Lead Software Engineer

JPMorgan Chase

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Work type: On-site
Location: Jersey City, NJColumbus, OH
Employment: Full-time
Posted: 14 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live today
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 Software Engineer

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JOB TITLE: Lead Software Engineer - Java, React, AWS As a Senior Lead Software Engineer within the Chief Technology Office team, you will join an agile engineering organization to design and deliver cloud-native platforms for product intake, communication, and technical knowledge sharing. You will own platform-level architecture, lead complex technical initiatives, and mentor engineers to ensure secure, scalable, and resilient solutions. Your daily work involves building backend services, GraphQL APIs, and modern React UIs, including Module Federation micro-frontends and Hugo-based static content pipelines. You will utilize Java Spring Boot, Python, Go, and AWS services like ECS, Lambda, and S3. Key responsibilities include managing integrations with Jira and GitHub, implementing Lucene-based search, and driving AI-assisted engineering practices to improve code quality and delivery velocity across firmwide platforms.

Skills

Java Python Go JavaScript TypeScript React.js GraphQL REST AWS ECS Fargate SNS SQS Lambda API Gateway S3 Terraform PostgreSQL CI/CD Module Federation Hugo Lucene Bitbucket GitHub Jira ADFS SSO Micro-frontends

What you'll do

Own platform-level architecture and technical strategy to ensure secure, scalable, and resilient cloud-native solutions.
Lead complex technical initiatives from discovery through delivery while establishing engineering standards and reusable patterns.
Design and implement backend services, GraphQL APIs, and React UIs using micro-frontends and static content pipelines.
Manage content discovery capabilities including Lucene-based full-text search and automated content authoring pipelines.
Write high-quality, secure code in Java, Python, and Go while modeling best-in-class engineering practices.
Mentor engineers through design reviews and code reviews to improve system design and implementation skills.
Set and enforce non-functional standards for security, performance, availability, and cost efficiency across the SDLC.
Drive the adoption of approved AI-assisted engineering practices to improve code quality and delivery velocity.

What we're looking for

Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and applied experience.
Proven expertise in distributed system design, application architecture, and technical leadership.
Demonstrated experience leading the use of approved AI-assisted software development tools and ensuring responsible AI use.
Hands-on proficiency in Java, JavaScript/TypeScript, and Python with experience designing GraphQL and REST APIs.
Deep experience with cloud-native architectures (e.g., AWS ECS/Fargate, SNS, SQS, Lambda, API Gateway, S3) and the full SDLC.
Strong understanding of agile methodologies, CI/CD, application resiliency, and security.
Demonstrated ability to mentor engineers, lead design reviews, and align technical decisions with business outcomes.
Infrastructure as Code expertise using Terraform (preferred).