Lead Software Engineer - Java, AWS

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As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorganChase within the Commercial and Investment Bank, Payments - Digital Channels, youare 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

• Architect, design, and deliver complex, large-scale software systems using AWS services, microservices, Kubernetes, and modern full stack technologies (Java, JavaScript, React, etc.)
• Lead the development of user-facing features and applications, ensuring seamless integration between backend services and intuitive front-end experiences
• Set technical direction and standards for engineering teams, championing best practices in software architecture, scalability, security, and performance
• Collaborate with product owners, business stakeholders, and UX teams to translate requirements into robust, user-centric solutions
• Communicate complex technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Conduct design and code reviews, providing guidance on architectural decisions, patterns, and technology choices
• Mentor and coach engineers, fostering a culture of technical excellence and innovation
• Evaluate and recommend new technologies, frameworks, and tools to advance platform capabilities

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 10+ years applied experience with a proven track record of technical leadership and architectural ownership

• Deep expertise in designing and building distributed systems, microservices, and cloud-native applications on AWS

• Strong programming skills in Java and JavaScript, with experience in full stack development (e.g., React, Node.js)

• Experience with Kubernetes and container orchestration at scale

• Demonstrated ability to design and deliver user-facing features in partnership with product and UX teams

• Strong understanding of software architecture patterns, scalability, security, and performance optimization

• Excellent communication, collaboration, and stakeholder management skills

• Experience mentoring and leading engineering teams

• Developing micro-front end based micro-services
• Contribution to open source or private projects in multiple technologies.

• Design Skills: Domain Driven Design, Domain modelling, User Centric Design.

  Domain experience in finance/lending/fintech/ space

• AWS Cloud Certification