Java/AWS Lead Software Engineer

Job Description

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 JPMorgan Chase within the Consumer & Community Banking (CCB), you play a crucial role in an agile team dedicated to enhancing, building, and delivering trusted, market-leading technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable manner. As a core technical contributor, you are tasked with implementing critical technology solutions across multiple technical domains, supporting various business functions to achieve 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
• Demonstrates a product mindset whilst managing the application lifecycles as an application owner
• Adds to team culture of diversity, opportunity, inclusion, and respect

 

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification on Software Engineering concepts and 10+ years applied experience
• Strong system design, application development, and operational stability skills with advanced understanding of agile methodologies, CI/CD, and application resiliency
• Advanced proficiency in Full-stack application development in Python, Java 11/17/21, Kafka & front-end development using React
• Expertise in microservices architecture, RESTful APIs, and database technologies (PostgreSQL, MySQL and NoSQL databases like DynamoDB)
• Skilled in development and testing tools such as JUnit, Groovy, Postman, REST Assured, Eclipse, Maven, Jenkins, and IntelliJ
• Familiarity with containerization and orchestration tools including Docker, Kubernetes, and Helm
• Experience with performance testing tools including JMeter and Blazemeter
• Experience with distributed systems and cloud platforms including AWS, GCP, and Azure
• Hands-on experience working with Large Language Models (LLMOps) and generative AI, including chunking, tokenization, embeddings, and evaluation pipelines
• Experience with AI/ML frameworks such as TensorFlow, PyTorch, scikit-learn, and Hugging Face

• Effective communication skills across teams and management levels, with a proactive approach to process improvement and collaboration

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Familiarity with graph databases, vector databases, open search, etc.
• Familiarity of the financial services industry and their IT systems

About Us

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.

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.

We recognize that our people are our strength and the diverse talents they bring to our global workforce are directly linked to our success. We are an equal opportunity employer and place a high value on diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute, including race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital or veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. We also make reasonable accommodations for applicants’ and employees’ religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs. Visit our FAQs for more information about requesting an accommodation.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veterans

About the Team

Our Consumer & Community Banking division serves our Chase customers through a range of financial services, including personal banking, credit cards, mortgages, auto financing, investment advice, small business loans and payment processing. We’re proud to lead the U.S. in credit card sales and deposit growth and have the most-used digital solutions – all while ranking first in customer satisfaction.