Senior Lead Software Engineer - Cloud & API Architecture

Senior Lead Software Engineer – Corporate & Investment Bank Payments Technology

Are you ready to shape the future of technology at a leading global financial institution? Join us and use your expertise to drive impactful solutions that power our business and support our clients worldwide. Here, you’ll collaborate with talented professionals, grow your skills, and make a real difference. We value innovation, inclusion, and continuous learning.

As the Senior Lead Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within the Corporate and Investment Bank Payments Technology team, you will leverage your expertise and engineering leadership to contribute to an agile team dedicated to developing, enhancing, and delivering trusted, market‑leading technology solutions in a secure, reliable, and scalable manner. You will oversee the design and development of distributed systems, ensure resilience and performance across public and private cloud platforms, and implement top‑tier API management platform solutions.

• Design and develop complex, scalable coding frameworks using modern software design principles.
• Write secure, high‑quality production code and review/debug code from other team members.
• Provide guidance to cross‑functional teams on technology topics within your area of expertise.
• Act as the primary subject matter expert for the function.
• Contribute to the advancement of technical methods in specialized areas, aligned with current product development practices.
• Build durable, reusable software frameworks for use across teams and functions.
• Promote the firm’s values of diversity, inclusion, opportunity, and respect.
• Lead the architectural design and deployment of distributed systems in public and private cloud environments, ensuring alignment with company objectives and industry standards.
• Set strategic direction and oversee the creation, maintenance, and integration of API management platform solutions to improve system interoperability and performance.
• Mentor and develop junior architects and engineers, fostering innovation and continuous improvement within the team.

• Formal training or certification in software engineering concepts and 7+ years of hands‑on experience.
• Practical experience in system design, application development, testing, and ensuring operational stability.
• Expertise in one or more programming languages.
• Advanced understanding of software development and technical processes, with deep knowledge in one or more technical areas (e.g., cloud, AI, machine learning, mobile).
• Experience applying advanced methods to solve complex technology challenges in one or more technical domains.
• Strong communication skills for presenting to senior leaders and executives.
• Solid business acumen.
• Hands‑on cloud native experience.
• Background in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Mathematics, or a related technical discipline.
• Professional experience with Apigee, Mule Soft, or Kong platforms, and deploying/managing applications in public cloud environments.

• Demonstrated success in designing and implementing distributed systems architecture in both public and private cloud settings.
• Experience with microservices architecture and containerization technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.
• Strong grasp of API security best practices and experience with OAuth, JWT, and other authentication/authorization protocols.
• Familiarity with Dev Ops tools and practices, including CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code, and automated testing frameworks.
• Proven ability to lead technical teams and mentor junior engineers, encouraging collaboration and innovation.
• Excellent problem‑solving skills and strategic thinking about technology’s impact on business outcomes.
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect certification, showing expertise in designing and deploying scalable, highly available, and fault‑tolerant systems on AWS.

J.P. Morgan is a global leader in financial services, providing strategic advice and products to the world’s most prominent corporations, governments, and institutional…