Lead Software Engineer - Backend/Java/Cloud

JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Jersey City, NJ, United States
18 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Experience required
5 years minimum
Compensation
$152,000.0 - $215,000.0
Working hours
Regular working hours
Job source

Tech stack

Java (Programming Language) Artificial Intelligence Amazon Web Services Software Applications Cloud Computing Performance Tuning Prometheus Software Engineering Software Systems Large Language Models Grafana Spring-boot
+8 more
Backend Event Driven Architecture Information Technology Cassandra Production Code Apache Kafka Restful APIs Terraform

Job description

As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorganChase within the Consumer & Community Banking organization, 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. As a core technical contributor, you are responsible for conducting critical technology solutions across multiple technical areas within various business functions in support of the firm’s business objectives., * 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

  • 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

Requirements

  • 5+ years of Java experience
  • Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
  • Hands-on experience with Spring boot
  • Proficiency in REST API
  • Proficient in Kafka
  • Advanced understanding of multi-region deployments
  • Demonstrated proficiency in Artificial Intelligence(e.g., Co-Pilot, LLM )
  • In-depth knowledge of the financial services industry and their IT systems
  • Cloud infostructure experience
  • Event-driven architecture experience

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

  • AWS experience
  • Terraform experience
  • Experience working with Blue-Green/Canary deployments
  • Experience working with observability tools (e.g., Grafana, Prometheus)
  • Experience with Cassandra
  • Experience with performance optimization and trouble shooting

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

Chase is a leading financial services firm, helping nearly half of America’s households and small businesses achieve their financial goals through a broad range of financial products. Our mission is to create engaged, lifelong relationships and put our customers at the heart of everything we do. We also help small businesses, nonprofits and cities grow, delivering solutions to solve all their financial needs.

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