Lead Software Engineer - Java Full stack, Agentic AI

Join JPMorgan Chase in Houston for a Lead Software Engineer role focused on Java full stack and agentic AI. You will be a core technical contributor on an agile team, delivering secure, scalable software while advancing AI assisted engineering practices and SDLC discipline. This is an onsite opportunity with a minimum of five years of experience.

Benefits and total rewards

• Robust medical, dental, and vision coverage to support you and your family
• On site wellness facilities to support your health and well being
• Retirement savings options to help plan for the future
• Backup child care support when you need it
• Tuition assistance to fuel your growth
• Mental health resources for work and life balance
• Financial coaching to enhance financial wellness

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and troubleshoot secure production code, tackling non‑trivial problems beyond routine approaches
• Produce high quality production code, review peers' work, and assist with debugging
• Champion enterprise AI assisted development practices to improve code quality, speed, and operations, establishing consistent validation standards and promoting reusable patterns
• Leverage the SDLC toolchain and enterprise AI capabilities to maximize automation and value
• Identify opportunities to automate recurring remediation to enhance software stability
• Lead evaluation sessions with external vendors, startups, and internal teams to probe architecture and applicability within existing systems
• Drive communities of practice to raise awareness of new and leading technologies
• Contribute to an inclusive, diverse team culture

Requirements

• Formal training or certification in software engineering plus 5+ years of hands-on experience leading design and development efforts
• Expertise in Java, Spring Core, Spring Boot, REST APIs, JPA and microservices frameworks
• Strong experience with JavaScript, TypeScript, React and UI testing frameworks
• Proficiency with AI assisted development tools (for example GitHub Copilot and Claude Code) to accelerate full stack delivery while maintaining secure usage and SDLC compliance
• Proven ability to translate business needs into clear specifications (API contracts, UI acceptance criteria, test cases) and drive implementation from those specs
• Experience guiding teams in the use of approved AI assisted development tools, ensuring outputs are validated for correctness, performance, and security
• Solid understanding of responsible AI use, data sensitivity, secure handling of inputs/outputs, and resiliency and security expectations; experience coaching others on safe adoption
• Familiarity with log/metrics and monitoring tools (Grafana, AppDynamics, Splunk) and hands-on experience building CI/CD pipelines (Git, Maven, Jenkins, SonarQube, Fortify)
• Experience with relational databases such as PostgreSQL and Oracle, including schema design, performance tuning, and SQL optimization
• Experience with event driven processing using Kafka; strong object oriented design and test driven development skills; hands-on with test automation frameworks (JUnit, Mockito, Playwright, Cucumber)

Technologies

• Java, Spring Core, Spring Boot, REST APIs, JPA
• JavaScript, TypeScript, React
• AI assisted tools: GitHub Copilot, Claude Code
• Test and automation: Playwright, JUnit, Mockito, Cucumber
• Monitoring and telemetry: Grafana, AppDynamics, Splunk
• DevOps: Git, Maven, Jenkins, SonarQube, Fortify
• Databases: PostgreSQL, Oracle
• Messaging: Kafka

About JPMorgan Chase

JPMorgan Chase is a long established financial institution offering innovative solutions to a broad range of clients. With a history spanning more than 200 years, the company remains a leader in investment banking, consumer and small business banking, commercial banking, payments, and asset management. The organization emphasizes a competitive total rewards package based on role, experience, and location, and values diversity and inclusion as core to its success. JPMorgan Chase is an equal opportunity employer, welcoming applicants from all backgrounds.

Team context

JPMorgan Chase's Commercial and Investment Bank operates globally across banking, markets, securities services, and payments. Corporations, governments, and institutions rely on the firm for strategic advice, capital markets access, risk management, and liquidity across more than 100 countries.