Lead Software Engineer - Java​/

Job Description

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As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within the Commercial & Investment Bank, 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 conducting critical technology solutions across multiple technical areas within various business functions in support of the firm’s business objectives.

• 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
• Drives team adoption of enterprise‑authorized AI‑assisted engineering practices within the work environment to improve code quality, delivery speed, and operational outcomes (e.g., AI‑assisted code review/refactoring, test strategy acceleration, incident/root‑cause analysis support), while establishing consistent validation standards (secure coding, peer review, automated testing) and promoting reuse of effective patterns across the team
• Applies knowledge of tools within the Software Development Life Cycle toolchain, including enterprise‑authorized AI‑assisted development and automation capabilities, to improve the value realized by automation
• Adds to team culture of diversity, opportunity, inclusion, and respect

• Formal training or certification on Software Engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience
• Proficient in coding in Java, Spring Boot, JPA, SQL, REST
• Experience with event driven architecture using Kafka
• Experience building RESTful backend applications (Spring Boot) and solid relational enterprise databases (Oracle) experience
• Experience with version control systems, such as Git
• Strong knowledge of CI/CD e.g. Jenkins
• Hands‑on practical experience in system design, application development, testing and operational stability
• Experience in developing, debugging, and maintaining code in a large corporate environment with one or more modern programming languages and database querying languages
• Demonstrated experience leading effective use of approved AI‑assisted software development tools (e.g., for coding, code review, test acceleration, troubleshooting) with the ability to set team expectations for validating AI outputs for correctness, performance, and security
• Strong understanding of responsible AI use in engineering workflows, including data sensitivity considerations, secure handling of inputs/outputs, and adherence to resiliency and security expectations; experience coaching engineers on safe, compliant adoption within delivery practices
• Solid understanding of cross cutting concerns such as Application Resiliency, and Security

• Familiarity with Groovy and Gradle
• Strong understanding of containerization technologies such as Kubernetes or Docker
• Exposure to AI/ML technologies – especially familiarity with model training and inference
• Exposure to AWS cloud technologies

We offer a competitive total rewards package including base salary determined by role, experience, skill set and location. Eligible roles may receive commission‑based pay and/or discretionary incentive compensation, paid in cash and/or equity. 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.

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.