Lead Software Engineer

Job Description

Bring your engineering expertise to a role where you can shape modern, reliable platforms and help teams deliver high-quality software at scale. You’ll work with talented technologists, partner across functions, and have the opportunity to influence how we build, test, and operate enterprise systems that support critical customer journeys.

As a Senior Lead Software Engineer at JPMorganChase within Consumer and Community Banking, you provide technical leadership across multiple teams, anticipate dependencies across partner functions, and influence technical direction to improve operational efficiency, reliability, and delivery outcomes.

Job responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership, direction, and coaching for multiple teams of software engineers delivering basic to moderately complex work
• Provide architectural oversight for Java-based enterprise platforms with a focus on performance, reliability, and operability
• Partner with product, engineering, operations, and risk stakeholders to align on priorities, outcomes, and delivery plans
• Identify delivery risks, remove blockers, and escalate issues when needed to keep work progressing effectively
• Guide teams in building and evolving automated testing strategies, including scalable test frameworks
• Influence technical design decisions and engineering standards to improve software quality and platform stability
• Contribute input to leadership on technical considerations and approaches that improve operational efficiency and team effectiveness

• Support hiring, development, and recognition practices that help grow strong engineering talent

   

Required qualifications, capabilities and skills

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience . In addition, 2 + years of experience leading technologists to manage and solve complex technical items within your domain of expertise
• Ability to guide and coach teams on approaches to achieve goals aligned to strategic initiatives
• Experience hiring, developing, and recognizing engineering talent
• Practical cloud-native experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud computing platforms
• Strong understanding of agile delivery practices, continuous integration and continuous delivery, application resiliency, and security fundamentals
• Strong knowledge of automated testing strategies, including implementation of scalable test frameworks
• Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent experience) in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field

Preferred qualifications, capabilities and skills

• Experience in the financial services industry
• Experience with modern front-end frameworks such as Angular or React