Lead Software Engineer- Java Full Stack at JPMorganChase in Plano, TX

Job description

As a Lead Software Engineer in our Identity and Access Management team, you will drive a team of innovators and technologists to deliver next-generation authentication and authorization solutions. You will set strategic direction, solve complex challenges, and inspire your team to embrace leading-edge technologies and methodologies. Your leadership will help us deliver secure, high-quality outcomes that support our business and clients. You'll collaborate with global teams and harness the talents of technologists from around the world. Your work will have a direct impact on our technology and the clients we serve Job Responsibilities Lead and mentor a team to deliver high-quality, innovative identity and access management solutions. - Modernize authentication and authorization platforms across multiple channels and domains, leveraging **PingFederate, Transmit Security, and ForgeRock**. - Evaluate and prototype internal and vendor solutions for user authentication. - Integrate anti-fraud and biometric authentication solutions into customer-facing applications. - Utilize APIs and SDKs for both niche solutions and open standards. - 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. - Develop secure and high-quality production code, and review and debug code written by others. - Drive team adoption of enterprise-authorized AI-assisted engineering practices within the work environment to improve code quality, delivery speed, and operational outcomes (e.g., AI-assisted code review/refactoring, test strategy acceleration, incident/root-cause analysis support), while establishing consistent validation standards (secure coding, peer review, automated testing) 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. - Identify opportunities to eliminate or automate remediation of recurring issues to improve overall operational stability of software applications and systems. - Build and maintain IAM web and UI components that invoke platform authentication flows. - Design supporting data schemas, connection pooling, and failover for authentication and token storage. Required Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills - Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience. - Hands-on experience with **PingFederate, Transmit Security, and ForgeRock** platforms for authentication and authorization. - Ability to lead and guide a small team to deliver innovative solutions. - Understanding of application and data architecture disciplines. - Experience with authentication and modern authentication practices and solutions (such as OAuth2/OpenID Connect, SAML, Facebook Login, Google Sign-In). - Proficiency in one or more general-purpose programming languages; Java strongly preferred. - Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability. - Proficiency in Java, Spring Boot, React. - Knowledge of RESTful API design and development, including secure token-based authentication and authorization. - Knowledge of AWS, Kubernetes; advanced in one or more programming language(s). - Hands-on experience developing and supporting Java (Spring Boot) microservices in an enterprise environment. - Cloud-native experience (AWS, Azure, or GCP). - Experience designing and developing custom solution adapters and authentication logic on these platforms, including integration with external data sources and endpoints. - Experience developing against vendor SDKs and Admin APIs to extend authentication platforms where native configuration is insufficient. - Experience developing and consuming secure RE