What are the responsibilities and job description for the Lead Software Engineer - Java & Web Development position at JPMorgan Chase?
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 at JPMorgan Chase within the Connected Commerce Technology, 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. Drive significant business impact through your capabilities and contributions, and apply deep technical expertise and problem-solving methodologies to tackle a diverse array of challenges that span multiple technologies and applications.
Job responsibilities
- Regularly provides technical guidance and direction to support the business and its technical teams, contractors, and vendors
- Develops secure and high-quality production code, and reviews and debugs code written by others
- Drives decisions that influence the product design, application functionality, and technical operations and processes
- Serves as a function-wide subject matter expert in one or more areas of focus
- Actively contributes to the engineering community as an advocate of firmwide frameworks, tools, and practices of the Software Development Life Cycle
- Influences peers and project decision-makers to consider the use and application of leading-edge technologies
- Adds to the team culture of diversity, opportunity, inclusion, and respect
Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5 years applied experience
- Proficient in Java or .NET, React, Spring Boot and Web Development.
- Strong competency in Java for backend development, with experience in system design, application development, testing, and operational stability.
- Experience using and designing schemas/data structures in SQL or NoSQL databases.
- Hands-on in all aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle.
- Proficiency in automation and continuous delivery methods.
- Experience in developing, debugging, and maintaining code in a large corporate environment with one or more modern programming languages and database querying languages.
- Demonstrated ability to work effectively in a highly collaborative environment, with strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Self-starter with a growth mindset and a sense of urgency and pride in work.
- Ability to tackle design and functionality problems independently with little to no oversight
- Experience in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Mathematics, or a related technical field
Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- Travel or Hospitality experience.
- Java preferred, .NET a plus
- Expertise in applying appropriate data structures and algorithms to solve business and technical problems.
- Experience with caching technologies, e.g., Redis.
- A keen interest in staying ahead of modern development trends and experimenting with emerging technologies such as AI and Machine Learning.
- Experience working across the entire Software Development Life Cycle in a large corporate environment.
