Lead Software Engineer - Java/AWS

Company: JPMorganChase
Location: Houston
Posted on: April 1, 2026

Job Description:

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 Fullstack-AWS Lead Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within the Commercial & Investment Banking, 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: Architect, build, and maintain frontend platform infrastructure, developer tooling, and high-performance build systems (80% hands-on coding). Establish and uphold architectural standards via exemplary code, rigorous reviews, and technical mentorship. Design and optimize Nx-based monorepos, Rspack/Vite pipelines, and Module Federation–based micro-frontends. Implement comprehensive testing strategies and integrate them into CI/CD. Create CLI tooling, scaffolding, and automation to standardize and accelerate delivery. Champion developer experience practices: CSS Modules, linting/formatting, and documentation standards. Navigate internal ecosystems, partnering across teams to unblock delivery and improve platform adoption. 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. Solid experience in the industry leading and implementing technical solutions to solve complex business problems Expertise in Java, Spring Core, Spring Boot, REST APIs, JPA (OR) Python and relevant microservices framework. Expertise in JavaScript, Typescript, React and popular test framework for UI Proficiency in Object-Oriented Design (OOD) and Test Driven Development (TTD), with hands-on experience in test automation frameworks like Junit, Mockito, Playwright and Cucumber. Experience building cloud native or cloud ready applications using AWS Strong understanding of security standards such as OAuth, TLS, and Kerberos. Knowledge of Domain Driven Design, microservices patterns, and modern architectures. Familiarity with log/metric collection and monitoring technologies like ELK stack, Prometheus, Grafana, AppDynamics, and Splunk. Exposure to NoSQL databases such as DynamoDB, MongoDB, Cassandra etc. Hands-on experience with building CI/CD pipelines using Git, Maven, Jenkins, SonarQube, and Fortify. Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills: AI integration: Familiarity with MCP servers and augmenting developer workflows with LLM tooling. Performance engineering: Proven impact reducing bundle sizes, build times, and improving runtime performance. Open-source contributions to developer tooling or frontend frameworks. Design systems: Experience building scalable component libraries with Storybook

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