Lead Software Engineer - Sr. UI Developer

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JOB DESCRIPTION

Join the Chase Digital team and help shape best-in-class desktop and mobile experiences for Chase customers, with a focus on the Chase Business website. You'll work in an agile environment where engineering excellence, collaboration, and measurable customer impact are core to how we deliver.

As a Lead Software Engineer - UI Developer at JPMorganChase within the Chase Digital team (Consumer & Community Banking), you will lead and contribute to the design and delivery of modern web applications that improve how customers discover, access, and manage business banking capabilities. You'll drive quality, performance, and reliability through strong engineering practices and partner closely across product, design, and technology to ship outcomes at scale.

Job responsibilities

• Lead delivery across the team by coordinating engineers and driving execution in an agile environment to meet quality and timeline goals
• Design, build, and maintain responsive, accessible, and performant user interfaces using React, JavaScript, and TypeScript
• Establish and uphold engineering best practices across the software development life cycle (SDLC), including code quality, testing, and release readiness
• Engineer and optimize Single Page Applications, focusing on page performance, user experience, and scalable front-end architecture
• Implement comprehensive testing strategies including unit, component, integration, and end-to-end tests to ensure product quality and completeness
• Collaborate across product, design, and engineering partners to translate business needs into well-architected technical solutions
• Improve development workflows by identifying and implementing enhancements to tooling, processes, and build pipelines (for example, Jenkins)
• Ensure solutions align with architecture standards and follow risk management and security expectations
• Leverages enterprise-authorized AI coding assist tools within the work environment to improve code quality, delivery speed, and productivity (e.g., code generation/refactoring, unit test creation, documentation), while validating outputs through peer review, automated testing, and secure coding standards.
• Applies knowledge of tools within the Software Development Life Cycle toolchain, including enterprise-authorized AI-assisted development and automation capabilities, to improve the value realized by automation.

Required qualifications, capabilities and skills

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience
• 10+ years of experience delivering technology solutions, with 8+ years of web development experience
• Advanced proficiency in React, JavaScript, and TypeScript for building production web applications
• 8+ years of experience with HTML5 and CSS, including strong fundamentals in modern web standards
• Demonstrated experience with testing frameworks and approaches for UI applications (e.g., Jest, React Testing Library, Cypress, Selenium) across unit through end-to-end coverage
• Strong experience integrating with RESTful web services and building scalable client-side integrations
• Strong understanding of software design patterns and paradigms, including object-oriented programming and functional programming concepts
• 5+ years of experience with build pipelines and automation tooling (e.g., Jenkins or similar)
• Working knowledge of using enterprise-authorized AI capabilities within the work environment to support software engineering workflows with strong validation habits and awareness of data sensitivity.
• Ability to review and validate AI-assisted code and technical recommendations before use, escalating when uncertain and following security and data handling requirements.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities and skills

• Experience customizing CSS frameworks (e.g., Bootstrap) and using CSS preprocessors (e.g., Sass or Less)
• Experience with GraphQL services and front-end integration patterns
• Demonstrated use of Test-Driven Development (TDD) and/or Behavior-Driven Development (BDD) practices
• Experience with containerization and cloud-related technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes, Amazon Web Services)
• Experience implementing Continuous Integration and/or Continuous Delivery practices for web platforms

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.

We offer a competitive total rewards package including base salary determined based on the role, experience, skill set and location. Those in eligible roles may receive commission-based pay and/or discretionary incentive compensation, paid in the form of cash and/or forfeitable equity, awarded in recognition of individual achievements and contributions. We also offer a range of benefits and programs to meet employee needs, based on eligibility. These benefits include comprehensive health care coverage, on-site health and wellness centers, a retirement savings plan, backup childcare, tuition reimbursement, mental health support, financial coaching and more. Additional details about total compensation and benefits will be provided during the hiring process.

We recognize that our people are our strength and the diverse talents they bring to our global workforce are directly linked to our success. We are an equal opportunity employer and place a high value on diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute, including race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital or veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. We also make reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs. Visit our FAQs for more information about requesting an accommodation.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veterans

ABOUT THE TEAM

Our Consumer & Community Banking division serves our Chase customers through a range of financial services, including personal banking, credit cards, mortgages, auto financing, investment advice, small business loans and payment processing. We're proud to lead the U.S. in credit card sales and deposit growth and have the most-used digital solutions - all while ranking first in customer satisfaction.