Lead Software Engineer - Java

Overview

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As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within the Commercial & Investment banking - Payments Technology team, you are 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. As a core technical contributor, you are responsible for conducting critical technology solutions across multiple technical areas within various business functions in support of the firm’s business objectives.

You will join the Payments Market Expansion team that is responsible for onboarding and implementing solutions for payment business in new markets.

Job Responsibilities

• Hands on development of technical solutions for the assigned project – typically more than half the time will be spent on coding.
• Designs and implements high-quality, scalable, and robust Java-based applications. You will work closely with cross-functional teams, including developers, product managers, and business analysts, to ensure that our software solutions meet the needs of our clients and align with our strategic goals.
• Leads and mentors one or two scrum teams – working on cloud native application design.
• Manages and assists developers in their day to day activities like reviewing low level design solutions, code reviews and talk to business analysts/information architects/Project Managers to resolve blockers for developers.
• Carries out ‘Proof of Concepts’ and publish white papers for technical solutions.
• Stays up-to-date with the latest Java technologies and industry trends, incorporating them into the development process as appropriate.
• Participates in architectural discussions and contribute to the overall technical strategy of the organization.
• Manages stakeholders, negotiate, influence and drive the conversation / meeting and getting consensus from all stakeholders.
• Plans technical deliverables by identifying, analyzing and documenting technical solutions and meeting the delivery schedule and quality.
• Supports production systems, investigating, and resolving complex technical issues.
  
  

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience
• Very Strong technical skills and a hands on experience is a must. Strong understanding of software development methodologies, including Agile and DevOps practices.
• Strong experience in test automation and continuous integration and continuous delivery practices.
• Should have worked with the micro-services based highly scalable systems.
• Should be strong in principles needed for creating asynchronous and multithreaded system.
• Should have experience in creating highly scalable, reliable and robust systems which are 24x7x365 available.
• Extensive experience of Java/J2EE development experience on large/medium sized projects - Very strong fundamentals on Core Java and related technologies
• Enterprise scale messaging experience in JMS or derived JMS technologies along with experience in distributed messaging technology like Kafka, IBM MQ, etc.
• Experience in database design and working knowledge on Oracle.
• Experience in AWS cloud and Kubernetes.
  
  

• Strong understanding of software development methodologies, including Agile and DevOps practices.
• Banking domain knowledge with a preference for payment systems.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience leading technical development teams for project delivery.
• Culturally sensitive in a role that spans regions and time zones.