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 ...