Lead Software Engineer - Full Stack Java

JPMorgan Chase
Chicago, IL
On-site

Who this role is best for

Geared toward full-stack Java engineers comfortable with distributed systems and event-driven architecture, with a preference for those with financial services domain knowledge and experience in leading AI-assisted engineering practices.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with 5+ years of full-stack Java experience and a background in financial services or reference data domains
    — “Experience in financial services or reference data domains”
  • Individuals who have led AI-assisted engineering practices and set validation standards for AI outputs
    — “Demonstrated experience leading effective use of approved AI-assisted software development tools”
  • Engineers with hands-on expertise in microservices, Spring Boot, and event-driven architectures like Kafka
    — “Building production microservices with Spring Boot and Java (21+), including Virtual Threads, Records, and Pattern Matching”

Things to consider

  • The role demands leadership in AI-assisted practices and a strong grasp of secure coding and peer review.
    — “establishing consistent validation standards (secure coding, peer review, automated testing)”
  • Candidates must be able to drive architectural decisions for complex systems like event-driven pipelines and CQRS patterns.
    — “Drive architectural decisions for distributed systems including event-driven pipelines, CQRS patterns, and real-time data streaming”

How to stand out

  • Showcase your ability to design secure, scalable, and high-quality code with a focus on operational stability.
    — “Develops secure high-quality production code, and reviews and debugs code written by others”
  • Demonstrate your knowledge of advanced agile methodologies like CI/CD and Application Resiliency.
    — “Advanced understanding of agile methodologies such as CI/CD, Application Resiliency, and Security”
  • Include examples of how you've eliminated recurring issues through automation or process improvements.
    — “Identifies opportunities to eliminate or automate remediation of recurring issues”
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · HighDecision Impact · Team

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What success looks like

  • secure high-quality production code
  • technical troubleshooting
  • architectural decisions
Typical background
software engineeringfull-stack developmentmicroservices architecture

Skills & requirements

Required

JavaSpring BootReactTypeScriptRestful API DesignMicroservices Architecture

Preferred

Ai-assisted Engineering Practices

Stack & domain

JavaSpring BootReactTypeScriptMongoDBRestful API DesignEvent-driven ArchitecturesAi-assisted EngineeringLeadershipProblem-solvingTeamworkCommunicationSoftware EngineeringFull Stack DevelopmentAI

About the role

Original posting from JPMorgan Chase

We have an opportunity to impact your career and provide an adventure where you can push the limits of what's possible. 

As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within Corporate 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. 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. 

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.

Drive architectural decisions for distributed systems including event-driven pipelines, CQRS patterns, and real-time data streaming

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

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

 Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills:

Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience

Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability

Building production microservices with Spring Boot and Java (21+), including Virtual Threads, Records, and Pattern Matching

Working with event-driven architectures using Apache Kafka (Producers, Consumers, Avro Serialization, Schema Registry)

Building production React SPAs with TypeScript (complex forms, data grids, role-based access control), including Redux Toolkit

MongoDB in production environments (aggregation pipelines, change streams, indexing, sharding, performance tuning)

Expertise in RESTful API Design (OpenAPI 3.0, SpringDoc, versioning) and microservices architecture (Event-Driven, CQRS, Saga Patterns)

Proficiency in testing frameworks including JUnit 5, Spring Boot Test, and Playwright

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

Advanced understanding of agile methodologies such as CI/CD, Application Resiliency, and Security

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills:

Experience in financial services or reference data domains

Experience in DevOps model and Kubernetes, cloud auto scalable infrastructure

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

Source: JPMorgan Chase careers

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