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Senior Lead Software Engineer - Java on Spring

JPMorgan Chase
Chicago, IL Full Time
POSTED ON 1/2/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 3/2/2026

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

As a Senior Lead Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within the Commercial & Investment Bank's Payments Technology group, you play a vital role in an agile team dedicated to enhancing, building, and delivering reliable, market-leading technology products with a focus on security, stability, and scalability. As a key technical contributor, you are tasked with implementing essential technology solutions across diverse technical domains, supporting various business functions to achieve the firm's strategic goals. 

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
  • Manage the delivery for two scrum teams 
  • Be a hands-on coding tech lead minimum 50% of the time
  • 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 on software engineering concepts and 5 years applied experience
  • Advanced knowledge in Java on Spring Boot programming language
  • Must have advanced knowledge in reactive programming technology webflux
  • Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
  • Proficiency in automation and continuous delivery methods
  • Proficient in all aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle, software engineering principles, design patterns, and best practices
  • 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.)
  • Hands on experience working with high throughput, low latency distributed systems ensuring efficient communication and integration between different systems
  • Proven record of providing end-user support with excellent problem-solving abilities
  • Demonstrated proficiency in software applications and technical processes within a technical discipline (e.g., cloud, artificial intelligence, machine learning, mobile, etc.) 

    Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

  • 10 years of experience in Java Development
  • On-prem and/or public cloud knowledge is a bonus
  • Cockroach or Cassandra database knowledge is a bonus

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