Lead Software Engineer - Java Backend

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As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorganChase within the Consumer and Community Banking's 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. As a core technical contributor, you are responsible for delivering critical technology solutions across multiple technical areas within various business functions in support of the firm’s business objectives.

Job Responsibilities

• Execute creative software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting, thinking beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions or break down technical problems.  
• Deliver end-to-end solutions in the form of cloud-native, microservices-based applications, leveraging the latest technologies and best industry practices.  
• Use domain modeling techniques to build best-in-class business products, structuring software for clarity, testability, and evolution.  
• 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 communities of practice across Software Engineering to promote awareness and use of new and leading-edge technologies.  
• Adds to team culture of diversity, opportunity, inclusion, and respect.  
• Promptly investigate and resolve issues, ensuring they do not resurface.  
• Continuously update technologies and patterns to keep systems current.  
• Design and build solutions that avoid single points of failure using scalable architectural patterns.  
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Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years of hands-on experience in software engineering, including system design, application development, testing, and operational support.

• Proficiency in back-end technologies (e.g., Java, Springboot ) with experience building microservices-based applications

• Demonstrated ability to independently solve design and functionality challenges with minimal supervision.

• Experience working with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, GCP), distributed systems, including RESTful APIs and web services, WebSockets, and JSON.

• Hands-on experience designing and building scalable applications using SQL and NoSQL databases.

• Experience with agile development methodologies (e.g., Scrum) and an understanding of the software development life cycle.

• Understanding of application resiliency

• Proficiency 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. 

• Demonstrated proficiency in software applications and technical processes within a technical discipline (e.g., cloud, artificial intelligence, machine learning, mobile, etc.). 

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Experience with presentation, negotiation, mentoring, and stakeholder management.

• Strong problem-solving, analytical, and communication skills.

• Ability to drive broader impact by sharing and contributing best practices.