Lead Software Engineer Java, Kafka, AWS

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As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorganChase within the Payments team youare 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 firms business objectives.

Job responsibilities

• Executes creative software solutions design development and technical troubleshooting with ability to think beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions or break down technical problems
• Develops secure high-quality production code and reviews and debugs code written by others
• Designs and implements high-quality scalable and robust Java-based applications. You will work closely with cross-functional teams including developers product managers and business analysts to ensure that our software solutions meet the needs of our clients and align with our strategic goals.
• Leads and mentors one or two scrum teams working on cloud native application design.
• Assists developers in their day to day activities like reviewing low level design solutions code reviews and talk to business analysts/information architects/Project Managers to resolve blockers for developers.
• Carries out Proof of Concepts and publish white papers for technical solutions.
• Manages stakeholders negotiate influence and drive the conversation / meeting and getting consensus from all stakeholders.
• Plans technical deliverables by identifying analyzing and documenting technical solutions and meeting the delivery schedule and quality.

Required qualifications capabilities and skills

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5 years applied experience
• Strong technical skills and a hands on experience is a must in ore Java and related technologies
• Experience in distributed messaging technology like Kafka IBM MQ etc. and enterprise scale messaging experience in JMS or derived JMS technologies.
• Experience in database design and working knowledge on Oracle.
• Experience in AWS cloud and Kubernetes.
• Strong experience in test automation and continuous integration and continuous delivery practices.
• Should have worked with the micro-services based highly scalable systems.
• Should be strong in principles needed for creating asynchronous and multithreaded system.

• Should have experience in creating highly scalable reliable and robust systems which are 24x7x365 available.

• Strong understanding of software development methodologies including Agile and DevOps practices.
• Banking domain knowledge with a preference for payment systems.
• Very good written and verbal communication skills.