Lead Software Engineer - Java Full Stack, React

We have an exciting and rewarding opportunity for you to take your software engineering career to the next level. 

As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within the Commercial & Investment Bank, you serve as a seasoned member of an agile team to design and deliver trusted market-leading technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable way. You are responsible for carrying out critical technology solutions across multiple technical areas within various business functions in support of the firm’s business objectives.

Job responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and maintain enterprise-scale web applications and backend services supporting Payments Technology capabilities.
• Deliver modern frontend solutions using React, micro frontend architecture, reusable components, and responsive user interface patterns.
• Build and maintain scalable Java / Spring Boot microservices, REST APIs, GraphQL, and distributed application components.
• 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.
• Produce secure, high-quality production code that meets functional, non-functional, resiliency, performance, and maintainability requirements.
• Contribute to architecture and design artifacts for complex application features, integrations, and platform capabilities.
• Apply engineering best practices across software design, coding standards, test automation, CI/CD, observability, and secure development.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues across frontend, backend, integration, cloud, and production environments.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification in software engineering concepts and 10+ years of applied software engineering experience.
• Hands-on experience delivering enterprise-scale, production-grade applications in complex technology environments.
• Strong experience with Java, Spring Boot, REST APIs, GraphQL, microservices, and distributed systems.
• Strong frontend engineering experience with React, JavaScript / TypeScript, HTML5, CSS3, and modern frontend tooling such as Vite, Webpack, or equivalent.
• 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 with micro frontend architecture, including modular frontend design, shared components, application integration patterns, and independently maintainable frontend capabilities.
• Practical experience with AWS or similar cloud platforms and cloud-native design patterns.
• Experience with automated testing and quality engineering practices, including tools and frameworks such as JUnit, Playwright, React Testing Library, smoke testing, integration testing, or similar.
• Proficiency in debugging, troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, and performance tuning across frontend and backend systems.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively across product, architecture, operations, and engineering teams.
   

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Experience in payments, financial services, or high-volume transaction platforms.
• Familiarity with modern front-end technologies
• Exposure to cloud technologies