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Lead Software Engineer

Full-time

JPMorgan Chase

Responsibilities

  • Design and develop Java/Spring Boot microservices for real-time data product delivery and platform capabilities.
  • Own features through requirements, design, implementation, testing, deployment, and monitoring.
  • Build, optimize, and support scalable event-driven data pipelines and distributed systems.
  • Write secure production code, review and debug code, participate in design reviews, and maintain engineering standards.
  • Improve performance, scalability, cost efficiency, reliability, and data integrity through comprehensive testing and operational practices.
  • Support production operations and incident response while identifying and remediating technical debt.
  • Drive adoption of authorized AI-assisted engineering practices, automated validation, and reusable engineering patterns.
  • Contribute documentation, runbooks, technical talks, and team knowledge sharing.

Requirements

  • Formal training or certification in software engineering concepts and 5+ years of applied experience.
  • Expert-level Java proficiency and deep experience with Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, Spring Data, Spring Security, Spring Framework, and AWS.
  • Hands-on experience with system design, application development, testing, operational stability, distributed systems, and microservices architecture.
  • Production experience with AWS services including EC2, S3, Lambda, CloudWatch, IAM, and Kinesis.
  • Experience with MongoDB, Snowflake, Databricks, and relational SQL databases.
  • Experience with Git or Bitbucket, JIRA, Maven, CI/CD pipelines, Docker, Kubernetes, and Terraform.
  • Proficiency with Java/J2EE, REST APIs, event-driven microservices, Kafka, RabbitMQ, and Spark Structured Streaming.
  • Preferred: Python and data engineering experience, Databricks, data infrastructure or reference data platforms, platform or product development, open-source or public technical contributions, AWS certification, Spring Cloud Netflix OSS, high-scale real-time data systems, data mesh, multi-region or disaster recovery, and managed-service architecture patterns.

Benefits

  • Competitive total rewards package with base salary determined by role, experience, skills, and location, plus possible commission or discretionary incentive compensation.
  • Comprehensive health care coverage, on-site health and wellness centers, retirement savings plan, backup childcare, tuition reimbursement, mental health support, and financial coaching.
  • Equal opportunity employment and reasonable accommodation support.
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