JPMorgan Chase
Lead Software Engineer - Investment Portfolio Technology
$157K–$215K
Jersey City, NJ · Full-time · Posted Sep 15, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years applied experience.
- Education
- Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts.
About the job
Leads end-to-end design, delivery, and production stewardship of secure, scalable platforms and data solutions supporting customized managed accounts and separately managed accounts.
What you'll do
- Build and deploy Java-based microservices, REST APIs, and data pipelines for trading, reporting, and client servicing.
- Own production readiness, reliability, incident response, security, controls, and engineering standards across services and teams.
- Lead stakeholder delivery planning and promote validated, secure use of enterprise-authorized AI-assisted engineering tools.
What they ask for
- Formal training or certification in software engineering concepts and 5+ years of applied experience.
- Advanced knowledge of application, data, and infrastructure architecture; hands-on delivery experience spanning system design, development, performance testing, incident management, and operational stability.
- Advanced Java and Python skills; experience building RESTful services and microservices, with API design, testing, performance tuning, and secure coding.
- Strong AWS, Snowflake, and SQL experience; knowledge of SDLC, agile methods, CI/CD, resiliency, security, and responsible AI-assisted development.
Nice to have
- AWS certifications; Airflow or equivalent orchestration experience; modern CI tooling such as GitHub, BitBucket, GitLab, or Jenkins.
- Financial Services experience and familiarity with trading concepts or the trade lifecycle.
Pay
USD 156,750.00-$215,000.00 base salary
Tools
Java, Python, AWS, Snowflake, SQL, Airflow, GitHub, Jenkins
AI focus
Uses and promotes enterprise-authorized AI-assisted development for coding, reviews, tests, troubleshooting, and documentation, with validation for correctness, performance, and security and careful handling of sensitive data.
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