Lead Software Engineer - Sr. AWS/Java Developer

Description

Join a team where you can shape how modern banking software is built and operated at scale. You will help deliver customer-facing ATM capabilities with strong engineering rigor, thoughtful use of AI-assisted development, and a focus on reliability and security. If you enjoy building cloud-native services and coaching other engineers while staying hands-on, you will find meaningful impact and growth here.

As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorganChase within Consumer & Community Banking, you will design, build, and operate software that powers critical ATM channel experiences. You will lead by example through hands-on development, strengthen engineering practices across the team, and partner with stakeholders to ensure work is delivered with appropriate risk management, controls, and compliance built in.

Job responsibilities

Lead the design and implementation of enterprise-grade services supporting the ATM Channel Product

Develop and maintain Java-based services with a focus on performance, reliability, and maintainability

Design, build, and govern APIs (REST and/or event-driven), including documentation, versioning, and lifecycle management

Build data solutions using relational and/or NoSQL databases, applying sound schema design and performance optimization techniques

Implement cloud-native patterns including microservices, containers, orchestration, observability, and automation

Drive engineering best practices across development, testing, deployment, and production operations

Apply AI-assisted engineering workflows to accelerate delivery while maintaining quality, safety, and security standards

Provide hands-on technical guidance, troubleshooting support, and decision-making leadership across the team

Perform thorough code reviews to ensure secure coding, test coverage, clean architecture, and maintainable implementations

Partner with stakeholders to ensure disciplined delivery aligned with change management, auditability, and access control expectations

Required qualifications, capabilities and skills

Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years of applied experience in professional software engineering, including hands-on backend development and production operations

Advanced Java expertise and strong command of modern backend engineering practices, and experience working on Java Frameworks (Spring boot, Microservices, API Development, and Design Patterns)

Demonstrated experience designing, building, securing, and operating APIs, including versioning and performance considerations

Solid experience with relational and/or NoSQL databases, including schema design, indexing, transactions, and performance tuning

Proven experience delivering cloud-native systems using containers, orchestration, continuous integration/continuous delivery, and observability

Strong knowledge of secure software development practices and operational readiness for production services and end to end testing of application

Strong communication skills, able to explain technical concepts to both engineering and non-engineering partners

Demonstrated problem-solving skills including structured thinking, root-cause analysis, and pragmatic decision-making

Ability to manage multiple priorities and drive work to completion with consistent follow-through

Preferred qualifications, capabilities and skills

Experience building high-availability, low-latency services for high-traffic customer channels

Experience with event-driven architecture and distributed systems design patterns

Experience building automated testing strategies (unit, integration, contract, and performance testing)

Experience coaching engineers on incident response, on-call practices, and operational excellence

Experience applying AI-assisted tools to improve developer productivity while maintaining strong controls and quality practices