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# Lead Software Engineer - Blockchain (Public or Permissioned blockchain platforms)

- **Company:** JPMorgan Chase & Co.
- **Location:** Jersey City, NJ, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $152,000.0 - $215,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Automation of Tests, Cloud Engineering, Software Quality, Code Review, Continuous Integration, Cryptographic Protocols, Python (Programming Language), Key Management, Software Tools, Blockchain, Secure Coding, Software Engineering, Strategies of Testing, Toolchain, TypeScript, ReactJS, Spring-boot, Git, Hyperledger, Ethereum, Web Technologies, NestJS, Code Restructuring, Jenkins
- **Published:** July 4, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=6ebea5448a90bf47

## About the Role

* Formal training or certification in software engineering concepts and 5+ years of applied experience
 * Significant hands-on software engineering experience, including Java Spring Boot and enterprise-grade systems
 * Experience building on public or permissioned blockchain platforms (e.g., Solana, Ethereum/EVM, Hyperledger, Polkadot, Cosmos, Avalanche, Canton)
 * Understanding of cryptographic protocols, smart contracts and key management
 * Proficiency with enterprise development toolchains: Git, Jenkins, CI/CD pipelines, automated testing
 * Solid understanding of architecture and design across distributed, enterprise systems
 * Proven track record delivering complex software projects into production
 * Excellent collaboration, facilitation, and communication skills; ability to work with diverse stakeholder groups
 * Demonstrated coaching and mentoring capability; ability to elevate team engineering practices
 * Demonstrated experience leading effective use of approved AI-assisted software development tools (e.g., for coding, code review, test acceleration, troubleshooting) with the ability to set team expectations for validating AI outputs for correctness, performance, and security.
 * Strong understanding of responsible AI use in engineering workflows, including data sensitivity considerations, secure handling of inputs/outputs, and adherence to resiliency and security expectations; experience coaching engineers on safe, compliant adoption within delivery practices, * Experience with AWS services and cloud-native architectures
 * Exposure to front office or trade-processing environments within financial services
 * Experience with Python and broader web technologies

## Description

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 Commercial and Investment Banking team, you will play a key role in an agile team dedicated to building, enhancing, and delivering trusted, market-leading technology products. You will leverage your deep technical expertise and problem-solving skills to address complex challenges across multiple technologies and applications, driving significant business impact through your contributions.

Roles and Responsibilities

 * Provide technical leadership for a global team building blockchain/DLT applications and services
 * Design and develop scalable, secure services using Java Spring Boot, TypeScript/NestJS, ReactJS, Python.
 * Set and uphold engineering standards for code quality, testing, observability, reliability, and performance
 * Own end-to-end delivery: requirements, architecture, implementation, CI/CD, deployment, and production support
 * Partner with platform teams to advance developer experience, toolchains, and cloud-hosted blockchain services
 * Collaborate closely with Front Office, Product, Operations, and Core Blockchain teams to imagine, experiment, and execute on transformative DLT use cases
 * Engage with industry groups and regulators as adoption grows; contribute to shaping the evolving industry and regulatory landscape
 * Coach and mentor engineers; grow the team's technical output, quality, and repeatability
 * Advocate for DLT across the firm and externally. Represent the team to senior leaders in CIB Markets.
 * Drives team adoption of enterprise-authorized AI-assisted engineering practices within the work environment to improve code quality, delivery speed, and operational outcomes (e.g., AI-assisted code review/refactoring, test strategy acceleration, incident/root-cause analysis support), while establishing consistent validation standards (secure coding, peer review, automated testing) and promoting reuse of effective patterns across the team. Applies knowledge of tools within the Software Development Life Cycle toolchain, including enterprise-authorized AI-assisted development and automation capabilities, to improve the value realized by automation., J.P. Morgan's Commercial & Investment Bank is a global leader across banking, markets, securities services and payments. Corporations, governments and institutions throughout the world entrust us with their business in more than 100 countries. The Commercial & Investment Bank provides strategic advice, raises capital, manages risk and extends liquidity in markets around the world.


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