Senior Lead Software Engineer Java, Prime Financial Services Technology

As a Senior Lead Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase you are 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 delivering critical technology solutions supporting the Equities Broker Dealer and Prime Finance platform including securities lending trade lifecycle and clearing & settlement capabilities in alignment with the firms business objectives.

Job Responsibilities

• Executes creative software solutions design development and technical troubleshooting with the ability to solve complex problems and deliver scalable solutions across distributed systems and microservices architectures
• Develops secure high-quality production code and reviews and debugs code written by others to ensure engineering excellence
• Identifies opportunities to eliminate or automate remediation of recurring issues to improve overall operational stability resiliency and performance of applications
• Drives architecture and design decisions influencing system scalability performance and long-term platform evolution
• Leads evaluation sessions with internal teams and stakeholders to assess architectural designs and ensure alignment with enterprise technology strategies
• Contributes to platform modernization through adoption of cloud-native event-driven and microservices-based architectures
• Provides technical leadership and mentorship to engineers fostering a collaborative inclusive and high-performing engineering culture
• Partners with business product and operations teams to translate Prime Finance and Broker Dealer requirements into scalable technical solutions
• Ensures robust delivery across environments with strong focus on SDLC testing (unit SIT UAT) and production stability
• Leads communities of practice and promotes the adoption of modern engineering standards tools and emerging technologies

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5 years of applied experience
• Hands-on practical experience delivering system design application development testing and operational stability in large-scale enterprise environments
• Advanced proficiency in one or more programming languages with strong expertise in:
  • Java Spring Boot REST APIs
  • Microservices and distributed systems architecture
• Strong experience with:
  • Relational databases (Oracle/DB2) and/or NoSQL (MongoDB)
  • Cloud-native development (AWS or equivalent)
  • CI/CD pipelines DevOps and automation practices
• Proficient in all aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
• Strong problem-solving analytical and stakeholder communication skills

• Demonstrated proficiency in building high-volume low-latency mission-critical financial systems

• Practical experience working across cross-functional teams in complex enterprise organizations

Preferred Skills

• Exposure to Prime Finance Securities Lending or Broker Dealer platforms
• Experience with event-driven architectures (Kafka MQ) and messaging systems
• Familiarity with modern front-end technologies (React UI frameworks)
• Exposure to domain-driven design full-stack development and modern architectural patterns
• Experience with observability tools (Splunk Grafana Prometheus ELK)

• Knowledge of DevOps containerization (Kubernetes) and cloud platform engineering

• Interest in adopting emerging technologies (AI-assisted development automation advanced analytics)