Senior Lead Software Engineer - Blockchain, Java, Micro Services

As a Senior Lead Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within the Commercial & Investment Bank's Payments Technology and Core Blockchain Team, you are an integral part of an agile team that enhances, builds, and delivers trusted market-leading technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable way. You drive significant business impact through deep technical expertise and problem-solving methodologies, tackling challenges that span multiple technologies and applications.

What you'll do

• Design and implement microservices architectures using industry-standard technologies and frameworks
• Design blockchain solutions and decentralized applications on private and public blockchain networks with proven and verified cryptographic protocols
• Drive decisions that influence product design, application functionality, and technical operations and processes
• Monitor and optimize the performance of microservices, ensuring high availability and responsiveness
• Troubleshoot and resolve technical issues, providing timely solutions to maintain application stability
• Conduct code reviews and provide constructive feedback to peers, fostering a culture of continuous improvement
• Contribute to the engineering community as an advocate of firmwide frameworks, tools, and practices of the Software Development Life Cycle
• Implement rigorous and thorough monitoring and testing practices to ensure the security and performance goals of blockchain infrastructure
• Design and verify cryptographic protocols deployed on the blockchain, ensuring blockchain solutions support decentralized application use-cases with proven and verified cryptographic protocols
• Drive team adoption of enterprise-authorized AI-assisted engineering practices to improve code quality, delivery speed, and operational outcomes, while establishing consistent validation standards and promoting reuse of effective patterns across the team
• Apply knowledge of tools within the Software Development Life Cycle toolchain, including enterprise-authorized AI-assisted development and automation capabilities, to improve the value realized by automation

What you bring

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years of applied experience
• A degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, or equivalent work experience in a related field
• Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability for traditional distributed systems
• Practical experience developing on blockchain platforms such as Ethereum, Hyperledger, or similar
• Strong object-oriented programming language background with hands-on experience in backend API development and distributed microservices infrastructure using one or more of: Solidity, Java, JavaScript, Python
• Understanding of cryptographic principles underpinning blockchain technologies such as encryption algorithms, key management, and key wallets
• Experience with cloud infrastructure services such as AWS, Google Cloud, or Azure
• Ability to tackle design and functionality problems independently with little to no oversight
• Demonstrated experience leading effective use of enterprise-authorized AI-assisted software development tools such as coding, code review, test acceleration, and troubleshooting, with the ability to set team expectations for validating AI outputs for correctness, performance, and security
• Strong understanding of responsible AI use in engineering workflows, including data sensitivity considerations, secure handling of inputs/outputs, and adherence to resiliency and security expectations; experience coaching senior engineers and leads on compliant usage patterns and controls

Nice to have

• Experience in Financial Markets
• Experience designing and writing smart contracts with Solidity using Hardhat, Truffle, Slither scanning, or similar tools
• Hands-on experience with AWS, EKS, Docker
• Knowledge of DevOps practices and tools for continuous integration and deployment
• Familiarity with blockchain interoperability solutions
• Experience with RDBMS

What we offer

• Competitive total rewards package including base salary determined based on role, experience, skill set and location
• Commission-based pay and/or discretionary incentive compensation in the form of cash and/or forfeitable equity for eligible roles
• Comprehensive health care coverage, on-site health and wellness centers, retirement savings plan, backup childcare, tuition reimbursement, mental health support, and financial coaching

About JPMorgan Chase

JPMorgan Chase is one of the oldest financial institutions, offering innovative financial solutions to millions of consumers, small businesses, and many of the world's most prominent corporate, institutional, and government clients. With a history spanning over 200 years, the firm is a leader in investment banking, consumer and small business banking, commercial banking, financial transaction processing, and asset management. The Commercial & Investment Bank is a global leader across banking, markets, securities services, and payments, serving corporations, governments, and institutions throughout the world in more than 100 countries.