Lead Software Engineer -Java Full Stack

Houston, TXFull-timePosted Jul 24, 2026

Hands-on Technical Lead Software Engineer in JPMorganChase Corporate Technology, leading by example through designing and building software, reviewing code, and driving delivery across multiple teams. Own day-to-day implementation, proactively unblock and escalate risks, and ensure solutions meet compliance standards, business requirements, and engineering best practices.

Job responsibilities

Provides guidance to immediate team of software engineers on daily tasks and activities
Sets the overall guidance and expectations for team output, practices, and collaboration
Anticipates dependencies with other teams to deliver products and applications in line with business requirements
Manages stakeholder relationships and the team’s work in accordance with compliance standards, service level agreements, and business requirements
Creates a culture of diversity, opportunity, inclusion, and respect for the team members and prioritizes diverse representation


Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 10+ years applied experience
Experience hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
Experience in software development of Micro services with Java, Spring Boot, Python
Proficient with cloud technologies and distributed systems, RESTful APIs and web technologies 
Proficient hands-on experience designing and building enterprise-scale, high-volume data processing applications using SQL and NoSQL databases.
Advanced understanding of  Restful Web Services, WebSockets/JSON
In-depth knowledge of the financial services industry and their IT systems
Practical agile development experience with SCRUM or similar methodologies
Advanced Proficiency in front-end languages (e.g.HTML, CSS, JavaScript) and back-end languages (e.g., Java, Spring, Python etc.) and practical cloud native experience
Proficient in all aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle and proficiency in automation and continuous delivery methods
Advanced understanding of agile methodologies such as CI/CD, Application Resiliency, and Security

 

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

Experience managing projects end-to-end, from requirements scoping to successful launch.
Experience working at code level
Proficiency in Javascript including ES6 features
Experience with Angular, React, Jest, Cypress, Typescript, Webpack, React query, and HTML/CSS
Experience with artificial intelligence and machine learning tools and framework in development
Experience production management tools (ex. Splunk / Dynatrace / Grafana)

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