Lead Software Engineer - Java​/AWS​/Oracle

Job Description

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As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorgan

Chase within the Commercial & Investment Bank Markets & Post Trade Technology, 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 software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting with ability to think beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions or break down technical problems
• Creates secure and high‑quality production code and maintains algorithms that run synchronously with appropriate systems
• Produces architecture and design artifacts for complex applications while being accountable for ensuring design constraints are met by software code development
• Identifies opportunities to eliminate or automate remediation of recurring issues to improve overall operational stability of software applications and systems
• Manage priorities and set expectations when faced with multiple demanding tasks. Clearly articulates and communicates project status to stakeholders and management.
• Leads communities of practice across Software Engineering to drive awareness and use of new and leading‑edge technologies

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience.
• Hands‑on practical experience in system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
• Expert‑level proficiency in developing, debugging, and maintaining applications using Java, Spring, Spring Boot, Microservices, MQ, Apache Kafka, REST Api, gRPC, Oracle, Postgres
  
  SQL, SQL
• Proficiency in observability tools such as Splunk, Datadog, Grafana.
• Demonstrated experience in cloud technologies such as AWS, Kubernetes, EKS, ECS, Lambda, Docker, and Helm.
• Experience in Test Driven Development with unit testing, acceptance testing using JUnit, Cucumber, Fitnesse
• Strong grasp of application resiliency, scalability and security principles.
• Comprehensive understanding of the Software Development Life Cycle and CI/CD pipelines
• Demonstrated experience working in an Agile environment on a Scrum team.
• Initiative and creativity in refining testing processes and improving quality.

• Experience working with AI automation frameworks and integrating Large Language Models (LLMs) into software solutions, including prompt engineering, model evaluation, and deployment.
• Familiarity with LLM platforms and tools (such as OpenAI, Hugging Face, or similar).
• Strong ability to manage own workload and deliver to required deadlines.

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…