Senior Lead Software Engineer - Java

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

Senior Lead Software Engineer at JPMorganChase within the Prime Finance Technology, responsible for enhancing, building, and delivering technology products. The role involves providing technical guidance, hands-on coding, driving product design decisions, and contributing to the engineering community. Requires advanced knowledge in Java, Spring Boot, relational databases, and SDLC principles, with experience in areas like cloud, AI, or ML being a plus.

What you'd actually do

  1. Regularly provides technical guidance and direction to support the business and its technical teams, contractors, and vendors
  2. Be a hands-on coding tech lead capable of developing secure and high-quality production code, performs 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. Drives decisions that influence the product design, application functionality, and technical operations and processes
  5. Serves as a function-wide subject matter expert in one or more areas of focus

Skills

Required

  • Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 7+ years applied experience
  • Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
  • Advanced knowledge in Java and Spring Boot
  • Advanced knowledge in relational databases
  • Proficiency in automation and continuous delivery methods
  • Proficient in all aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle, software engineering principles, design patterns, and best practices
  • Advanced knowledge of software applications and technical processes with considerable in-depth knowledge in one or more technical disciplines (e.g., cloud, artificial intelligence, machine learning, mobile, etc.)
  • Ability to tackle design and functionality problems independently with little to no oversight
  • Ability to collaborate with diverse technical, cross-functional, product development, and operations teams to develop comprehensive project timelines

Nice to have

  • 10+ years of experience in Java Development
  • Strong knowledge of financial industry concepts, with particular emphasis on trade processing and settlement operations
  • Practical experience with database technologies such as DB2, Oracle, and MongoDB.
  • Demonstrated experience in overseeing client-facing applications and effectively managing stakeholder expectations and commitments