Lead Software Engineer

Job Description

Join a team where your technical expertise shapes the future of financial technology at one of the world's most influential firms. At JPMorganChase, you'll have the opportunity to work on complex, high-impact challenges that drive real business outcomes within a culture that values innovation, inclusion, and continuous growth.

As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within Consumer Community Banking, 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 delivering critical technology solutions across multiple technical areas within various business functions in support of the firm's business objectives.

Job responsibilities

• Execute creative software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting, thinking beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions or break down technical problems
• Deliver end-to-end solutions in the form of cloud-native, microservices-based applications, leveraging the latest technologies and best industry practices
• Use domain modeling techniques to build best-in-class business products, structuring software for clarity, testability, and evolution
• Develop secure, high-quality production code, and review and debug code written by others
• Identify opportunities to eliminate or automate remediation of recurring issues to improve overall operational stability of software applications and systems
• Lead communities of practice across software engineering to drive awareness and adoption of new and leading-edge technologies
• Design and build scalable, secure, and reliable solutions by leveraging modern architectural patterns that ensure zero-downtime releases and optimize data performance
• Continuously evaluate and update technologies and patterns to keep systems current and resilient
• Contribute to a 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
• Proficiency in back-end technologies (e.g., Java, Spring Boot, Node.js) with experience building microservices-based applications; for full-stack roles, proficiency also includes front-end technologies (e.g., HTML, CSS, JavaScript, TypeScript, React, Angular)
• Experience working with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform), distributed systems, and web technologies including RESTful APIs, WebSockets, and JSON
• Hands-on experience designing and building scalable applications using SQL and NoSQL databases
• Demonstrated ability to independently solve design and functionality challenges with minimal supervision
• Experience with agile development methodologies (e.g., Scrum) and a solid understanding of the software development life cycle
• Proficiency in automation and continuous delivery methods, including CI/CD pipelines
• Advanced understanding of application resiliency and security principles

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Experience in the banking or financial services domain
• AWS or equivalent cloud certification
• Demonstrated proficiency in emerging technical disciplines such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, or mobile development
• Strong communication, mentoring, and stakeholder management skills
• Ability to drive broader team impact by sharing and contributing best practices across engineering communities

Chase is a leading financial services firm, helping nearly half of America’s households and small businesses achieve their financial goals through a broad range of financial products. Our mission is to create engaged, lifelong relationships and put our customers at the heart of everything we do. We also help small businesses, nonprofits and cities grow, delivering solutions to solve all their financial needs. 

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.

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