Lead Software Engineer - Senior Android Engineer

You’ll deliver features end to end in an Agile environment, communicate progress to teammates and stakeholders, and help shape reliable, well-designed mobile products. You’ll also have opportunities to explore how AI can improve mobile experiences and engineering workflows.

As a Lead Software Engineer - Senior Android Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within Consumer and Community Banking - Mobile Payments team, you’ll design, build, and maintain high-quality Android applications that deliver meaningful experiences for customers and businesses. You’ll work with a collaborative team of technologists across the full software development lifecycle—from design and implementation to testing, release, and ongoing improvement.

Job responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and maintain Android applications using Kotlin and Jetpack Compose.
• Build accessible, responsive interfaces and implement clean architectures such as MVVM or MVI.
• Integrate REST APIs and work with remote data in formats such as JSON.
• Use Android Studio debugging and profiling tools to investigate and resolve performance and reliability issues.
• Write unit tests and use code coverage tools to maintain software quality.
• Contribute to code reviews, technical discussions, and Agile planning.
• Use AI-assisted development tools thoughtfully to support tasks such as code exploration, test generation, and documentation.
• Keep the team and stakeholders informed about development progress, risks, and dependencies.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience
• Experience designing, developing, and maintaining Android applications, as well as experience with Android testing tools and frameworks, including JUnit and Mockito.
• Strong knowledge of Kotlin and the Android ecosystem; Java experience is also valuable, and experience with Kotlin Coroutines and asynchronous programming.
• Experience with Jetpack Compose and modern Android UI development.
• Experience integrating RESTful APIs and working with JSON and remote data.
• Familiarity with architectural patterns such as MVVM and MVI, and design patterns such as those described by the Gang of Four.
• Working knowledge of Git or a comparable version-control platform.
• Understanding of mobile UI fundamentals, including layouts, navigation, and animations.
• Familiarity with Kotlin Coroutines, RxJava, or LiveData in production applications.
• Experience with Dagger or another dependency-injection framework.
• Experience with CI/CD processes and tools such as Jenkins.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Familiarity with prompt engineering, including writing clear instructions, providing context, and refining prompts to improve results.
• Experience using AI-assisted coding tools to support development while reviewing and validating generated output.
• Understanding of how to test AI-generated code, including checking for correctness, security, maintainability, and edge cases.
• Experience integrating generative AI or machine-learning capabilities into Android applications through APIs or on-device frameworks.
• Familiarity with evaluating AI features for quality, latency, reliability, and user experience.

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

Our Consumer & Community Banking Group depends on innovators like you to serve consumers, small businesses, municipalities and non-profits. You’ll support the delivery of award winning tools and services that cover everything from personal and small business banking as well as lending, mortgages, credit cards, payments, auto finance and investment advice. This group is also focused on developing and delivering cutting edged mobile applications, digital experiences and next generation banking technology solutions to better serve our clients and customers.