Senior Lead Software Engineer

Responsibilities

• Lead the architecture, design, and development of Java/Spring-based framework APIs and shared components.
• Build low-latency, high-throughput APIs and event-driven systems optimized for extreme transaction volumes.
• Provide technical guidance and direction to agile technical teams, contractors, and vendors.
• Develop secure, high-quality production code and perform rigorous code reviews and debugging.
• Drive decisions influencing product design, application functionality, and technical operations.
• Profile and optimize existing code to improve performance and scalability.
• Act as a subject matter expert and advocate for firmwide engineering frameworks and SDLC practices.

Requirements

• 5+ years of applied software engineering experience with formal training in software engineering concepts.
• Deep expertise in Java and Spring/Spring Boot frameworks.
• Strong knowledge of architecture, design patterns, and secure coding practices.
• Experience building cloud-native microservices using AWS (EKS, S3, SQS, etc.) and Kubernetes/Docker.
• Proficiency in REST and SOAP API design and messaging protocols (JSON/XML).
• Experience with event-driven systems and messaging platforms like Kafka.
• Proficiency with both SQL and NoSQL databases (e.g., Oracle, Cassandra, CockroachDB).
• Experience with testing automation frameworks such as JUnit, Mockito, and Spring Test.
• Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform or CloudFormation) and observability tooling.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience developing shared libraries or frameworks adopted by multiple product teams.
• Background working in large-scale enterprise environments or financial services.

About the Company

JPMorgan Chase is a leading global financial services firm. Our Consumer & Community Banking division serves millions of customers through personal banking, credit cards, mortgages, and more. We are dedicated to delivering market-leading technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable way to help our customers achieve their financial goals.