Lead Software Engineer - Java, React, AWS

Lead Software Engineer - Java, React, AWS

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As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorganChase within the Consumer & Community Banking 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 firm’s business objectives.

Job Responsibilities

• Lead the design, development, and delivery of secure, scalable, and resilient technology solutions using React, TypeScript, Java (Spring Boot), and AWS.
• Execute end‑to‑end ownership of software engineering solutions across the full SDLC, ensuring high standards of quality, stability, and performance.
• Build production‑ready UI and backend services that meet the firm’s engineering, security, resiliency, and accessibility standards.
• Produce and govern architecture and design artifacts, ensuring solutions adhere to enterprise architecture and risk guidelines.
• Lead technical problem solving, incident management, and root‑cause analysis to continuously improve platform reliability.
• Develop and evolve reusable frameworks, shared libraries, and engineering standards to enable consistency across teams.
• Analyze data and operational metrics to drive continuous improvement in application performance, resiliency, and efficiency.
• Identify and remediate technical debt, systemic risks, and architecture gaps in complex distributed systems.
• Partner with Product, UX, Risk, and Compliance stakeholders to deliver customer‑centric and regulator‑ready solutions.
• Provide hands‑on technical leadership, including code reviews, design guidance, and mentorship of senior engineers.
• Contribute to a culture that values engineering excellence, risk awareness, diversity, opportunity, inclusion, and respect.

 

Required Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience delivering large‑scale, mission‑critical platforms within banking, financial services, or regulated environments.
• Strong expertise in React.js and modern front‑end engineering practices.
• Advanced proficiency in TypeScript and component‑driven UI architecture.
• Proven experience designing secure, responsive, and accessible user interfaces.
• Demonstrated ability to build and maintain enterprise‑grade reusable components and libraries.
• Strong experience implementing automated testing strategies across unit, integration, and UI layers.
• Deep proficiency in Java with strong understanding of microservices and distributed systems.
• Hands‑on experience building RESTful APIs using Spring Boot.
• Practical experience with AWS cloud‑native services, including compute, storage, messaging, and security.
• Experience operating within enterprise governance, risk, and control frameworks.
• Strong understanding of Agile delivery, CI/CD pipelines, system resiliency, and secure software development practices.

 

Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills

• Experience translating financial domain and business requirements into scalable technical solutions.
• Proven collaboration with UX and Product leadership to deliver intuitive digital experiences.
• Familiarity with modern front‑end tooling, performance optimization, and observability practices.
• Experience leveraging Infrastructure as Code for cloud provisioning and environment consistency.
• Strong exposure to DevOps and operational excellence in regulated production environments.
• Experience driving or leading CI/CD and automation initiatives.
• Passion for continuous learning and modernizing financial technology platforms.

Experience Level

Senior Level