Senior Lead Software Engineer - Java, AWS

Be an integral part of an agile team that's constantly pushing the envelope to enhance, build, and deliver top-notch technology products.

As a Senior Lead Software Engineer - Java, AWS at JPMorgan Chase within the Commercial & Investment Bank - Securitized Products Group, you'll be an integral part of an agile team that works to enhance, build, and deliver trusted market-leading technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable way. Drive significant business impact through your capabilities and contributions, and apply deep technical expertise and problem-solving methodologies to tackle a diverse array of challenges that span multiple technologies and applications.

Job responsibilities

• Drive large-scale, cross-functional initiatives from concept through delivery, architecting cloud-native solutions on AWS while remaining deeply engaged in system design, code-level decisions, and engineering best practices

• You will mentor senior engineers, foster a culture of ownership and innovation, and partner closely with business and executive stakeholders to align technology investments with organizational priorities. 

  
  
• Regularly provides technical guidance and direction to support the business and its technical teams, contractors, and vendors
• Develops secure and high-quality production code, and reviews and debugs code written by others
• Drives decisions that influence the product design, application functionality, and technical operations and processes
• Serves as a function-wide subject matter expert in one or more areas of focus
• Actively contributes to the engineering community as an advocate of firmwide frameworks, tools, and practices of the Software  Development Life Cycle

• Influences peers and project decision-makers to consider the use and application of leading-edge technologies

  
  

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience
• Expert-level proficiency in Java, AWS, and system design, with a proven ability to architect scalable, distributed solutions while leading cross-functional teams
• Expertise in the Java/JVM ecosystem — including Spring Boot, microservices, and event-driven architectures — will be central to shaping the platform's technical direction
• Be a Strategic thinker who can bridge deep technical expertise with business impact at the executive level.
• Strong communication skills, executive presence
• Experience in driving enterprise-wide technology programs across multiple teams, managing complexity and delivering measurable outcomes. 
• Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
• Advanced in one or more programming language(s)
• Advanced knowledge of software applications and technical processes with considerable in-depth knowledge in one or more technical disciplines (e.g., cloud, artificial intelligence, machine learning, mobile, etc.)
• Ability to tackle design and functionality problems independently with little to no oversight

• Practical cloud native experience

  
  

• Experience with Python, AI/ML, and databases is a plus.
  
• Beyond the core requirements in Java, AWS, and system design, we value additional depth in Python, AI/ML (including LLMs and generative AI), and relational and NoSQL databases.
  
• Mortgage industry domain knowledge — including familiarity with loan origination, servicing, securitization, risk analytics, or regulatory frameworks — would be a major plus 
  
• Experience in financial services or regulated industries are highly valued.