Lead Software Engineer - Java, Spring Boot, AWS

Company: JPMorganChase

Location: Chicago, IL

Salary: $133,000 - $185,000 a year

Posted: 2026-01-31

About this role

JOB DESCRIPTION

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 and Investment Bank, 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. As a core technical contributor, you are responsible for conducting critical technology solutions across multiple technical areas within various business functions in support of the firm’s business objectives.

Job responsibilities

  • Design, develop, and deliver innovative software solutions with ability to think beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions or break down technical problems
  • Lead design, build, and optimization of real-time search service and APIs for search.
  • Lead technical troubleshooting and performance tuning across backend (Java, Spring Boot, AWS, Kafka, PostgreSQL, Elastic Search) and frontend (React JS) components.
  • Architect and implement scalable systems to ingest, transform, and aggregate millions of records from disparate sources, ensuring data quality and integrity.
  • Collaborate with engineers, product owners, and business stakeholders to translate requirements into best-in-class software solutions.
  • Work within an Agile/Scrum environment, contributing to sprint planning, code reviews, and continuous improvement.
  • Champion best practices in API design, microservices architecture, and cloud-native development using Kubernetes and AWS.
  • Mentor junior engineers and contribute to a culture of diversity, inclusion, and respect within the team.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

  • Formal training or certification in software engineering concepts and 5 plus years of hands-on experience in software development.
  • Deep expertise in Java/JVM ecosystem, Spring Boot framework.
  • Proven experience building robust ...

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