Lead Software Engineer - Payments Data Platform

JobID: 210695179 Category: Software Engineering JobSchedule: Full time Posted Date: 2026-01-29T14:27:10+00:00 JobShift: Base Pay/Salary: Jersey City,NJ $152,000.00-$215,000.00 We have an opportunity to impact your career and provide an adventure where you can push the limits of what's possible.

As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within the Commercial & Investment Bank - Digital and Platform Services line of business, 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.

In this role, you will be a core technical contributor, responsible for conducting critical technology solutions across multiple technical areas within various business functions in support of the firm's business objectives.

Job responsibilities * Executes creative software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting with ability to think beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions or break down technical problems * Develops secure high-quality production code, and reviews and debugs code written by others * Identifies opportunities to eliminate or automate remediation of recurring issues to improve overall operational stability of software applications and systems * Leads evaluation sessions with external vendors, startups, and internal teams to drive outcomes-oriented probing of architectural designs, technical credentials, and applicability for use within existing systems and information architecture * Leads communities of practice across Software Engineering to drive awareness and use of new and leading-edge technologies * Adds to team culture of diversity, opportunity, inclusion, and respect Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills * Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience * Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability * Hands-on professional experience coding Java applications using Spring Boot * Practical cloud native experience in AWS, like EKS, DynamoDB, Lambda, Opensearch * Proficiency in automation and continuous delivery methods * Proficient in all aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle * Advanced understanding of agile methodologies such as CI/CD, Application Resiliency, and Security * Demonstrated proficiency in software applications and technical processes within a technical discipline (e.g., cloud, artificial intelligence, machine learning, mobile, etc.) * In-depth knowledge of the financial services industry and their IT systems Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills * Certified AWS Cloud Practitioner, Developer or Solutions Architect strongly preferred * Proficiency in Core Java, Spring Framework, Python, Spark, Databricks