Lead Java Software Engineer

JPMorgan Chase

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Work type: On-site
Location: Columbus, OH
Posted: 70 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live 2 days ago
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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JPMorgan Chase & Co. is a global financial services firm and one of the largest banks in the world, offering investment banking, commercial banking, asset management, and consumer financial services.

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TL;DR · Lead Java Software Engineer

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As a Java Lead Software Engineer - AWM within Morgan Money at JPMorganChase, you will join a hands-on engineering team focused on building next-generation liquidity trading capabilities for corporate clients. You will design, build, and operate low-latency, secure backend services while partnering with investment and trading stakeholders to translate business objectives into technical outcomes. Your daily work involves managing end-to-end feature delivery, improving observability through logging and metrics, and driving the adoption of enterprise-authorized AI-assisted engineering practices for code review and testing. You will utilize Java, Spring frameworks, Kafka or other messaging platforms, and Python for automation. The role requires expertise in distributed systems, event-driven design, and performance engineering to solve complex problems in the liquidity trading and capital markets domain while ensuring high reliability and scalability across various regions.

Skills

Java Spring Kafka Python Distributed Systems Contract Testing Low-latency Observability Metrics Tracing Performance Engineering Secure Coding AI-assisted Development

What you'll do

Translate business objectives from investment and trading teams into durable technical requirements.
Design, build, and operate low-latency, scalable backend services using Java.
Manage the end-to-end delivery of features from initial design through production release.
Drive architectural decisions to improve performance, reliability, and long-term maintainability of services.
Establish disciplined engineering practices including automated testing, code reviews, and CI/CD pipelines.
Improve system observability and incident readiness through logging, metrics, and tracing.
Lead the adoption of enterprise-authorized AI-assisted tools to improve code quality and delivery speed.
Implement secure coding practices to reduce operational and technology risk across all services.

What we're looking for

Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts.
5+ years of applied experience in software engineering.
Hands-on experience delivering production-grade backend services using Java with strong object-oriented design and debugging skills.
Experience building scalable distributed systems with a focus on low-latency performance, resiliency patterns, and failure-mode thinking.
Proficiency with modern Java frameworks like Spring and dependency injection patterns.
Experience implementing robust testing practices including unit, integration, and contract testing with automated quality gates.
Experience with messaging/streaming technologies such as Kafka and event-driven design patterns.
Demonstrated experience leading the use of approved AI-assisted software development tools while ensuring security and data sensitivity compliance.

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