Lead Software Engineer - Java, AWS, React.js, Kafka
Company: JPMorganChase
Location: Chicago
Posted on: April 1, 2026
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Job Description:
Description 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 Bank - Controls group, you play a crucial role
in an agile team dedicated to enhancing, building, and delivering
trusted, market-leading technology products in a secure, stable,
and scalable manner. As a key technical contributor, you will be
responsible for implementing critical technology solutions across
multiple technical domains, supporting various business functions
to achieve 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 Leads and mentors a team up to
ten junior software engineers, fostering a culture of technical
excellence and continuous improvement. Drives automation
initiatives for CI/CD, infrastructure provisioning, and operational
processes. Optimizes application performance through tuning,
monitoring, and proactive improvements. Engages in development
expertise in Java, Spring Boot, React and Kafka messaging
Collaborates with product owners, architects, and cross-functional
teams to deliver high-quality solutions. Designs and implements
highly available and resilient systems, ensuring minimal downtime
and robust disaster recovery. Required qualifications,
capabilities, and skills Formal training or certification on
software engineering concepts and 5 years applied experience
Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application
development, testing, and operational stability Advanced in one or
more programming language(s) such as Java and React Proficiency in
automation and continuous delivery methods, and in all aspects of
Software Development Life Cycle 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.) Advanced experience
in domain-driven design, relational databases, PostgreSQL, and
Kafka Hands on experience in Kafka, Spring Boot, JSON, and AWS
services. Advanced hands on experience in AWS Cloud services and
deployment of applications Experience in architecture, design,
deployment and troubleshooting of scalable, cloud-native
applications on AWS Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and
skills Experience with Kubernetes, Docker or other containers
In-depth knowledge of the financial services industry and their IT
systems Exposure to work flow engine solutions
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