Lead Software Engineer - Java

As the Lead Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within Consumer and Community Banking's Technology team, you will 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 way.

Job responsibilities 

• Lead an application development team in delivering modern technology solutions.
• Oversee overall planning, execution, and success of complex software solutions to meet customer needs.
• Drive the development of innovative solutions that advance business objectives and enhance team performance.
• Keep team members and key stakeholders informed about the progress of development projects.
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement, mentoring, and coaching among team members.
• Ensure adherence to Agile frameworks and best practices in software development.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills 

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience
• Experience with JAVA, including hands-on experience with Spring Boot and reactive JAVA programming.
• Experience with public cloud platforms, including deployment, scaling, and management of cloud resources. Hands-on experience with Terraform for Infrastructure as Code (IaaS) to provision and manage AWS resources.
• Experience with  database skills, including schema design, query optimization, and experience with both SQL and NoSQL databases.
• Experience with distributed streaming platform (Kafka) is required.
• Experience with version control tools (GIT, Bitbucket) is required. 
• Experience in DevOps practices including build, deployment, integration, and code management using tools such as Jenkins and Maven.
• Experience in testing frameworks such as Junit, JMeter, and Cucumber.
• Demonstrated leadership in managing scrum teams, including sprint planning, backlog grooming, and daily stand-ups.
• Ability to mentor team members, resolve technical issues, and remove blockers to ensure project delivery.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Experience with frontend technologies like  REACT JS, with a track record of building sophisticated, web-based user interfaces. 
• Understanding of web technologies, UI/UX principles, and integration of frontend with backend services.