Lead Software Engineer - Artifactory/Kubernates/Java/Springboot/AWS

About the role

As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within the Corporate Sector‑Chief Technology Office, you are an integral part of an agile team that enhances, builds, and delivers trusted market‑leading technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable way. You act as a core technical contributor, delivering critical technology solutions across multiple technical areas to support the firm’s business objectives.

Responsibilities

• Executes creative software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting with the 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.
• Drives team adoption of enterprise‑authorized AI‑assisted engineering practices to improve code quality, delivery speed, and operational outcomes, while establishing consistent validation standards (secure coding, peer review, automated testing) and promoting reuse of effective patterns.
• Applies knowledge of tools within the Software Development Life Cycle toolchain, including AI‑assisted development and automation capabilities, to improve automation value.
• Identifies opportunities to eliminate or automate remediation of recurring issues to improve overall operational stability of software applications and systems.
• Leads evaluation sessions with external vendors, startups, and internal teams to probe architectural designs, technical credentials, and applicability for existing systems and information architecture.
• Leads communities of practice across Software Engineering to drive awareness and use of new and leading‑edge technologies.
• Adds to team culture of diversity, opportunity, inclusion, and respect.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience.
• Proficient with AWS (EKS, ECS, Lambda, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, API Gateway, RDS).
• Demonstrated experience leading effective use of approved AI‑assisted software development tools (e.g., for coding, code review, test acceleration, troubleshooting) with the ability to set team expectations for validating AI outputs for correctness, performance, and security.
• Strong understanding of responsible AI use in engineering workflows, including data‑sensitivity considerations, secure handling of inputs/outputs, and adherence to resiliency and security expectations; experience coaching engineers on safe, compliant adoption.
• Hands‑on experience with Kubernetes (K8s).
• Advanced proficiency in one or more programming languages (Python, Go, Java/Spring Boot).
• 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

• Frog Artifactory.
• Package management tools (Maven, Gradle, NPM, PyPI, NuGet, Docker).
• GraphQL.
• Monitoring tools (Dynatrace, Splunk).

Compensation and benefits

We offer a competitive total rewards package including base salary determined based on the role, experience, skill set and location. Eligible roles may receive commission‑based pay and/or discretionary incentive compensation, paid in cash and/or forfeitable equity, awarded in recognition of individual achievements and contributions.

• Comprehensive health‑care coverage
• On‑site health and wellness centers
• Retirement savings plan
• Backup childcare
• Tuition reimbursement
• Mental health support
• Financial coaching
• Additional programs based on eligibility

About us

JPMorgan Chase, one of the oldest financial institutions, offers innovative financial solutions to millions of consumers, small businesses and many of the world’s most prominent corporate, institutional and government clients under the J.P. Morgan and Chase brands. Our history spans over 200 years and today we are a leader in investment banking, consumer and small‑business banking, commercial banking, financial transaction processing and asset management.

About the team

Our professionals in Corporate Functions cover a diverse range of areas from finance and risk to human resources and marketing. These corporate teams are essential to the company, ensuring that we set our businesses, clients, customers and employees up for success.