Senior Lead Software Engineer - Payments Tech / Java

Be an integral part of an agile team that's constantly pushing the envelope to enhance, build, and deliver top-notch technology products.

As a Senior Lead Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within the Commercial & Investment Bank, Payment Services technology 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. Drive significant business impact through your capabilities and contributions, and apply deep technical expertise and problem-solving methodologies to tackle a diverse array of challenges that span multiple technologies and applications.

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
• Requires 50% of the time being hands on performing code reviews or developing new code
• 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
• Provides guidance to immediate team of software engineers on daily tasks and activities
• Sets the overall guidance and expectations for team output, practices, and collaboration
• Manages stakeholder relationships and the team’s work in accordance with compliance standards, service level agreements, and business requirements
• Manage and grow the careers of software engineers

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience. In addition, demonstrated coaching and mentoring experience
• Must have development experience in Java, Spring / Spring Boot Framework and Microservices
• Experience leading and managing software engineering teams, with a focus on individual growth and overall team performance.
• Proficient in automation and continuous delivery methods
• Proficient in all aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle
• Advanced understanding of agile methodologies such as CI/CD, Application Resiliency, and Security and Practical cloud native experience
• In-depth knowledge of the financial services industry and their IT systems
• Experience in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field and expertise in technology disciplines
• Very good understanding of software engineering principles, design patterns, and best practices.
• Hands on experience working with high throughput, low latency distributed systems ensuring efficient communication and integration between different systems.
• Proven record of providing end-user support with excellent problem-solving abilities.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Practical cloud native experience
• Practical Cockroach & Cassandra experience
• Reactive programming