JPMorgan Chase
Lead Software Engineer - Java - Wealth Management
$157K–$215K
Jersey City, NJ · Full-time · Posted Sep 16, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years applied experience; no alternatives stated.
- Education
- Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts.
About the job
Leads engineering work for Wealth Management Investments Platform systems, building and operating secure, scalable Java services while promoting responsible AI-assisted development practices.
What you'll do
- Designs, develops, troubleshoots, reviews, and debugs production software.
- Leads adoption and validation of enterprise-authorized AI-assisted engineering practices and automation.
- Improves operational stability and evaluates technical designs and vendors.
What they ask for
- Formal training or certification in software engineering concepts and 5+ years of applied experience.
- Hands-on experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and production operations.
- Advanced Java proficiency; practical Spring Boot or equivalent Java-framework experience; working knowledge of microservices, REST APIs, SQL, and NoSQL databases.
- Hands-on experience with Kafka, IBM MQ, Kubernetes (K8s), Redis, Amazon MSK, AWS, and enterprise-authorized AI-assisted development tools.
Nice to have
- JavaScript / Typescript experience.
- Familiarity with trading systems or exposure to the FIX protocol.
Pay
USD 156,750.00-$215,000.00 base salary
Tools
Java, Spring Boot, Kafka, IBM MQ, Kubernetes (K8s), Redis, Amazon MSK, AWS
AI focus
Leads team use of enterprise-authorized AI-assisted engineering for coding, code review, refactoring, testing, troubleshooting, and incident analysis, with validation for correctness, performance, security, and responsible data handling.
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