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As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within the Commercial & Investment Bank, 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

• Own the technical strategy and architecture for mission-critical applications, ensuring alignment with business goals and industry best practices
• Lead and mentor a team of software engineers, providing guidance, support, and professional development opportunities
• Drive the design and implementation of high-performance backend services using Java and cloud-native technologies
• Champion the development of highly resilient, share-nothing, multi-region architectures to achieve fault tolerance, high availability, and disaster recovery
• Drive the adoption and optimization of MongoDB (including change streams), Kubernetes, and other modern platforms
• Set and enforce standards for API design and development (REST/gRPC), including best practices for versioning, documentation, and error handling to ensure robust, secure, and scalable interfaces
• Guide the integration and management of service registries for dynamic service discovery and orchestration in micro services environments
• Promote the creation of custom frameworks and reusable components to accelerate development and maintain consistency
• Foster Agile, self-managing team practices, driving continuous improvement in processes, tools, and standards
• Manage project delivery, ensuring timelines, quality, and stakeholder satisfaction while identifying and mitigating technical risks
• Represent the engineering team in strategic discussions, influencing technology decisions and roadmap planning

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification on Software Engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience
• Extensive experience in Java and object-oriented programming
• Proven leadership in Kubernetes and cloud-native application development
• Deep expertise in MongoDB, including change streams and schema design
• Strong background in RESTful and gRPC API design and implementation
• Demonstrated experience with API best practices and service registry concepts
• Track record of designing highly resilient, share-nothing, multi-region architectures
• Ability to architect and promote custom frameworks and reusable components
• Experience leading Agile, self-managing teams
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and stakeholder management skills
  Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
• Proven experience in senior leadership or engineering management roles
• Hands-on expertise with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP), CI/CD pipelines, and DevOps practices
• UI development experience with modern frameworks such as React, Angular, or similar