Senior Lead Software Engineer, Java Back-End

JPMorgan Chase

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Work type: On-site
Location: Jersey City, NJ
Salary: $171,000–$260,000 / yr
Posted: 9 days ago
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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Above market

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This role $216k

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About JPMorgan Chase

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.

JPMorgan Chase currently has 436 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Senior Lead Software Engineer, Java Back-End

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As a Senior Lead Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within the Consumer & Community Banking division, you will lead and mentor multiple agile technical teams to enhance and build market-leading financial risk technologies. Your daily responsibilities include architecting, designing, and developing Java/Spring-based framework APIs and shared components that enable rapid service development across various lines of business. You will also optimize existing code for low latency and high throughput, ensuring systems can handle extreme transaction volumes with near-zero downtime. The role requires expertise in AWS SDKs, HTTP connections, IBM MQ, Kafka, Cassandra, Oracle, and GraalVM, as well as proficiency in REST and SOAP service development, Kubernetes/Docker/EKS, and cloud-native microservices at scale using Terraform and CloudFormation. Additionally, you should be familiar with observability tooling, performance benchmarking, and network/security protocols like TLS 1.3 and OAuth2, while applying deep technical expertise to solve complex challenges in a large-scale enterprise environment.

Skills

Java Spring AWS Kubernetes Docker Terraform CloudFormation Cassandra Oracle Hibernate MyBatis REST SOAP JSON XML Kafka Redis TLS OAuth2 Spring Boot JUnit Mockito GraalVM CockroachDB CI/CD

What you'll do

Lead the architecture and design of Java/Spring-based framework APIs for multiple business lines.
Build low-latency, high-throughput systems optimized for extreme transaction volumes with near-zero downtime.
Profile and optimize existing code to enhance performance and efficiency across various applications.
Develop secure service frameworks using REST and SOAP protocols, ensuring robust API design principles.
Implement cloud-native microservices at scale using Kubernetes, Docker, AWS services, and infrastructure-as-code tools.
Ensure observability in systems through metrics, tracing, logs, and performance benchmarking practices.

What we're looking for

Extensive experience in architecture and design of Java/Spring-based systems.
Proficiency in building low-latency, high-throughput APIs for extreme transaction volumes.
Expertise in unit testing, integration testing, and test automation frameworks.
Deep knowledge of AWS services, Kubernetes, Docker, and cloud-native microservices.
Familiarity with observability tools, performance benchmarking, and secure coding practices.
Experience developing shared libraries/frameworks used by multiple product teams.
Strong background in large-scale enterprise or financial services environments.

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