Lead Software Engineer

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As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within the Consumer and Community Banking - Card Installment Team, you are an integral part of an agile team that works to enhance, build, and deliver trusted market-leading technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable way.

As a core technical contributor and hands-on tech lead, you sit at the intersection of product thinking and engineering excellence - setting the technical direction for a high-performing React UI team while remaining deeply embedded in the codebase.

You bring equal parts product sensibility and engineering rigor, partnering closely with senior leadership to translate business vision into world-class user experiences.

Job responsibilities


* Executes creative software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting with the ability to think beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions or break down complex UI and front-end architecture problems


* Serves as the hands-on technical lead for a React-based UI team, actively writing, reviewing, and debugging production-grade code while setting standards for code quality, component architecture, and front-end best practices


* Architects and drives the development of scalable, reusable, and performant React component libraries and design systems that align with product and brand guidelines


* Translates complex product requirements and user needs into elegant, intuitive front-end solutions, demonstrating strong product instincts alongside deep technical expertise


* Develops secure, high-quality production code and reviews and debugs code written by others, ensuring adherence to accessibility standards (WCAG), cross-browser compatibility, and responsive design principles


* Leads and mentors a team of front-end engineers, providing technical guidance, conducting code reviews, and fostering a culture of continuous learning and engineering excellence


* Identifies opportunities to eliminate or automate remediation of recurring UI issues, improving overall operational stability, performance, and developer experience across front-end systems


* Drives front-end performance optimization strategies including lazy loading, code splitting, bundle size management, and rendering performance profiling


* Leads evaluation sessions with external vendors, startups, and internal teams to drive outcomes-oriented probing of UI frameworks, component libraries, tooling, and their applicability within existing systems and information architecture


* Collaborates with backend engineers and platform teams to define and consume APIs, ensuring seamless integration between front-end and back-end systems


* Adds to team culture of diversity, opportunity, inclusion, and respect, actively championing psychological safety and an environment where engineers at all...