Lead Software Engineer

JPMorgan Chase JPMorgan Chase · Banking · Columbus, OH +1 · Corporate Sector

Lead Software Engineer at JPMorganChase within the Corporate & Investment Bank, responsible for enhancing, building, and delivering market-leading technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable way. The role involves executing creative software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting, as well as developing secure high-quality production code and reviewing code. It also includes identifying opportunities for automation, leading evaluation sessions with vendors and internal teams, and driving communities of practice for new technologies. The role requires 5+ years of software engineering experience, proficiency in system design, application development, testing, operational stability, automation, continuous delivery, and agile methodologies, with demonstrated proficiency in areas like cloud, AI, or ML, and in-depth knowledge of the financial services industry and cloud-native experience.

What you'd actually do

  1. 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
  2. Develops secure high-quality production code, and reviews and debugs code written by others
  3. Identifies opportunities to eliminate or automate remediation of recurring issues to improve overall operational stability of software applications and systems
  4. 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
  5. Leads communities of practice across Software Engineering to drive awareness and use of new and leading-edge technologies

Skills

Required

  • 5+ years of relevant software engineering experience
  • Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
  • Advanced in one or more programming language(s)
  • Proficiency in automation and continuous delivery methods
  • Proficient in all aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle
  • Advanced understanding of agile methodologies such as CI/CD, Application Resiliency, and Security
  • Demonstrated proficiency in software applications and technical processes within a technical discipline (e.g., cloud, artificial intelligence, machine learning, mobile, etc.)
  • In-depth knowledge of the financial services industry and their IT systems
  • Practical cloud native experience

What the JD emphasized

  • In-depth knowledge of the financial services industry and their IT systems