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Lead Software Engineer - Java, React

JPMorgan Chase
Jersey, NJ Full Time
POSTED ON 4/29/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 6/29/2026

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 JPMorganChase within the Corporate Technology Regulatory, Controls & Operational Risk Technology 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 delivering 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 the ability to think beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions or break down technical problems
  • 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 external vendors, startups, 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

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

  • Formal training or certification in software engineering concepts and 5 years of applied experience
  • Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
  • Advanced experience coding in React, Java, Spring Boot, and SQL
  • Must have a solid understanding of developing and deploying microservices using the Spring Boot framework
  • Must have a solid understanding of Java design patterns and data structures
  • Proficiency in automation and continuous delivery methods
  • Proficient in all aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle
  • Advanced understanding of agile methodologies such as CI/CD, application resiliency, and security
  • 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 its IT systems
  • Practical cloud-native experience

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

  • Experience in building and growing talent in the past is a plus
  • Interact with user experience designers and product owners to produce quick prototypes and seek feedback
  • Extensive experience in designing and developing complex user interfaces using React
  • Demonstrated experience in architecting, implementing, and optimizing Kafka-based event-driven systems at scale

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