Lead Software Engineer - Blockchain (Public or Permissioned blockchain platforms)

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 Commercial and Investment Banking team, you will play a key role in an agile team dedicated to building, enhancing, and delivering trusted, market-leading technology products. You will leverage your deep technical expertise and problem-solving skills to address complex challenges across multiple technologies and applications, driving significant business impact through your contributions.

Roles and Responsibilities 

• Provide technical leadership for a global team building blockchain/DLT applications and services
• Design and develop scalable, secure services using Java Spring Boot, TypeScript/NestJS, ReactJS, Python.
• Set and uphold engineering standards for code quality, testing, observability, reliability, and performance
• Own end-to-end delivery: requirements, architecture, implementation, CI/CD, deployment, and production support
• Partner with platform teams to advance developer experience, toolchains, and cloud-hosted blockchain services
• Collaborate closely with Front Office, Product, Operations, and Core Blockchain teams to imagine, experiment, and execute on transformative DLT use cases
• Engage with industry groups and regulators as adoption grows; contribute to shaping the evolving industry and regulatory landscape
• Coach and mentor engineers; grow the team’s technical output, quality, and repeatability
• Advocate for DLT across the firm and externally. Represent the team to senior leaders in CIB Markets.
• Input into the wider technology innovation agenda including Generative AI, Agents and Quantum 

Required qualifications

• Formal training or certification in software engineering concepts and 5+ years of applied experience
• Significant hands-on software engineering experience, including Java Spring Boot and enterprise-grade systems
• Experience building on public or permissioned blockchain platforms (e.g., Solana, Ethereum/EVM, Hyperledger, Polkadot, Cosmos, Avalanche, Canton)
• Understanding of cryptographic protocols, smart contracts and key management
• Proficiency with enterprise development toolchains: Git, Jenkins, CI/CD pipelines, automated testing
• Solid understanding of architecture and design across distributed, enterprise systems
• Proven track record delivering complex software projects into production
• Excellent collaboration, facilitation, and communication skills; ability to work with diverse stakeholder groups
• Demonstrated coaching and mentoring capability; ability to elevate team engineering practices

Preferred qualifications

• Experience with AWS services and cloud-native architectures
• Exposure to front office or trade-processing environments within financial services
• Experience with Python and broader web technologies