Lead Software Engineer - Java/AWS
at J.P. Morgan
Posted 22 days ago
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- Compensation
- Not specified
- City
- Wilmington
- Country
- United States
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As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase you'll be a core technical contributor on an agile team, designing, building, and delivering scalable, secure enterprise systems. You will write and review high-quality Java/Spring code, lead architectural evaluations, and ensure operational stability across AWS-based production environments. The role includes mentoring junior engineers and driving engineering best practices including CI/CD and security. Preferred experience includes AWS certifications, cloud-native architectures, and familiarity with Agentic AI.
Location: Wilmington, DE, United States
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As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorganChase within the Enterprise Technology, 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
- Deep expertise in Java and Spring Framework for building scalable enterprise solutions
- Production experience with AWS services (ECS/EKS, Lambda, S3, Kinesis, EC2, CloudWatch, NLB)
- Strong command of RDBMS (Postgres, Oracle) and database design
- Proven track record in system design, testing, and operational stability
- Solid grasp of Agile, CI/CD, and security best practices
- Experience developing in large-scale corporate environments
- Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to think critically and creatively
- Experience in mentoring and guiding junior engineers
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect certification
- Experience with Agentic AI technologies and their application in solving business challenges
- Experience integrating and working with third-party applications
- Cloud-native architecture experience
