
at J.P. Morgan
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**Lead Software Engineer - Full Stack/Java/React** Design and deliver scalable full-stack applications using Java, Spring Boot, and React in a senior role at JPMorgan Chase. Leverage AI-assisted tools to enhance code quality, drive innovation, and ensure operational stability. Lead team adoption of enterprise-authorized AI practices while maintaining secure coding and validation standards. With 5+ years of experience, apply cloud native, microservices, and agile methodologies to build, test, and deploy apps in a large corporate environment. Familiarity with Kubernetes, Kafka, and modern front-end technologies preferred.
- Compensation
- Not specified
- City
- Palo Alto
- Country
- United States
Currency: Not specified
Full Job Description
Location: Palo Alto, CA, United States
As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorganChase within the Commercial & Investment Bank , 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 firms 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 breakdown technical problems
- Develops secure and high-quality production code, and reviews and debugs code written by others
- Drives team adoption of enterprise-authorized AI-assisted engineering practices within the work environment to improve code quality, delivery speed, and operational outcomes (e.g., AI-assisted code review/refactoring, test strategy acceleration, incident/root-cause analysis support), while establishing consistent validation standards (secure coding, peer review, automated testing) and promoting reuse of effective patterns across the team.
- Applies knowledge of tools within the Software Development Life Cycle toolchain, including enterprise-authorized AI-assisted development and automation capabilities, to improve the value realized by automation.
- 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
- Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience
- Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
- Proficiency in back-end & Front - end technologies such as React, JavaScript, Java, Spring Boot, Micro-services
- Familiarity with messaging platforms such as Rabbit MQ and Kafka
- Experience working with Kubernetes
- Demonstrated experience leading effective use of approved AI-assisted software development tools (e.g., for coding, code review, test acceleration, troubleshooting) with the ability to set team expectations for validating AI outputs for correctness, performance, and security.
- Strong understanding of responsible AI use in engineering workflows, including data sensitivity considerations, secure handling of inputs/outputs, and adherence to resiliency and security expectations; experience coaching engineers on safe, compliant adoption within delivery practices
- Advanced understanding of agile methodologies such as CI/CD, Application Resiliency, and Security
- Practical cloud native experience
- Experience in developing, debugging, and maintaining code in a large corporate environment with one or more modern programming languages and database querying languages
- Familiarity with modern front-end technologies
- Exposure to cloud technologies & distributed technologies
- In-depth knowledge of the financial services industry and their IT systems
- Proficient in all aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle
FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE ACT
This position is subject to Section 19 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act. As such, an employment offer for this position is contingent on JPMorganChases review of criminal conviction history, including pretrial diversions or program entries.
Design and deliver scalable Java, Spring Boot, and React solutions that power mission-critical payment experiences.


