Lead Software Engineer - Java/Full Stack Engineering

JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Chicago, IL, United States
3 days ago
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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

JavaScript (Programming Language) Computer-Aided Design Artificial Intelligence Amazon Web Services Amazon S3 Software Applications Unit Testing Software Quality Software Design Patterns DevOps Java Platform Enterprise Edition (J2EE) Hibernate (Java)
+25 more
Java Database Connectivity Java Persistence API Junit Enterprise Messaging Systems Object-Relational Mapping Object-Oriented Software Development Performance Tuning Mockito Software Engineering Software Systems SQL Stored Procedures TypeScript Freeform SQL ReactJS Spring-boot Containerization Kubernetes Infrastructure Automation Frameworks Production Code Apache Kafka Front End Software Development Cloudwatch Restful APIs Terraform Sql Tuning

Job description

We have an opportunity to impact your career and provide an adventure where you can push the limits of what’s possible.

As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorganChase within the Corporate Technology - Enterprise Technology team , 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.

Job responsibilities

  • 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
  • Adds to team culture of diversity, opportunity, inclusion, and respect
  • Adds to team culture of opportunity, inclusion, and respect
  • Evolve and apply AI in software development and automation.

Requirements

  • Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience
  • Experience in the Software Development Life Cycle, including hands-on development experience
  • Hands-on experience in Java/J2EE, REST Services, Spring Boot
  • Strong experience writing complex SQL queries, joins, PL/SQL, functions, and stored procedures.
  • Hands-on experience in public cloud - Kubernetes, AWS and extensive experience with ECS, S3, RDS, Lambda, CloudWatch, Eventbridge, and Step Functions, as well as infrastructure automation using Terraform
  • Proficiency in designing and implementing RESTful APIs for enterprise-scale applications.
  • Ability to design software systems using object-oriented principles and practices.
  • Experience in building Decoupled Systems.
  • Proficiency in using design patterns and technologies to decouple system components, enhancing flexibility and maintainability.
  • Proficiency in unit testing frameworks such as JUnit and Mockito for ensuring code quality.
  • Knowledge of messaging platforms such as Apache Kafka

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

  • Familiarity with modern front-end technologies like React JS, JavaScript, typescript
  • Experience with SQL performance tuning, JDBC, and ORM frameworks (Hibernate/JPA)
  • Familiarity with DevOps practices, containerization and orchestration
  • Exposure to AI systems such as Copilot, Claude

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

hackajob is collaborating with J.P. Morgan to connect them with exceptional professionals for this role., 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., Our professionals in our Corporate Functions cover a diverse range of areas from finance and risk to human resources and marketing. Our corporate teams are an essential part of our company, ensuring that we’re setting our businesses, clients, customers and employees up for success.

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