Job Description

As a Senior Lead Software Engineer at JPMorganChase within the Tech, Data & Product Talent Development team, you will play a pivotal role in driving digital transformation and innovation. You will leverage your deep understanding of both front-end and back-end technologies, as well as cloud infrastructure, to deliver modern, robust, automated and scalable solutions that enhance our learning offerings and community engagement.

Job responsibilities

Develop and enhance the technology and engineering roadmap for the team, aligning with the firm's architectural roadmap and strategic objectives. Provide technical guidance and direction, leading, coaching, and mentoring other engineers to support the business and its technical teams. Demonstrate flexibility in selecting the appropriate technical approach to suit the business problem at hand, encouraging such a culture in others. Consult with Product leadership and other Talent Development team members to identify the most appropriate technical solutions to business problems. Create secure, high-quality production code, and review and debug code written by others. Drive decisions that influence product design, application functionality, and technical operations, adhering to best practices and the architectural roadmap. Serve as a subject matter expert in Java, React, Oracle, AWS Public Cloud and JPMC's Internal Cloud platform, supporting various applications and associated components. Actively contribute to the engineering community, advocating for firmwide frameworks, tools, and Software Development Life Cycle practices. Oversee the potential to 'open source' a firmwide platform for community contributions via supervised coding challenges in partnership with Product leadership. Collaborate with technology teams across the broader organization to optimize alignment with strategic initiatives and frameworks, and in time, oversee team growth to optimize for business alignment and employee experience. Foster a team culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and respect.

Key skills

Expertise in Java programming for building high-performance, reliable, and maintainable server-side applications. Strong proficiency in React for developing dynamic and responsive user interfaces. Extensive experience with databases such as Oracle, including designing schemas, writing complex queries, and optimizing database performance. In-depth knowledge of Cloud services and architecture such as AWS, enabling the design and deployment of scalable and secure cloud-based applications. Experience of automation using technologies such as Alteryx and Tableau would be beneficial.

Preferred qualifications

Formal training or certification in software engineering concepts with demonstrable applied experience. Hands-on experience in system design, application development, testing, and operational stability. Advanced proficiency in one or more programming languages, with deep expertise in Java and React. Ability to independently troubleshoot design and functionality issues with minimal oversight. Practical cloud native experience, particularly with AWS.

Impact Statement:

Your contributions will drive significant business impact by enhancing our digital transformation efforts, fostering innovation, and delivering compelling digital experiences. You will play a key role in shaping the future of our learning offerings and community engagement, ultimately driving business value and employee engagement.


Through various experiential and social learning initiatives such as conferences, communities and development initiatives, the Tech, Data & Product Talent Development Team support career growth and fulfilment by offering our employees and managers a suite of carefully designed learning experiences that help to build knowledge, develop skills & advance our strategy. As a senior member of the team, you will help to enhance these experiences and shape our strategy from a technical and employee perspective.

Firm Expectations:

As a Senior Lead Software Engineer, you are expected to be an integral part of an agile team, regularly providing technical guidance and direction, influencing peers and project decision-makers, and actively contributing to the engineering community. You will drive significant business impact through your capabilities and contributions, applying deep technical expertise and problem-solving methodologies to tackle diverse challenges.