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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Lead Software Engineer - Backend - **Company:** JPMorgan Chase & Co. - **Location:** New York, NY, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $152,000.0 - $215,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Amazon Web Services, Amazon S3, Continuous Delivery, Continuous Integration, Software Debugging, DevOps, Elasticsearch, Monitoring of Systems, Spring Framework, PostgreSQL, NoSQL, Software Engineering, Software Systems, Spinnaker, SQL Databases, Web Services, Datadog, Data Logging, Data Storage Technologies, Grafana, Spring-boot, Backend, Data Lakes, Kubernetes, Cassandra, Production Code, Cloudwatch, Kibana, Restful APIs, Splunk, Appdynamics, Dynatrace, Jenkins, Microservices - **Published:** May 22, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.juju.com/job/00000000g1i5mj ## About the Role + Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience + Strong development skills in Java and AWS (EKS, ECS,S3, Aurora). + Experience with the Spring framework (Core, REST API, web services, messaging), with experience in Spring Boot and microservice architecture. + Experience with data storage solutions, including SQL, Postgres, NoSQL databases (Cassandra ), data lakes, and S3. + Familiarity with logging and monitoring tools such as Kibana, Splunk, Elastic Search, Dynatrace, AppDynamics, Grafana, CloudWatch, and Datadog. + Experience with Continuous Integration & Continuous Deployment processes using tools like Jenkins and Spinnaker. + Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills, with the ability to diagnose and resolve issues in production systems. Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills + Relevant certifications in cloud platforms (e.g., AWS Associate Developer, DevOps, Certified Kubernetes Developer). ## Description You're ready to gain the skills and experience needed to grow within your role and advance your career - and we have the perfect software engineering opportunity for you. Join our group where you will have the opportunity deliver trusted market-leading technology products supporting Alternate Lending. As a Software Engineer II at JPMorgan Chase within the Consumer and community banking Alternate Lending , you are part of an agile team that works to enhance, design, and deliver the software components of the firm's state-of-the-art technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable way. As an emerging member of a software engineering team, you execute software solutions through the design, development, and technical troubleshooting of multiple components within a technical product, application, or system, while gaining the skills and experience needed to grow within your role. 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