Lead Software Engineer - Java FullStack AWS

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As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorganChase within the Branch Operations space in Consumer and Community Banking Technology, you are an integral part of an POD 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 driving critical technology outcomes 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 breakdown technical problems
• Develops secure and high-quality production code, and reviews and debugs code written by others or AI agents
• 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 Agentic SDLC, 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 10+ years applied experience
• Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
• Expertise in Java/J2EE, Spring Boot, Kafka, and microservices architecture, building secure, high-quality, production-grade systems
• Experience developing and operating React front-end applications (TypeScript), including integration with back-end APIs and end-to-end quality practices
• Proficiency with relational databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle) and NoSQL databases (e.g., DynamoDB, Cassandra)
• Hand-on experience with using Kubernetes, AWS services (ECS, EKS, Aurora Postgres etc.) and cloud native experience.
• Demonstrated experience using AI to derive inferences from data, and familiarity with AI Skills, AI Agents, and MCP.
• 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
• Proficient in all aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle and In-depth knowledge of the financial services industry and their IT systems
• Advanced understanding of agile methodologies such as CI/CD, Application Resiliency, and Security

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Certification in AWS and AWS AI preferred
• Working knowledge of Observability Tools like Splunk, Grafana, Dynatrace for system monitoring and alerting(business/infrastructure)
• Operational support experience is bonus
• Preferred experience with Python