Sr Lead Software Engineer

Job Description

We have an exciting and rewarding opportunity for you to take your software engineering career to the next level.

As a Sr Lead Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within the Consumer and Community Banking's Card technology team , you serve in a leadership role by providing technical coaching and advisory for multiple technical teams, as well as anticipate the needs and potential dependencies of other functions within the firm. As an expert in your field, your insights influence budget and technical considerations to advance operational efficiencies and functionalities.

 

Job responsibilities

 

• Provide overall direction, oversight, and coaching for a team of entry-level to mid-level software engineers that work on basic to moderately complex tasks
• Be accountable for decisions that influence teams’ resources, budget, tactical operations, and the execution and implementation of processes and procedures
• Ensures successful collaboration across teams and stakeholders
• Identifies and mitigates issues to execute a book of work while escalating issues as necessary
• Provides input to leadership regarding budget, approach, and technical considerations to improve operational efficiencies and functionality for the team
• Creates a culture of opportunity, inclusion, and respect for team members and prioritizes diverse representation
• Champion innovation and engineering best practices to improve operational efficiency, reliability, and functionality.
• Develop secure, high-quality production code, and review and debug code written by others.
• Drive decisions that influence product design, application functionality, and technical operations and processes.
• Serve as a subject matter expert in one or more technical areas, providing regular guidance and direction to technical teams, contractors, and vendors.

 

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

 

• Formal training or certification on Software Engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience. 
• Experience leading technologists to manage and solve complex technical items within your domain of expertise
• Experience working at the code level -  with JAVA programming language.
• Experience developing and supporting REST API interfaces (SpringBoot, Swagger), as well as working with SQL and NoSQL technologies (e.g. Cassandra).
• Experience leading teams of technologists
• Ability to guide and coach teams on approach to achieve goals aligned against a set of strategic initiatives
• Experience with hiring, developing, and recognizing talent
• In-depth knowledge of the services industry and their IT systems
• Practical cloud native experience
• Experience in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field and expertise in technology disciplines

 

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

 

• Experience of working on AWS.
• Proficiency in other modern programming languages in addition to Java: e.g. Python, Groovy.
• Experience working on highly distributed systems and platform modernization.

Chase is a leading financial services firm, helping nearly half of America’s households and small businesses achieve their financial goals through a broad range of financial products. Our mission is to create engaged, lifelong relationships and put our customers at the heart of everything we do. We also help small businesses, nonprofits and cities grow, delivering solutions to solve all their financial needs. 

We offer a competitive total rewards package including base salary determined based on the role, experience, skill set and location. Those in eligible roles may receive commission-based pay and/or discretionary incentive compensation, paid in the form of cash and/or forfeitable equity, awarded in recognition of individual achievements and contributions.  We also offer a range of benefits and programs to meet employee needs, based on eligibility. These benefits include comprehensive health care coverage, on-site health and wellness centers, a retirement savings plan, backup childcare, tuition reimbursement, mental health support, financial coaching and more. Additional details about total compensation and benefits will be provided during the hiring process. 

We recognize that our people are our strength and the diverse talents they bring to our global workforce are directly linked to our success. We are an equal opportunity employer and place a high value on diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute, including race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital or veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. We also make reasonable accommodations for applicants’ and employees’ religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs. Visit our FAQs for more information about requesting an accommodation.

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