Lead Software Engineer - React Focused Full Stack Lead - JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

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 Corporate Sector in Workforce Technology's cutting-edge custom integrations platform, you will be the front-end technical lead responsible to enhance, build, and deliver trusted market-leading technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable way. Drive significant business impact through your capabilities and contributions and apply deep technical expertise and problem-solving methodologies to tackle a diverse array of challenges that span multiple technologies and applications.

Job responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team of full-stack, front-end focused developers, fostering a culture of innovation and excellence. Participate in custom-tailored Scrum SDLC processes for planning and executing work.
• Design, develop, and maintain high-quality, scalable web applications using React and TypeScript.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including back-end developers, UX/UI designers, and product managers, to deliver seamless user experiences.
• Ensure the technical feasibility of UI/UX designs and optimize applications for maximum speed and scalability. Influence product design and application functionality through informed decision-making.
• Implement best practices for front-end development, including code reviews, testing, and continuous integration. Apply innovative thinking and process re-evaluation using a first-principles framework.
• Stay current with emerging technologies and industry trends, applying this knowledge to drive continuous improvement and organizational influence across peers and decision-makers.
• Produce architecture and design artifacts for complex applications, ensuring design constraints are met by software code development.
• Contribute to the development of RESTful APIs using Java Spring Boot (preferred).
• Leverage AWS cloud services to enhance application performance, scalability, and security (preferred).
• Promote a team culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and respect.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification in software engineering concepts and 5+ years of applied experience.
• Ability to independently tackle design and functionality problems with minimal oversight with proven experience in leading and managing development teams
• Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail. Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with a passion for process improvement.
• Experience with Figma for design review.
• Deep understanding of modern front-end technologies, including HTML5, CSS3 (including Flexbox and CSS Modules), JavaScript ES7, and TypeScript.
• Understanding of front-end security best practices and vulnerability management.
• Expertise in React 18 and React Hooks, encompassing end-to-end front-end development including design, build, testing, deployment, and operationalization phases.
• Practical understanding of Storybook, Jest, React Testing Library, and MSW for testing.
• Familiarity with popular front-end libraries such as React Router, React Query, React Hook Form, AG Grid, and Tailwind CSS.
• Strong knowledge of state management libraries and concepts, and when to use them (e.g., Redux, React Context + Reducer).
• Experience with front-end build tools and package managers (e.g., Webpack, npm, Yarn).

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Strong working knowledge of Java or Kotlin, with experience using the Spring Framework (Spring Boot, Spring MVC, Spring JDBC, etc.) for API development and consumption. Familiarity with object-oriented programming best practices, design principles, and unit testing with JUnit and Mockito.
• Understanding of database design principles, database manipulation, and database optimization techniques. Familiarity with SQL and NoSQL offerings. Fundamental understanding of SQL.
• Practical cloud-native experience, including knowledge of AWS cloud services such as EC2, S3, Lambda, and RDS. Understanding of CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices. Familiarity with Jenkins, Splunk, and telemetry offerings (e.g., DataDog) and containerization technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).
• Experience with SDLC & Agile/Scrum methodologies; experience with UML and other diagramming modalities for software design, including Class Diagrams, Sequence Diagrams, and EERD diagrams.

JPMorgan Chase & Co., 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. For those in eligible roles, we offer discretionary incentive compensation which may be awarded in recognition of firm performance and 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 is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Veterans