Lead Software Engineer - Full Stack - Java/react/aws

JPMorgan Chase JPMorgan Chase · Banking · Plano, TX +1 · Consumer & Community Banking

Lead Software Engineer role focused on full-stack development (Java/React/AWS) within JPMorgan Chase's Commercial & Community Banking, Card Technology & Rewards division. The role involves designing, developing, and troubleshooting software solutions, ensuring operational stability, and contributing to the engineering of application infrastructure on AWS or private cloud. It requires extensive experience in software development, UI development with React, and microservices with Java/Spring Boot. Preferred qualifications include AWS certification and exposure to AI tools for developers.

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

  • Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience
  • 8+ years of software development experience.
  • Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
  • Advanced experience building user interfaces with HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and React
  • Proficiency with frontend tooling and build systems (Webpack, Vite, npm)
  • Strong understanding of RESTful and GraphQL APIs and integrating with backend services
  • Demonstrated design sensibility and attention to visual detail
  • Working knowledge of testing tools such as Jest, React Testing Library, and Cypress
  • Ability to convert wireframes and Figma designs into clean, maintainable code
  • Hands-on experience designing and developing microservices and RESTful APIs with Java and Spring Boot
  • Experience with customer-facing applications

Nice to have

  • Experience with micro-frontend architecture
  • AWS Certified Developer or Solutions Architect or Cloud-Ops Engineer
  • Knowledge of monitoring and logging tools (CloudWatch, Dynatrace, Datadog, Splunk, etc.)
  • Exposure to AI tools for developers
  • 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.)