Lead Software Engineer- Java , Microservices

As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorganChase with in the Commercial and Investment Bank, 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, you are responsible for delivering critical technology solutions across multiple technical areas within various business functions in support of the firm's business objectives.

Job Responsibilities


* Execute creative software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting, thinking beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions or break down technical problems.


* Deliver end-to-end solutions in the form of cloud-native, microservices-based applications, leveraging the latest technologies and best industry practices.


* 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.


* 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.


* Use domain modeling techniques to build best-in-class business products, structuring software for clarity, testability, and evolution.


* Develops secure high-quality production code, and reviews and debugs code written by others.


* Identifies opportunities to eliminate or automate remediation of recurring issues to improve overall operational stability of software applications and systems.


* Leads communities of practice across Software Engineering to drive awareness and use of new and leading-edge technologies.


* Continuously update technologies and patterns to keep systems current.


* Design and build solutions that avoid single points of failure using scalable architectural patterns.


* Design and build scalable, secure, and reliable solutions by leveraging modern architectural patterns that ensure zero-downtime releases and optimize data performance.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills



* Formal training or certification in software engineering concepts and at least five years of applied software development experience.


* Proficiency in backend development using Java with Spring Boot and/or Node.js, including building microservices-based applications.


* For full-stack responsibilities, proficiency in frontend development using HTML, CSS, JavaScript or TypeScript, and frameworks such as React or Angular.


* Demonstrated ability to solve design and implementation challenges independen...