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**Lead Software Engineer - Java Backend Engineer** drives agile teams to deliver secure, stable, and scalable solutions at JPMorganChase. Key responsibilities include: - Architecting and developing Java 17+ distributed applications using REST and microservices, with Spring Boot. - Reviewing and debugging code, leveraging AI-assisted tools to enhance quality and speed. - Leading AI-assisted software adoption, setting validation standards and promoting reuse. - Identifying opportunities to automate remediation, improving operational stability. - Evaluating external vendors and internal teams, driving outcomes-oriented architectural probes. The ideal candidate possesses: - 5+ years of hands-on experience in software engineering, delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability. - Advanced Java 17+ programming skills, along with experience in database technologies like Cassandra or Cockroach. - Proven experience with AI-assisted development tools and understanding of responsible AI use in engineering workflows. - Proficiency in Behavior Driven Development using Cucumber and all aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle. - Experience with CI/CD, application resiliency, and security methodologies. - Preferred skills include AWS deployment, message bus technologies, Maven automation, and Jenkins CI. As a lead engineer, you'll influence team adoption of AI-assisted practices, improving code quality and enhancing operational outcomes.
- Compensation
- Not specified USD
- City
- New York City
- Country
- United States
Currency: $ (USD)
Full Job Description
Location: NY, United States
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 Consumer and Community Bankings 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 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
Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- 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
- Advanced in one or more programming language(s): Java 17+
- Demonstrated experience with Java 17+ distributed application development, REST, micro services, Spring Boot
- Experience with database technologies (e.g. Cassandra, Cockroach) is required
- 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
- Experience in designing and building reusable services
- Experience with Behavior Driven Development using Cucumber
- Proficient in all aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle
Advanced understanding of agile methodologies such as CI/CD, Application Resiliency, and Security
Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- Experience in deploying applications in AWS and supporting
- Experience with message bus technologies such as Kafka or IBM MQ
- Experience building automation using Maven
- Experience configuring Continual Integration in Jenkins



