
Lead Software Engineer - Java, Spring Boot, AWS
at J.P. Morgan
Posted 25 days ago
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- Compensation
- Not specified
- City
- Chicago
- Country
- United States
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Senior engineering role within JPMorgan Chase's Commercial and Investment Bank to design, develop, and deliver scalable, real-time search services and APIs. Hands-on technical lead responsible for backend and frontend troubleshooting and performance tuning across Java/Spring Boot, AWS, Kafka, PostgreSQL, Elasticsearch, and React, and for architecting cloud-native, microservices-based solutions using Kubernetes. Collaborates with product and engineering stakeholders in an Agile environment, mentors junior engineers, and champions best practices in API design, CI/CD, and application resiliency.
Location: Chicago, IL, United States
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 JPMorgan Chase within the Commercial and Investment Bank, 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
- Design, develop, and deliver innovative software solutions with ability to think beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions or break down technical problems
- Lead design, build, and optimization of real-time search service and APIs for search.
- Lead technical troubleshooting and performance tuning across backend (Java, Spring Boot, AWS, Kafka, PostgreSQL, Elastic Search) and frontend (React JS) components.
- Architect and implement scalable systems to ingest, transform, and aggregate millions of records from disparate sources, ensuring data quality and integrity.
- Collaborate with engineers, product owners, and business stakeholders to translate requirements into best-in-class software solutions.
- Work within an Agile/Scrum environment, contributing to sprint planning, code reviews, and continuous improvement.
- Champion best practices in API design, microservices architecture, and cloud-native development using Kubernetes and AWS.
- Mentor junior engineers and contribute to a culture of diversity, inclusion, and respect within the team.
Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- Formal training or certification in software engineering concepts and 5 plus years of hands-on experience in software development.
- Deep expertise in Java/JVM ecosystem, Spring Boot framework.
- Proven experience building robust APIs and microservices architectures.
- Strong proficiency in AWS cloud services and Kubernetes for container orchestration.
- Hands-on experience with Kafka for architecting and building distributed messaging and event-driven architectures.
- Advanced skills in PostgreSQL and database optimization.
- Advanced skills in Elastic Search for data storage, indexing, and search optimization.
- Demonstrated ability in performance tuning and troubleshooting complex systems.
- Experience in real-time data processing.
- Proven experience with React JS and modern front-end development practices.
- Proficient in all aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle, including CI/CD, automation, and application resiliency with experience working in Agile teams and partnering with product and engineering stakeholders.
- Experience working on financial systems or enterprise CRM platforms is a plus.
- Familiarity with data matching, deduplication, and entity resolution techniques.
- Experience with performance optimization in large-scale, cloud-native applications.





