Lead Software Engineer: Platform Engineering (Java & AWS)

Be an integral part of an agile team that's constantly pushing the envelope to enhance, build, and deliver top-notch technology products.

As a Lead Software Engineer (Vice President) at JPMorganChase, within the Consumer and Community Banking you will be part of an agile team enhancing, building, and operating secure, stable, and scalable platform and software solutions for corporate functions including Global Finance, Corporate Treasury, Risk Management, Human Resources, Compliance, Legal, and the Corporate Administrative Office.

This role is infrastructure-first (approximately 50% platform/infra engineering), complemented by hands-on Java engineering (approximately 30%) and AI/agentic development (approximately 20%).

Job Responsibilities


* Lead the design, build, and day-to-day operation of cloud platform capabilities and production environments at scale, emphasizing resiliency, security, and reliability


* Build and maintain secure Java (Java 17+) and Spring Boot services, including RESTful APIs, with strong code review and debugging


* Implement Infrastructure-as-Code / Everything-as-Code using Terraform, including secure provisioning and policy controls where applicable


* Enable and support safe release practices (e.g., rolling and blue/green deployments) for high-availability, high-scale services


* Improve operational stability by eliminating recurring issues and automating remediation/runbooks where appropriate


* Apply SRE-aligned practices (SLIs/SLOs, error budgets, incident response) and participate in formal change and incident management processes


* Use observability and APM tooling (e.g., Splunk, Datadog, Dynatrace) to monitor, troubleshoot, and improve production services


* Deliver CI/CD in a "you build it, you own it" culture using Git and enterprise pipelines (e.g., Jules, Spinnaker, or similar)


* Prototype and deliver AI-enabled/agentic workflows (e.g., tool-using agents, orchestration patterns, evaluation and guardrails) and translate stakeholder needs into technical designs


* Mentor engineers and partner with application teams to drive best practices across reliability, performance, risk, cybersecurity, and legal/compliance requirements

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills


* Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years of applied experience.


* Hands-on Java/J2EE and Python development experience, with strong depth in Spring Boot and REST API design•


* AWS platform/infrastructure engineering experience, including designing and operating cloud workloads


* Hands-on experience operating Kubernetes in high-availability environments, including deployments and incident troubleshooting


* Strong Infrastructure-as-Code experience with Terraform (modules, state management, secure provisioning practices)


* Production support experience using observability/APM tooling (e.g., Splunk, Datadog, Dynatrace), includi...