Lead Software Engineer - Java, Cloud
JPMorganChase
Software Engineering
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Posted on Mar 13, 2026
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As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorganChase within Payments 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
- Oversee and contribute to the ongoing development, maintenance, and enhancement of a mission-critical Java application, ensuring it remains robust, efficient, and scalable to meet global business needs.
- Provide technical leadership, coaching, and mentorship to junior team members, fostering a culture of learning, growth, and high performance.
- Lead the team in responding to user tickets, troubleshooting complex technical issues, and collaborating with stakeholders to resolve incidents swiftly and maintain high service availability.
- 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
- Articulates technical concepts, project status, and risks to both technical and non-technical audiences, ensuring transparency and alignment across teams.
- Navigates and resolves challenges inherent in supporting large-scale, high-impact systems, balancing competing priorities and making informed decisions under pressure.
Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience
- Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability, with a track record of success in complex, large-scale environments
- Advanced in JAVA, Python programming languages
- Proficiency in version control systems ,automation and continuous delivery methods
- Experience with workflow management systems such as JIRA or ServiceNow.
- Proficient in all aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle
- Advanced understanding of agile methodologies such as CI/CD, Application Resiliency, and Security
- Demonstrated proficiency in software applications and technical processes within a technical discipline (e.g., cloud, artificial intelligence, machine learning, mobile, etc.)
- In-depth knowledge of the financial services industry and their IT systems
- Practical cloud native experience
Preferred qualifications
- Exposure to cloud technologies (AWS, Azure, GCP) or DevOps practices.
- Knowledge of databases (SQL, NoSQL) and RESTful APIs.
- Exposure to coding assistants such as GitHub Copilot.
- Experience supporting or leading critical production services in a regulated environment.
- Experience with automated testing frameworks.
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Carry out critical tech solutions across multiple technical areas as an integral part of an agile team