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Lead Software Engineer - Java & Python

JPMorgan Chase
Jersey, NJ Full Time
POSTED ON 4/25/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 6/25/2026

We have an opportunity to impact your career and provide an adventure where you can push the limits of what's possible.

As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within the Asset & Wealth Management Marketing 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, you are responsible for conducting critical technology solutions across multiple technical areas within various business functions in support of the firm’s business objectives.

Job responsibilities:

  • Executes creative software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting with ability to think beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions or break down technical problems.
  • Lead a team of high-potential software engineers, delivering high quality software that achieves functional objectives.
  • 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 evaluation sessions with business stakeholders, and internal teams to drive outcomes.
  • Oriented probing of architectural designs, technical credentials, and applicability for use within existing systems and information architecture.
  • Leads communities of practice across Software Engineering to drive awareness and use of new and leading-edge technologies.
  • Adds to team culture of diversity, opportunity, inclusion, and respect.
  • Stay up-to-date with emerging technologies and industry trends to drive innovation and continuous improvement.
  • Implement data governance and best practices to ensure data quality and compliance with organizational standards.

 

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills:

  • Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5 years of applied experience.
  • Proficient in development skill Java 21 and Python building into the public and private cloud in CI/CD strategies.
  • Hands on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability.
  • Proficiency in automation and continuous delivery methods.
  • Experience in Spring Boot, Kafka, Kubernetes, Splunk, Dynatrace.
  • Demonstrated proficiency in software applications and technical processes within a technical discipline (e.g., cloud, artificial intelligence, machine learning, mobile, etc.).
  • In-depth knowledge of the financial services industry and their IT systems.
  • Practical cloud native experience.
  • Exposure to building AI/ML driven applications to drive business goals. 
  • Track record of Continuous learning mindset.

 

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills:

  • Experience with AWS public cloud.
  • Proficiency in Agile and SRE culture.
  • Working knowledge of one or more NoSQL database technologies, preferably Apache Cassandra.
  • Working knowledge of one or more Messaging technologies, preferably Apache Kafka.
  • Develop RESTful APIs and ensure smooth integration across internal and external services.

     

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