Lead Software Engineer

We have an exciting and rewarding opportunity for you to take your software engineering career to the next level. 

As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorganChase within the Consumer and Community Banking technology team, you serve as a seasoned member of an agile team to design and deliver trusted market-leading technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable way. You are responsible for carrying out critical technology solutions across multiple technical areas within various business functions in support of the firm’s business objectives.

Job Responsibilities

• Own the technical strategy and architecture for mission-critical applications, ensuring alignment with business goals and industry best practices.
• Analyze, design, engineer, install, configure, and support distributed database systems.
• Deep knowledge of database internals and development practices.
• Focus on automation, API enablement, provisioning, resiliency, and performance.
• Apply ITIL processes for incident management and operational excellence.
• Develop, test, and debug automated software for applications, systems, or infrastructure.
• Troubleshoot incidents and contribute to blameless post-mortems.
• Participate in major code contributions and collaborate with SRE teams.
• Use analytics and monitoring frameworks for end-to-end flow and alerting.
• Conduct performance tests, identify bottlenecks, and optimize capacity.

Required Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills

• Formal training or certification in Software Engineering concepts and 5+ years of applied experience.
• Experience on NoSQL Cassandra 
• Experience on Production support with ITIL process with AWS Certification 
• Extensive experience in Java and object-oriented programming; advanced in one or more programming languages.
• Proficient in at least one programming language (Python, Java, Go, etc.)
• Self-starter in one or more technology domains; able to work across domains.
• Knowledge of infrastructure components (networking, cloud, orchestration, containers, compute/storage).
• Service-level management and troubleshooting skills.
• Experience with performance management, monitoring, and capacity tools.
• Ability to work on impactful projects and communicate business value.
• Effective collaboration within Agile teams.

Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• Knowledge of NoSQL (Cassandra) and other databases
• Hands-on expertise with AWS cloud platform, CI/CD pipelines, and DevOps practices.
• UI development experience with modern frameworks such as React, Angular, or similar.