Lead Software Engineer - Java/Python/AWS
JPMorgan ChaseResponsibilities
- Own portfolio-level architecture and technical strategy for one or more firmwide platforms.
- Lead complex technical initiatives from discovery and design through delivery and operations.
- Define engineering standards, reusable patterns, reference implementations, roadmaps, product metrics, and KPIs.
- Partner with Product Owners and stakeholders to align technical decisions with business outcomes and product strategy.
- Mentor engineers across experience levels and lead design reviews, code reviews, and architectural guidance.
- Design and implement cloud-native backend services, GraphQL APIs, React UIs, Jira integrations, notification workflows, serverless architectures, and API extensions.
- Write secure, high-quality, documented code using multiple languages and frameworks.
- Establish standards for security, performance, availability, observability, cost efficiency, SLOs, SLAs, error budgets, and CI/CD quality gates.
- Evaluate technologies, lead proofs of concept, improve developer experience, and promote secure-by-design, privacy-aware, and threat-modeling practices.
Requirements
- Formal training or certification in software engineering concepts and at least five years of applied experience.
- At least five years of API software development experience with Java Spring and Python FastAPI.
- At least two years of AWS experience, including services such as ECS/Fargate, SNS, SQS, Lambda, API Gateway, and S3.
- At least three years of experience with relational databases.
- Experience deploying cloud services using Infrastructure as Code.
- Expertise in distributed system design, including AWS stability, resiliency, and security.
- Capability in application architecture, technical leadership, and improving engineering practices and operations.
- Experience developing, debugging, deploying, and maintaining code in large enterprise environments.
- Understanding of agile methodologies and practices.
- Ability to mentor engineers, lead design reviews, and guide architectural decisions.
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Preferred: exposure to React and GraphQL; AI/ML and vector databases; CockroachDB, Aurora Postgres, and DynamoDB; video streaming, content management, or media platforms; email servers and SMTP; observability, performance optimization, and cloud cost governance.
Benefits
- Competitive total rewards package with role- and experience-based base salary, and eligible roles may include incentive compensation or forfeitable equity.
- Comprehensive health care coverage.
- On-site health and wellness centers.
- Retirement savings plan.
- Backup childcare.
- Tuition reimbursement.
- Mental health support and financial coaching.
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About JPMorgan Chase
With a history tracing its roots to 1799 in New York City, JPMorganChase is one of the world's oldest, largest, and best-known financial institutions—carrying forth the innovative spirit of our heritage firms in global operations across 100 markets. We serve millions of customers and many of the world’s most prominent corporate, institutional, and government clients daily, managing assets and investments, offering business advice and strategies, and providing innovative banking solutions and services. Social Media Terms and Conditions: https://bit.ly/JPMCSocialTerms JPMorgan Chase & Co. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.