Senior Lead Software Engineer - Java Architect

This is your chance to change the path of your career and guide multiple teams to success at one of the world's leading financial institutions.

As a Software Engineer III at JPMorganChase within Commercial and Investment Bank - Payments Technology , you serve as a seasoned member of an agile team to design and deliver trusted, market-leading technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable way.

You will deliver both the technical platform capabilities and the business functionality that process payments for global clients across multiple clearing systems, building high-volume, event-driven microservices and APIs where correctness, resiliency, and auditability are critical.

Job responsibilities


* Executes software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting with ability to think beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions or break down technical problems


* Partners with product owners, business analysts, and operations teams to translate payment business requirements such as validations, enrichment, routing, and exception handling into robust technical solutions


* Designs, develops, and maintains Java/Spring Boot microservices and RESTful APIs that process payment transactions through Kafka- and MQ-based event-driven flows


* Creates secure and high-quality production code, including stateful workflows, idempotent message processing, and resilient integrations with upstream and downstream systems


* Writes automated unit, integration, and end-to-end tests and contributes to CI/CD pipelines with static analysis and code quality gates to deliver safe, frequent releases


* Produces architecture and design artifacts for complex applications while being accountable for ensuring design constraints are met by software code development


* Supports production stability through monitoring, troubleshooting, and root-cause analysis of payment flows in containerized, Kubernetes-based environments


* Leverages enterprise-authorized AI coding assist tools within the work environment to improve code quality, delivery speed, and productivity across complex deliverables (e.g., code generation/refactoring, unit test creation, documentation), while validating outputs through peer review, automated testing, and secure coding standards; contributes learnings and reusable patterns to improve broader team effectiveness


* Analyzes production telemetry and operational data to proactively identify hidden problems and patterns, and uses these insights to drive improvements to coding hygiene and system architecture

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills


* 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 programming experience with Java, Spring Boot, and microservices architecture


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