Description

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 Lead Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase, within Commercial and Investment Banking team, you will play a key role in an agile team dedicated to building, enhancing, and delivering trusted, market-leading technology products. You will leverage your deep technical expertise and problem-solving skills to address complex challenges across multiple technologies and applications, driving significant business impact through your contributions.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership for a global team building blockchain/DLT applications and services
• Design and develop scalable, secure services using Java Spring Boot, TypeScript/NestJS, ReactJS, Python.
• Set and uphold engineering standards for code quality, testing, observability, reliability, and performance
• Own end-to-end delivery: requirements, architecture, implementation, CI/CD, deployment, and production support
• Partner with platform teams to advance developer experience, toolchains, and cloud-hosted blockchain services
• Collaborate closely with Front Office, Product, Operations, and Core Blockchain teams to imagine, experiment, and execute on transformative DLT use cases
• Engage with industry groups and regulators as adoption grows; contribute to shaping the evolving industry and regulatory landscape
• Coach and mentor engineers; grow the team's technical output, quality, and repeatability
• Advocate for DLT across the firm and externally. Represent the team to senior leaders in CIB Markets.
• Input into the wider technology innovation agenda including Generative AI, Agents and Quantum

Required qualifications

• Formal training or certification in software engineering concepts and 5+ years of applied experience
• Significant hands-on software engineering experience, including Java Spring Boot and enterprise-grade systems
• Experience building on public or permissioned blockchain platforms (e.g., Solana, Ethereum/EVM, Hyperledger, Polkadot, Cosmos, Avalanche, Canton)
• Understanding of cryptographic protocols, smart contracts and key management
• Proficiency with enterprise development toolchains: Git, Jenkins, CI/CD pipelines, automated testing
• Solid understanding of architecture and design across distributed, enterprise systems
• Proven track record delivering complex software projects into production
• Excellent collaboration, facilitation, and communication skills; ability to work with diverse stakeholder groups
• Demonstrated coaching and mentoring capability; ability to elevate team engineering practices

Preferred qualifications

• Experience with AWS services and cloud-native architectures
• Exposure to front office or trade-processing environments within financial services
• Experience with Python and broader web technologies

About Us

JPMorganChase, one of the oldest financial institutions, offers innovative financial solutions to millions of consumers, small businesses and many of the world's most prominent corporate, institutional and government clients under the J.P. Morgan and Chase brands. Our history spans over 200 years and today we are a leader in investment banking, consumer and small business banking, commercial banking, financial transaction processing and asset management.

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.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Veterans

About the Team

J.P. Morgan's Commercial & Investment Bank is a global leader across banking, markets, securities services and payments. Corporations, governments and institutions throughout the world entrust us with their business in more than 100 countries. The Commercial & Investment Bank provides strategic advice, raises capital, manages risk and extends liquidity in markets around the world.