Lead Software Engineer - Java, Spring, AWS, Oracle, Postgres

High Level Skillset Requirements: Java, Spring, AWS, Oracle, Postgres

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 Consumer & Community Banking Team, 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 

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience
• Minimum Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field, or equivalent experience
• 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.
• 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
• Provides technical leadership and mentorship to software engineering teams, fostering growth and development of junior engineers
• Defines and drives the technical vision, architecture, and roadmap for complex, large-scale systems
• Collaborates with product owners, business stakeholders, and cross-functional teams to translate business requirements into robust technical solutions
• Oversees end-to-end delivery of software projects, ensuring alignment with business goals, timelines, and quality standards
• Designs and implements scalable, resilient, and high-performance solutions leveraging Java, Spring, AWS, Oracle, and Postgres

  Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills 

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience in Java, AWS, Spring boot, Terraforms
• Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
• Proficiency with programming languages like Java is a must, SQL and React.js and understand software development best practices
• Extensive hands-on experience in RDBMS, particularly with Oracle and PostgreSQL, including database design, query optimization, and performance tuning for efficient data management and retrieval
• Proficiency in automation and continuous delivery methods
• Hands-on experience in AWS EC2, AWS Lambda, AWS KMS, AWS ECS, AWS EKS, AWS S3, EMR, Athena, SQS, Event Bridge, PostgreSQL
• Hands-on experience with Cloud Infrastructure Provisioning Tools like Terraform & Cloud Formation etc.
• Advanced understanding of agile methodologies such as CI/CD, Application Resiliency, and Security
• Demonstrated proficiency in software applications and technical processes within a technical discipline (e.g., cloud, artificial intelligence, machine learning, mobile, etc.)
• In-depth knowledge of the financial services industry and their IT systems

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Familiarity with modern front-end technologies
• Certifications in target areas (Cloud/Kubernetes/IaC etc.)
• Understanding of the Payments processing in a Bank