Lead Software Engineer - Payments Data Platform

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

Lead Software Engineer for JPMorgan Chase's Commercial & Investment Bank - Digital and Platform Services, focusing on the Payments Data Platform. The role involves enhancing, building, and delivering technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable manner. Responsibilities include executing software solutions, design, development, technical troubleshooting, writing and reviewing production code, identifying automation opportunities, leading vendor evaluations, and driving communities of practice. Requires 5+ years of software engineering experience, Java with Spring Boot, cloud-native AWS experience (EKS, DynamoDB, Lambda, Opensearch), proficiency in automation, CI/CD, and agile methodologies, and knowledge of 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
  • Hands-on professional experience coding Java applications using Spring Boot
  • Practical cloud native experience in AWS, like EKS, DynamoDB, Lambda, Opensearch
  • 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

Nice to have

  • Certified AWS Cloud Practitioner, Developer or Solutions Architect strongly preferred
  • Proficiency in Core Java, Spring Framework, Python, Spark, Databricks

What the JD emphasized

  • Java applications using Spring Boot
  • EKS, DynamoDB, Lambda, Opensearch