Lead Software Engineer - Java Backend Lead

JPMorgan Chase JPMorgan Chase · Banking · Hyderabad, Telangana, India · Corporate Sector

Lead Software Engineer focused on backend Java development within a financial services firm. The role involves driving the adoption of AI-assisted engineering practices to improve code quality, delivery speed, and operational outcomes. This includes coaching engineers on responsible AI use, validating AI outputs, and ensuring secure and compliant adoption within development workflows.

What you'd actually do

  1. 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.
  2. Applies knowledge of tools within the Software Development Life Cycle toolchain, including enterprise-authorized AI-assisted development and automation capabilities, to improve the value realized by automation.
  3. 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
  4. Develops secure high-quality production code, and reviews and debugs code written by others
  5. Identifies opportunities to eliminate or automate remediation of recurring issues to improve overall operational stability of software applications and systems

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 JAVA programming language and related stack like Spring, Hibernate, REST, Kafka, Oracle etc.
  • 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; experience coaching engineers on safe, compliant adoption within delivery practices
  • Proficiency in automation and continuous delivery methods along with proficiency 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

  • Good to have experience in UI technologies like AngularJs/ReactJS
  • Good to have experience in AWS, Kubernetes or ElasticSearch

What the JD emphasized

  • 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; experience coaching engineers on safe, compliant adoption within delivery practices