Lead Software Engineer - React

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As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within the Corporate and Investment Bank, Digital & Platform Services 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.

Job responsibilities

• Executes creative software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting with ability to think beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions or break down technical problems


• Develops secure high-quality production code, and reviews and debugs code written by others


• Identifies opportunities to eliminate or automate remediation of recurring issues to improve overall operational stability of software applications and systems


• Leads evaluation sessions with external vendors, startups, and internal teams to drive outcomes-oriented probing of architectural designs, technical credentials, and applicability for use within existing systems and information architecture


• Leads communities of practice across Software Engineering to drive awareness and use of new and leading-edge technologies


• Present and document technical designs, process flows, and procedures


• Work closely with product teams, users, agile leads, and other development teams across the firm to support and deliver highly integrated technology

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years of applied experience


• Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability


• Advanced in one or more programming language(s) such as React


• Proficiency in automation and continuous delivery methods


• Proficient in all aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle


• Advanced understanding of agile methodologies such as CI/CD, Applicant Resiliency, and Security


• Demonstrated proficiency in software applications and technical processes within a technical discipline (e.g., cloud, artificial intelligence, machine learning, mobile, etc.)


• Proficient in presenting and conveying technical solutions to non-technical partners

• Exposure to cloud technologies such as AWS, Azure, or GCP


• Knowledge of the financial services industry and their IT systems