Lead Software Engineer, Global Portfolio Holdings Technology

Be an integral part of an agile team that's constantly pushing the envelope to enhance, build, and deliver top-notch technology products.

As a Senior Lead Software Engineer at JPMorganChase within the Global Portfolio Holdings Technology, you are an integral part of an agile team that works to enhance, build, and deliver trusted market-leading technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable way. Drive significant business impact through your capabilities and contributions, and apply deep technical expertise and problem-solving methodologies to tackle a diverse array of challenges that span multiple technologies and applications.

Job responsibilities

• Lead and actively contribute to the design, development, and deployment of high-quality applications aligned to business and functional requirements.

• Build Java-based microservices using streaming, non-blocking, reactive programming paradigms; contribute directly to the codebase.

• Architect and operate scalable systems leveraging Kafka, IBM MQ, Kubernetes (K8s), Redis, Amazon MSK, and AWS services.

• Define and maintain technical documentation and service APIs (e.g., Swagger/OpenAPI), ensuring robust logging, auditability, security, and monitoring.

• Participate in API design sessions and guide selection of appropriate design patterns and integration approaches.

• Lead and participate in code reviews; enforce high maintainability and quality through TDD/BDD practices.

• Validate service scalability and resilience using mock testing frameworks and performance testing strategies.

• Mentor and develop junior engineers, fostering a collaborative, growth-oriented culture.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field (or equivalent experience).

• Advanced proficiency in Java (self-assessed 8/10 or higher) with a strong willingness to code hands-on.

• 5 years+ of software engineering experience delivering distributed systems handling large data volumes and real-time distribution.

• Strong experience with CI/CD, DevOps toolchains, and agile, test-driven delivery.

• Hands-on experience with: Caching: Redis, GemFire, or Apache Ignite and Messaging/streaming: Kafka, IBM MQ

• Solid understanding of microservices, REST APIs, SQL and NoSQL databases, and event-driven architectures.

• Demonstrated ability to mentor, coach, and grow engineering talent.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Hands-on experience with Spring ecosystem and AWS cloud services.

• Proven ability to solve complex, mission-critical problems with a pragmatic, hands-on approach.

• Continuous learner and early adopter of emerging technologies and practices.

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