Java/AWS/Agentic Senior Lead Software Engineer

Senior Lead Software Engineer in JPMorganChase's Payments Trust and Safety Technology group, guiding agile teams to build secure, scalable fraud-protection systems using AWS and AI-assisted engineering practices.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and deploy cloud-native applications on AWS, leveraging services such as EC2, S3, Lambda, RDS, Aurora Postgres, ECS, and EKS
• Automate infrastructure provisioning and deployment with CloudFormation, Terraform, and AWS CDK
• Produce secure, production-grade code, and perform code reviews and debugging for peers
• Identify opportunities to automate recurring remediation to enhance overall software and system stability
• Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize application performance and reliability within the AWS environment
• Enforce security and compliance through IAM policies, encryption, and ongoing monitoring
• Document technical solutions and support audits and regulatory reviews
• Lead communities of practice to promote adoption of new and leading-edge cloud technologies
• Drive adoption and governance of AI-assisted engineering practices across teams, establishing measurable validation standards and promoting reusable patterns within the SDLC/TLM toolchain
• Apply SDLC tools and approved AI-assisted development capabilities to maximize automation value at scale
• Deliver high-quality results under tight deadlines with emphasis on code optimization, performance tuning, and engineering best practices

Requirements

• Formal training or certification in Software Engineering with 5+ years of applied experience
• Proven leadership in deploying enterprise authorized AI-assisted development tools, with ability to set team expectations for validating AI outputs for correctness, performance, and security
• Strong understanding of responsible AI usage in engineering workflows, including data sensitivity, secure input/output handling, and resiliency and security considerations; experience coaching senior engineers on compliant usage patterns
• Extensive hands-on experience with AWS cloud services and infrastructure
• Experience with S3, Aurora Postgres, ECS, EKS, RDS, Lambda, Glue, ALB/NLB and serverless architectures
• Proficiency in Java, Spring Boot, Python, Node.js, and related technologies
• Strong automation and continuous delivery skills across the full Software Development Life Cycle
• Advanced grasp of agile practices including CI/CD, application resiliency, security, and Kafka for event streaming
• Deep knowledge of the financial services IT landscape
• Experience pairing with AI-assisted coding tools like GitHub Copilot to accelerate prototyping
• Proven ability to build high-volume, low-latency, high-throughput transactional systems

Technologies and Tools

• AWS ecosystem: EC2, S3, Lambda, RDS, Aurora Postgres, ECS, EKS, CloudFormation, Terraform, AWS CDK, IAM, encryption, Glue, ALB/NLB, serverless architectures
• Programming languages: Java, Spring Boot, Python, Node.js
• Data and messaging: Kafka
• Developer aids: GitHub Copilot and other AI-assisted development tools

Benefits

• Comprehensive health care coverage
• On-site health and wellness facilities
• Retirement savings plan
• Backup childcare support
• Tuition reimbursement
• Mental health resources
• Financial coaching

Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills

• Full stack development experience with enterprise architecture design for a unified user experience, leveraging data sharing via APIs and Kafka
• Experience with case management workflows and orchestration to unify UX across cross-functional teams
• Familiarity with AI-assisted coding and developer assistant tools to enhance productivity

About Us

JPMorganChase is a long-standing financial institution delivering innovative solutions to a broad client base, including consumers, small businesses, and large corporate, institutional, and government clients, across more than 200 years of operation. The organization leads in investment banking, consumer and small business banking, commercial banking, and financial transaction processing and asset management.

About the Team

JPMorganChase's Commercial and Investment Bank operates globally across banking, markets, securities services, and payments, serving corporations, governments, and institutions in over 100 countries. The team provides strategic advisory, capital raising, risk management, and liquidity support to clients worldwide.