Senior Lead Software Engineer - Java/React/AWS/AI

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

Responsibilities

• Regularly provide technical guidance and direction to support the business, technical teams, contractors, and vendors.
• Develop secure and high-quality production code; review and debug code written by others.
• Drive adoption and governance of approved AI-assisted engineering practices across teams to improve code quality, delivery speed, and operational outcomes (e.g., AI-assisted code review/refactoring, test acceleration, release readiness, incident/root-cause analysis). Establish measurable validation standards (secure coding, peer review, automated testing) and promote reuse of proven patterns and automation within the SDLC/TLM toolchain.
• Apply knowledge of tools within the Software Development Life Cycle toolchain, including approved AI-assisted development and automation capabilities, to improve value realized by automation at scale.
• Lead 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.
• Drive decisions that influence product design, application functionality, and technical operations and processes.
• Serve as a function-wide subject matter expert in one or more areas of focus.
• Actively contribute to the engineering community as an advocate of firmwide frameworks, tools, and practices of the Software Development Life Cycle.

Requirements

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years of applied experience.
• Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability.
• Strong experience in Java, React, platform engineering, AWS, systems design, solution design, low-level design, database, messaging, live application/data migrations, design patterns, high scale, and production support from product and platform organizations.
• Experience with AI agents, automated generation of UI, design, code, database, test cases, and assembling solutions in real time to shorten the SDLC and significantly reduce timelines using prompt engineering with AI-powered LLM tools such as Claude and CoPilot. Assemble solutions to result in production-grade services/APIs using coding and performance best practices.
• Demonstrated experience leading effective use of enterprise-authorized AI-assisted software development tools within the work environment (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 senior engineers/leads on compliant usage patterns and controls.
• Ability to tackle design and functionality problems independently with little to no oversight.
• Practical cloud-native experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Exposure to modern emerging technologies.

Benefits

• Competitive total rewards package including base salary determined based on role, experience, skill set, and location.
• Commission-based pay and/or discretionary incentive compensation for eligible roles, paid in the form of 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.

About Us

Chase is a leading financial services firm, helping nearly half of America's households and small businesses achieve their financial goals through a broad range of financial products. Our mission is to create engaged, lifelong relationships and put our customers at the heart of everything we do. We also help small businesses, nonprofits, and cities grow, delivering solutions to solve all their financial needs.

About The Team

Our Consumer & Community Banking Group depends on innovators like you to serve consumers, small businesses, municipalities, and non-profits. You'll support the delivery of award-winning tools and services that cover everything from personal and small business banking as well as lending, mortgages, credit cards, payments, auto finance, and investment advice. This group is also focused on developing and delivering cutting-edge mobile applications, digital experiences, and next-generation banking technology solutions to better serve our clients and customers.