Sr Lead Software Engineer - Java AWS

As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within the Consumer and Community Banking, Consumer Card Technology team, you play a crucial role in an agile team dedicated to enhancing, building, and delivering trusted market-leading technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable manner. You are the core technical contributor responsible for implementing innovative software solutions across various technical domains to support the business objectives of the firm. You will be involved in executing creative software solutions by designing, developing, testing, and troubleshooting technically challenging issues with a focus on unconventional approaches. Additionally, you will lead evaluation sessions with external vendors, startups, and internal teams to assess architectural designs and technical applicability for integration into existing systems. Your role involves developing, debugging, and maintaining high-quality code in a corporate environment using modern programming languages and database querying languages. You will also be responsible for ensuring software quality assurance best practices, testing methodologies, and cloud testing strategies. Furthermore, you will gather, analyze, and visualize data sets to drive continuous improvement in software applications. Identifying opportunities to automate remediation of recurring issues and improve operational stability will be a key aspect of your responsibilities. You will lead communities of practice within Software Engineering to promote the adoption of new technologies and contribute to a culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and respect. For this role, you are required to have formal training or certification in software engineering concepts along with at least 5 years of practical experience. Hands-on experience in system design, application development, testing, and operational stability in a cloud environment, specifically AWS, is essential. Proficiency in Java, Spring Boot, Kubernetes (EKS), and expertise in automated testing, continuous delivery ideologies, Agile methodologies, and Applicant Resiliency and Security are necessary qualifications. You should also possess in-depth knowledge of distributed cloud deployments, cloud native architectures, and the financial services industry. Preferred qualifications include experience with Terraform, AWS Aurora Postgres, DynamoDB, EC2, CloudWatch, and other relevant technologies. Effective communication skills to convey technical directives across all organizational levels are highly valued for this role.,