Lead Software Engineer - Full Stack Java Developer

Company: American Chase LLC

Location: Columbus, OH

Posted on: June 01

We have an exciting and rewarding opportunity for you to take your software engineering career to the next level.

As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within the Corporate Technology team, you will be a key member of an agile team, responsible for designing and delivering market-leading technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable manner. This role offers an exciting opportunity to convert business concepts into user-friendly web application features that resonate with our users. Your innovative thinking and technical expertise will aid us in delivering engaging digital experiences and modernizing our in-house web applications.

Job responsibilities

• Senior Hands-on Lead Engineer who can drive technology solutions for solving complex business & engineering problems.
• Design, implement and maintain high quality code for web-based applications (front-end/back-end) , ensuring scalability, security, resiliency and seamless integration with other in-house platforms.
• Coach junior developers, participate in engaging code-reviews and ensure best engineering practices are followed through implementing necessary governance and controls.
• Define and implement the technical architecture and infrastructure strategy.
• Support continuous improvement, investigating alternatives and technologies, and presenting for architectural review.
• Must also be able to effectively communicate the project status at various points of the development process to stakeholders and upper management.
• Need to be good team player to collaborate technical design idea across different geographies.
• Effectively communicate and collaborate with product managers, stakeholders, and current application users to translate concepts into technical designs.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience.
• 6+ years' experience in full-stack Java web application development.
• Strong Java/ J2EE design, coding, testing, and debugging skills.
• Expertise with Spring Framework, Spring Boot, Sprint Batch/Security, Hibernate and REST services.
• Expertise with Web UI skills (ReactJS/JQuery/JavaScript/HTML/CSS) with proven experience in ReactJS particularly.
• Expertise with traditional RDMS SQL Databases.
• Hands on experience developing and deploying applications (Microservices) to the cloud / Kubernetes platforms.
• Experience with Agile and TDD development methodologies.
• Experience in DevOps / SRE setup - build, deployment, integration, code management and similar tools like Jenkins, Maven, automated deployment etc.
• A natural go-getter with a proactive attitude, ready to tackle challenges and drive projects forward.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to articulate design concepts and collaborate effectively with a globally located team.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Excellent understanding of user-centered design principles and best practices in usability (e.g. SALT design system).
• Experience and good understanding of JavaScript testing frameworks (e.g., JEST, Vitest, Playwright, etc.).
• Exposure to public cloud technologies (AWS, DBX).