchain; designs blockchain solutions that can support benchmark use‑cases of decentralized applications with proven and verified cryptographic protocols.

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience.
• A degree in Computer Science / Mathematics or equivalent work experience in a field utilizing the same subject matter.
• Hands‑on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability for traditional distributed systems.
• Have practical experience developing on blockchain platforms, such as Ethereum
  , Hyperledger
  , or similar.
• Strong object‑oriented programming language background. Hands‑on experience with application programming, backend API development and distributed microservices
  infrastructure in one or more programming language(s):
  Solidity
  , Java
  , Java Script ,
  Python
  .
• Experience and understanding of the cryptographic principles underpinning blockchain technologies such as encryption algorithms, key management, key wallets.
• Experience with cloud infrastructure services such as Amazon
  , Google
  , or Microsoft
  .
• Ability to tackle design and functionality problems independently with little to no oversight.

• Experience in Financial Markets.
• Experience designing and writing smart contracts with Solidity using Hardhat
  , Truffle, Slither scanning, etc.
• Hands‑on experience with AWS
  , EKS
  , Docker.
• Knowledge of Dev Ops practices and tools for continuous integration and deployment.
• Familiarity with blockchain interoperability solutions.
• Experience with RDBMS.

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…