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Lead Software Engineer- Java and Kafka

JPMorganChase

JPMorganChase

Software Engineering
Jersey City, NJ, USA
Posted on Nov 11, 2025

We have an opportunity to impact your career and provide an adventure where you can push the limits of what's possible.

As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within the Commercial & Investment Bank, Regulatory Reporting Team, you will be an integral part of an agile team that enhances, builds, and delivers trusted, market-leading technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable manner. As a core technical contributor, you will be responsible for delivering critical technology solutions across multiple technical areas within various business functions to support the firm’s business objectives.

Job responsibilities

  • Execute creative software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting, with the ability to think beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions or break down technical problems
  • Implement real-time data processing solutions to efficiently handle large volumes of data
  • Ensure data processing solutions comply with security and compliance standards
  • Document data processing workflows, architecture, and best practices
  • Optimize data processing pipelines for performance and scalability
  • Monitor and troubleshoot performance issues in Kafka and Spark applications
  • Lead communities of practice across Software Engineering to drive awareness and adoption of new and leading-edge technologies
  • Contribute to a team culture of diversity, opportunity, inclusion, and respect

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

  • Formal training or certification in software engineering concepts and 5+ years of applied experience
  • Proven Senior Java developer with expertise in Java, Kafka, and SQL
  • Experience developing and maintaining Java applications for data ingestion, transformation, and storage
  • Ability to integrate data processing solutions with AWS services such as Apache Kafka/Amazon MSK, Amazon S3, AWS Lambda, and Amazon EMR
  • Strong experience with AWS services and cloud-based architectures
  • Experience with data enrichment, transformation, and optimization techniques
  • Experience developing, debugging, and maintaining code in a large corporate environment using one or more modern programming languages and database querying languages
  • Proficiency in designing and implementing real-time data processing solutions

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

  • Experience with Python or shell scripting and working in a Linux environment
  • Experience building distributed systems at Internet scale
  • Experience with Spark Structured Streaming and Spark SQL

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


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.
Develop solutions for data enrichment and transformation to create meaningful insights