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 Asset Wealth Management, you will play a crucial role as a key member of an agile team, responsible for designing and delivering innovative technology products that are secure, stable, and scalable. Your responsibilities include transforming creative concepts into high-quality, interactive web interfaces using front-end technologies and animation techniques, while ensuring all solutions are optimized for SEO and prepared for analytics integration.
Job responsibilities

• 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
• Adds to team culture of diversity, opportunity, inclusion, and respect

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience
• Kafka Expertise: Practical experience with Kafka, Avro schema design, schema registry, topic partitioning, exception handling, KStreams, and KSQL.
• Microservices Development: Advanced skills in designing and implementing microservices in Java, utilizing domain-driven design and the Spring Boot framework, deployed on public or private cloud environments.
• Cloud Infrastructure: Proficiency in AWS services such as ECS, Aurora Postgres, S3, and Elasticache.
• Infrastructure as Code: Experience with Terraform for cloud resource provisioning and management.
• Database Design: Familiarity with Hibernate and Spring JPA, along with strong knowledge of database design best practices to build scalable, global services.
• API Design: Participate in API design sessions and contribute to the selection of design patterns. Experience building scalable REST APIs and working knowledge of GraphQL.
• Technical Documentation: Document service APIs using Swagger or similar tools.
• Frontend Development: Ability to build lightweight user interfaces using Angular or React.
• Observability & Security: Implement logging (Splunk), auditability, security, and monitoring (Dynatrace) features.
• Industry Knowledge: In-depth understanding of the financial services industry and its IT systems.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• AI tools like Copilot and Dev GPT for Development and testing efforts.
• AI/ML development Experience leveraging LLM

About Us
JPMorganChase, 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 and benefits will be provided during the hiring process.
We recognize that our people are our strength and the diverse talents they bring to our global workforce are directly linked to our success. We are an equal opportunity employer and place a high value on diversity and inclusion at our company. 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. Visit our FAQs for more information about requesting an accommodation.
JPMorgan Chase & Co. is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Veterans
About the Team
J.P. Morgan Asset & Wealth Management delivers industry-leading investment management and private banking solutions. Asset Management provides individuals, advisors and institutions with strategies and expertise that span the full spectrum of asset classes through our global network of investment professionals. Wealth Management helps individuals, families and foundations take a more intentional approach to their wealth or finances to better define, focus and realize their goals.