Lead Backend Java Engineer

Salary: $61,000 - 101,000 per year Requirements:

• We expect formal training or certification in software engineering concepts, plus 5+ years of practical experience.
• We need hands-on experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability in large-scale enterprise environments.
• We require advanced proficiency in Java, Spring Boot, and REST APIs within microservices and distributed systems.
• We look for strong experience with relational databases such as Oracle or DB2, and/or NoSQL databases such as MongoDB, along with CI/CD pipelines, DevOps, and automation practices.
• We expect strong command of the software development life cycle (SDLC).
• We value strong problem-solving, analytical, and stakeholder communication skills.
• We need demonstrated success building high-volume, low-latency, mission-critical financial systems.
• We seek hands-on experience integrating AI/ML and GenAI into enterprise applications, including LLMs, RAG pipelines, embeddings, vector stores/databases, model evaluation, and production monitoring (MLOps).
• We expect experience leading the use of approved AI-assisted software development tools, with the ability to set expectations for validating AI outputs for correctness, performance, and security.
• We look for practical experience working across cross-functional teams in complex enterprise organizations.
• Preferred: cloud-native development experience with AWS or a similar platform.
• Preferred: exposure to Prime Finance, Securities Lending, or Broker Dealer platforms.
• Preferred: experience with event-driven architectures, including Kafka, MQ, and related messaging systems.
• Preferred: familiarity with modern front-end technologies such as React and UI frameworks.
• Preferred: exposure to domain-driven design, full-stack development, and modern architectural patterns.
• Preferred: experience with observability tools such as Splunk, Grafana, Prometheus, or ELK.
• Preferred: interest in emerging technologies, including AI-assisted development, automation, and advanced analytics.

• We design, develop, troubleshoot, and deliver creative software solutions for complex problems across distributed systems and microservices architectures.
• We write secure, high-quality production code and review and debug code written by others to uphold engineering standards.
• We build and integrate AI/ML and GenAI capabilities into production platforms, including LLMs, RAG, embeddings, vector databases, and MLOps for lifecycle management, monitoring, and governance.
• We promote enterprise-approved AI-assisted engineering practices, such as code review, refactoring, test acceleration, and incident or root-cause analysis, while enforcing secure coding, peer review, automated testing, and pattern reuse.
• We identify ways to remove or automate recurring remediation work to strengthen stability, resilience, and application performance.
• We lead architecture and design decisions that shape scalability, performance, and the long-term direction of the platform.
• We run evaluation sessions with internal teams and stakeholders to review architectural proposals and ensure alignment with enterprise technology strategy.
• We help modernize the platform through cloud-native, event-driven, and microservices-based approaches.
• We provide technical leadership and mentoring to engineers while supporting a collaborative, inclusive, and high-performing culture.
• We partner with business, product, and operations teams to turn Prime Finance and Broker Dealer needs into scalable technical solutions.
• We ensure strong delivery across environments with a focus on SDLC discipline, testing, and production stability.

• AI
• AWS
• CI/CD
• Cloud
• DevOps
• ELK
• Grafana
• Support
• Java
• Kafka
• MLOps
• MongoDB
• NoSQL
• Oracle
• Prometheus
• RAG
• REST
• React
• Security
• Splunk
• Spring
• Spring Boot
• microservices
• UX UI Design
• Backend

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We are J.P. Morgan, collaborating with hackajob to connect with exceptional professionals for this role. We are a global financial institution with more than 200 years of history, offering innovative solutions to consumers, small businesses, corporations, institutions, and government clients through the J.P. Morgan and Chase brands. Our Commercial & Investment Bank is a global leader across banking, markets, securities services, and payments, operating in more than 100 countries. We offer a competitive total rewards package, with base salary determined by role, experience, skill set, and location, plus potential commission or discretionary incentive compensation in eligible roles. Our benefits and programs may include comprehensive health coverage, on-site health and wellness centers, retirement savings, backup childcare, tuition reimbursement, mental health support, financial coaching, and more. We are committed to diversity, inclusion, and equal opportunity, and we value the diverse talents our global workforce brings to our success.

last updated 40 week of 2026