What are the responsibilities and job description for the Lead Software Engineer - Backend/Java/Cloud position at JPMorgan Chase & Co.?
Job Description
We have an opportunity to impact your career and provide an adventure where you can push the limits of what's possible. You'll join a collaborative team where your ideas matter, your engineering craftsmanship is valued, and you'll help deliver technology that supports customers and communities at scale.
As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorganChase within Consumer & Community Banking - Froud Assessment Tech team, you are an integral part of an agile team that enhances, builds, and delivers trusted market-leading technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable way. You will be a core technical contributor, driving critical technology solutions across multiple technical areas and business functions in support of the firm's objectives. You will collaborate closely with product partners and engineering peers to design resilient systems, improve developer experience, and raise the bar on quality and operational excellence.
Job responsibilities
Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills
Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills
About Us
Chase is a leading financial services firm, helping nearly half of America's households and small businesses achieve their financial goals through a broad range of financial products. Our mission is to create engaged, lifelong relationships and put our customers at the heart of everything we do. We also help small businesses, nonprofits and cities grow, delivering solutions to solve all their financial needs.
We offer a competitive total rewards package including base salary determined based on the role, experience, skill set and location. Those in eligible roles may receive commission-based pay and/or discretionary incentive compensation, paid in the form of cash and/or forfeitable equity, awarded in recognition of individual achievements and contributions. We also offer a range of benefits and programs to meet employee needs, based on eligibility. These benefits include comprehensive health care coverage, on-site health and wellness centers, a retirement savings plan, backup childcare, tuition reimbursement, mental health support, financial coaching and more. Additional details about total compensation and benefits will be provided during the hiring process.
We recognize that our people are our strength and the diverse talents they bring to our global workforce are directly linked to our success. We are an equal opportunity employer and place a high value on diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute, including race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital or veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. We also make reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs. Visit our FAQs for more information about requesting an accommodation.
Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veterans
About the Team
Our Consumer & Community Banking division serves our Chase customers through a range of financial services, including personal banking, credit cards, mortgages, auto financing, investment advice, small business loans and payment processing. We're proud to lead the U.S. in credit card sales and deposit growth and have the most-used digital solutions - all while ranking first in customer satisfaction.
We have an opportunity to impact your career and provide an adventure where you can push the limits of what's possible. You'll join a collaborative team where your ideas matter, your engineering craftsmanship is valued, and you'll help deliver technology that supports customers and communities at scale.
As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorganChase within Consumer & Community Banking - Froud Assessment Tech team, you are an integral part of an agile team that enhances, builds, and delivers trusted market-leading technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable way. You will be a core technical contributor, driving critical technology solutions across multiple technical areas and business functions in support of the firm's objectives. You will collaborate closely with product partners and engineering peers to design resilient systems, improve developer experience, and raise the bar on quality and operational excellence.
Job responsibilities
- Design and deliver scalable, resilient Java-based services and microservices using modern engineering practices
- Build and maintain API-driven solutions (REST) and distributed, event-driven architectures
- Develop and optimize data pipelines and streaming solutions using Apache Kafka
- Model, query, and tune relational and NoSQL data stores to support performance, integrity, and scale
- Implement and improve continuous integration and continuous delivery pipelines to enable safe, frequent releases
- Apply infrastructure-as-code practices to create repeatable, reliable environments and deployments
- Monitor production systems, troubleshoot issues, and drive improvements in availability, latency, and reliability
- Conduct code reviews and contribute to engineering standards for secure coding, testing, and documentation
- Partner with stakeholders to translate business needs into technical designs and production-ready solutions
Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5 years applied experience
- 8 years of Java experience, including core APIs, web services, concurrency, and design patterns
- 8 years of Spring Boot experience building high-performance, maintainable services
- 5 years of experience with SQL and NoSQL databases, including data modeling and performance tuning
- 5 years of Apache Kafka experience designing and implementing event-driven solutions
- 2 years of cloud experience, including deploying and operating services using Amazon Web Services
- Proven ability to design, develop, deploy, and support medium to large applications in an agile (Scrum) environment
- Proficiency building secure, scalable RESTful APIs and microservices
- Experience implementing CI/CD using tools such as Jenkins, GitLab CI, Spinnaker, or AWS CodePipeline
- Hands-on experience with automated testing frameworks such as JUnit 5 and Cucumber
Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- Experience with modern DevOps practices and infrastructure-as-code tooling such as Terraform
- Experience with performance testing, debugging, and profiling using tools such as JMeter or BlazeMeter
- Experience with observability and monitoring tools such as Splunk, CloudWatch, Prometheus, Dynatrace, or Grafana
- Experience with containerization and orchestration using Docker and Kubernetes
- Demonstrated mentoring and technical coaching experience that supports team growth and continuous improvement
About Us
Chase is a leading financial services firm, helping nearly half of America's households and small businesses achieve their financial goals through a broad range of financial products. Our mission is to create engaged, lifelong relationships and put our customers at the heart of everything we do. We also help small businesses, nonprofits and cities grow, delivering solutions to solve all their financial needs.
We offer a competitive total rewards package including base salary determined based on the role, experience, skill set and location. Those in eligible roles may receive commission-based pay and/or discretionary incentive compensation, paid in the form of cash and/or forfeitable equity, awarded in recognition of individual achievements and contributions. We also offer a range of benefits and programs to meet employee needs, based on eligibility. These benefits include comprehensive health care coverage, on-site health and wellness centers, a retirement savings plan, backup childcare, tuition reimbursement, mental health support, financial coaching and more. Additional details about total compensation and benefits will be provided during the hiring process.
We recognize that our people are our strength and the diverse talents they bring to our global workforce are directly linked to our success. We are an equal opportunity employer and place a high value on diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute, including race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital or veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. We also make reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs. Visit our FAQs for more information about requesting an accommodation.
Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veterans
About the Team
Our Consumer & Community Banking division serves our Chase customers through a range of financial services, including personal banking, credit cards, mortgages, auto financing, investment advice, small business loans and payment processing. We're proud to lead the U.S. in credit card sales and deposit growth and have the most-used digital solutions - all while ranking first in customer satisfaction.