JOB DESCRIPTION

As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within the Commercial & Investment Bank, you are part of an agile team that works to enhance, design, and deliver the software components of the firm’s state-of-the-art technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable way. As an emerging member of a software engineering team, you execute software solutions through the design, development, and technical troubleshooting of multiple components within a technical product, application, or system, while gaining the skills and experience needed to grow within your role.
Job Responsibilities
Design, develop, implement, and support projects on the Global Portfolio Swap platform, ensuring secure, stable, and scalable solutions.
Build high‑quality production code and algorithms; execute design, development, and troubleshooting across multiple components.
Deliver software on time and to a high standard; support Production, Simulation, QA, and Development environments.
Design, develop, and maintain pricing systems; enhance existing systems by analyzing objectives and identifying improvements.
Drive innovation and best practices; participate in the full SDLC using Agile methodologies.
Manage defect tracking, resolve issues, and prepare system updates.
Collaborate across global teams; communicate clearly with colleagues in multiple offices.
Partner with Product, Front Office, Middle Office, Finance, Legal, and other JPMorganChase functions to deliver competitive, scalable solutions.
Meet tight deadlines and adapt to evolving requirements in line with departmental needs.
Orchestrate and deploy highly scalable REST‑based stateless services and APIs for web applications.
Think beyond routine approaches to decompose technical problems and build robust solutions.
Required Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent
Formal training/certification in software engineering with 5+ years applied experience.
Possess hands‑on system design, application development, testing, and operational stability experience.
Possess strong Java and Spring expertise; multithreading, REST, caching services, DB schema design, and data access technologies.
Proficient in Oracle Database, SQL, and PL/SQL proficiency, including stored procedures.
Knowledge of automated testing methodologies/frameworks (e.g., JUnit, TDD, BDD).
Experience designing ecosystems for web applications and API platforms; strong OOD and design patterns.
Familiar with CI/CD and DevOps tooling (e.g., Maven, Hudson), plus Git/SVN version control.
Proficient in UNIX/Linux/Windows; skilled in UNIX shell and Perl scripting.
Strong understanding of Agile and full SDLC; experience on at least one major, technically challenging global project.
Demonstrate financial markets exposure, preferably with equity swaps and synthetic prime brokerage, and exhibit excellent communication with a positive, global team mindset.
Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills
Experience with Public Cloud Technologies (AWS).
Familiarity with modern front-end technologies.
Experience with Kafka and enterprise messaging (e.g., WebSphere MQ) is a plus.
ABOUT US

J.P. Morgan is a global leader in financial services, providing strategic advice and products to the world’s most prominent corporations, governments, wealthy individuals and institutional investors. Our first-class business in a first-class way approach to serving clients drives everything we do. We strive to build trusted, long-term partnerships to help our clients achieve their business objectives.
We recognize that our people are our strength and the diverse talents they bring to our global workforce are directly linked to our success. We are an equal opportunity employer and place a high value on diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute, including race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital or veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. We also make reasonable accommodations for applicants’ and employees’ religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs. Visit our FAQs for more information about requesting an accommodation.

ABOUT THE TEAM

J.P. Morgan’s Commercial & Investment Bank is a global leader across banking, markets, securities services and payments. Corporations, governments and institutions throughout the world entrust us with their business in more than 100 countries. The Commercial & Investment Bank provides strategic advice, raises capital, manages risk and extends liquidity in markets around the world.

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