Lead Software Engineer - Java

JPMorgan Chase JPMorgan Chase · Banking · Jersey City, NJ +1 · Commercial & Investment Bank

Lead Software Engineer for Prime Finance Technology at JPMorgan Chase, focusing on enhancing, building, and delivering market-leading technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable manner. Responsibilities include software solution design, development, troubleshooting, code review, and identifying automation opportunities. The role also involves leading evaluation sessions with vendors and internal teams, and driving communities of practice for new technologies. Requires strong software engineering fundamentals, SDLC proficiency, agile methodology knowledge, and experience in cloud-native technologies within the financial services industry.

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
  • 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

Nice to have

  • Exposure in financial services, with focus on cash and securities processing
  • Practical experience with database technologies such as DB2, Oracle, and MongoDB
  • Hands‑on experience with enterprise messaging, IBM MQ and Apache Kafka.

What the JD emphasized

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