Sr Lead Software Engineer - Equities Prime Sec...

JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Houston, TX, United States
about 1 month ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Experience required
5 years minimum
Working hours
Regular working hours
Job source

Tech stack

Java (Programming Language) Amazon Web Services Architectural Patterns Cloud Computing Cloud Engineering Software Quality Software Debugging DevOps Monitoring of Systems Spring Framework Junit Kerberos (Protocol)
+32 more
Apache Maven OAuth Object-Oriented Software Development Oracle Databases Oracle (Applications) Performance Tuning Mockito Cloud Services Fortify (Software) Prometheus Software Engineering SonarQube Software Testing Automation Framework Transport Layer Security Test-Driven Development (TDD) ReactJS Grafana Spring-boot Git Event Driven Architecture Production Code Apache Kafka Front End Software Development Virtual Agents Restful APIs Cucumber (Software) Domain Driven Design Splunk Appdynamics Elk Stack Jenkins Microservices

Job description

  • Provide regular technical guidance and direction to business and technical teams, including contractors and vendors, ensuring alignment with organizational goals.

  • Develop secure, high-quality production code using Core Java, Spring Boot, Oracle, AWS Cloud, React, and MQ/ Kafka. Review and debug code written by others to maintain code quality and reliability.

  • Drive decisions that shape product design, application functionality, and technical operations/processes.

  • Serve as a function-wide subject matter expert in one or more areas of focus, particularly in full stack development and cloud-native solutions.

  • Actively contribute to the engineering community as an advocate for firmwide frameworks, tools, and best practices throughout the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).

  • Influence peers and project stakeholders to adopt and apply leading-edge technologies and methodologies.

  • Ensure operational stability and performance of applications, proactively addressing issues and optimizing processes.

Requirements

  • Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience

  • Strong experience building enterprise grade software products, hands-on experience in system design, application development, testing, and operational stability.

  • Advanced proficiency in Java, Spring Core, Spring Boot, REST APIs and relevant microservices framework; proficient in React for modern front-end development and UI/UX best practices.

  • Strong experience with Oracle databases, including schema design and performance tuning.

  • Proficiency in Object-Oriented Design (OOD) and Test Driven Development (TTD), with hands-on experience in test automation frameworks like Junit, Mockito, Cucumber.

  • Strong understanding of security standards such as OAuth, TLS, and Kerberos.

  • Knowledge of Domain Driven Design, microservices patterns, and modern architectures.

  • Familiarity with log/metric collection and monitoring technologies like ELK stack, Prometheus, Grafana, AppDynamics, and Splunk.

  • Proficiency in using Agentic AI Coding assistance such as Copilot, Claude.

  • Hands-on experience with building CI/CD pipelines using Git, Maven, Jenkins, SonarQube, and Fortify.

  • Practical experience with AWS Cloud services and cloud-native application development. Experience with MQ/Apache Kafka for distributed messaging and event-driven architectures.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

  • Experience managing or mentoring other technical specialists.

  • Familiarity with DevOps practices and tools.

  • Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.

Benefits & conditions

We offer a competitive total rewards package including base salary determined based on the role, experience, skill set and location. Those in eligible roles may receive commission-based pay and/or discretionary incentive compensation, paid in the form of cash and/or forfeitable equity, awarded in recognition of individual achievements and contributions. We also offer a range of benefits and programs to meet employee needs, based on eligibility. These benefits include comprehensive health care coverage, on-site health and wellness centers, a retirement savings plan, backup childcare, tuition reimbursement, mental health support, financial coaching and more. Additional details about total compensation and benefits will be provided during the hiring process.

About the company

As a Senior Lead Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within Commercial and Investment Bank, you will play a pivotal role in an agile team, enhancing, building, and delivering trusted, market-leading technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable manner. 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., JPMorganChase, one of the oldest financial institutions, offers innovative financial solutions to millions of consumers, small businesses and many of the world’s most prominent corporate, institutional and government clients under the J.P. Morgan and Chase brands. Our history spans over 200 years and today we are a leader in investment banking, consumer and small business banking, commercial banking, financial transaction processing and asset management.

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