Senior Lead Software Engineer - Java Backend

Sr. Lead Software Engineer - Java17, Spring, Kubernetes, Linux

You will lead a team of Java and React developers, partner closely with Product, Delivery, and Sales and Trading, and own the long-term technical vision and stability of our platform.

As a Senior Lead Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within the Commercial & Investment Bank's Markets Execute platform team, you will set engineering standards, architect and build latency-sensitive services, and ensure our codebase is clean, well-structured, and testable. You will drive technical analysis of client requirements; estimation and planning; code reviews; architecture design sessions; and retrospectives. You will also establish and track reliability goals, implement robust observability, and lead stability initiatives (resilience patterns, incident response, post-incident reviews). There will be opportunities to learn about financial markets from colleagues, stakeholders, and training resources, and to grow your skills through curated technical development programs and dedicated training days.

Job Responsibilities

• Lead and grow a cross-functional engineering team (Java backend and React frontend); drive delivery predictability and quality.
• Partner with Product and Delivery to shape roadmaps, prioritize work, manage dependencies, and de-risk releases.
• Own the platform’s long-term technical vision and architectural runway; set guardrails, integration contracts, versioning, and deprecation paths.
• Establish and meet reliability goals; implement observability and resilience patterns.
• Lead incident response and post-incident reviews; reduce MTTR, lower change failure rate, and elevate production readiness.
• Maintain secure-by-default practices (authentication/authorization, secrets management, dependency hygiene) and uphold risk and controls.
• Remain hands-on: architect and implement high-performance Java services; perform profiling/tuning; collaborate with React developers on API design and backward-compatible rollout strategies.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience

• Demonstrated experience leading an engineering team; mentoring, coaching, and fostering an inclusive, high-performing culture.
• Proven partnership with Product, Delivery/Program, and business stakeholders; converting business requirements into technical roadmaps, OKRs, and measurable deliverables.
• Experience owning the evolution and stability of mission-critical platforms: architectural modernization, operability, performance, and cost-effectiveness.
• Experience building high-performance, latency-sensitive Java applications.
• Excellent understanding of Java 17+ fundamentals, concurrency, memory management, and object-oriented programming paradigms.
• Hands-on experience with Spring and server-side frameworks (e.g., Spring Boot) and strong API design skills.
• Clear understanding of messaging technologies and computer networks; familiarity with FIX and Solace.
• Experience maintaining and troubleshooting software in Linux environments and with microservices deployment topologies on Kubernetes.
• Test-driven development using modern source control and continuous integration; strong CI/CD and release governance.
• Experience working with globally distributed engineers; strong communication with technical and non-technical audiences.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Familiarity with Python and React.
• Familiarity with investment banking, fintech, or financial markets.

Experience Level

Senior Level