
Lead Software Engineer - Java & Kafka Developer
at J.P. Morgan
Posted 22 days ago
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- Compensation
- Not specified
- City
- Bengaluru
- Country
- India
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As a Lead Software Engineer on the Payments Technology team in Bengaluru, you will be a core technical contributor within an agile team, designing, building and delivering secure, scalable payment systems. You will develop and review production-quality Java (Java 8+) microservices, work with Kafka, IBM MQ, Spring Boot, caching and relational/NoSQL databases, and improve operational stability through automation. The role includes driving technical evaluations with vendors and internal teams, leading communities of practice, and delivering cloud-native solutions (AWS/Private Cloud, Docker/Kubernetes) with strong CI/CD and testing practices.
Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
We have an opportunity to impact your career and provide an adventure where you can push the limits of what's possible.
As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorganChase within the Payments 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
- Executes creative software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting with ability to think beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions or break down technical problems
- Develops secure high-quality production code, and reviews and debugs code written by others
- 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
- Leads communities of practice across Software Engineering to drive awareness and use of new and leading-edge technologies
- Adds to team culture of diversity, opportunity, inclusion, and respect
Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience
- Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
- Advanced in Core Java / Design Patterns: Java 8 +, Multi-threading, Exception Handling, Defensive Programming, Microservices, Java Design Patterns along with database -Oracle, MySQL, Cockroach DB
- Proficiency in Spring Core Framework, Spring Boot, Spring Integration, Apache Camel, Log4j 2.x / Logback
- Experience in Messaging Protocols: Kafka, IBM MQ' Active MQ, RESTful HTTP and distributed Cache: Hazelcast, Redis, Memcached, Gemfire
- Proficiency in automation - with experience in testing frameworks like JUnit, Powermock / Mockito, Cucumber, Mutation Testing, Selenium and continuous delivery methods
- Proficient in all aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle
- Advanced understanding of agile methodologies such as CI/CD, Application Resiliency, and Security
- Demonstrated proficiency in software applications and technical processes within a technical discipline (e.g., cloud, artificial intelligence, machine learning, mobile, etc.)
- In-depth knowledge of the financial services industry and their IT systems
Practical cloud native experience - AWS/Private Cloud, Docker/Kubernetes
Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills- Knowledge of Payments in Banking domain will be a plus.Carry out critical tech solutions across multiple technical areas as an integral part of an agile team




