Lead Software Engineer- Java and Kafka
Company: JPMorganChase
Location: Jersey City
Posted on: April 1, 2026
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Job Description:
Description 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
Keywords: JPMorganChase, Perth Amboy , Lead Software Engineer- Java and Kafka, IT / Software / Systems , Jersey City, New Jersey
