Java software engineer Jobs in Houston, TX

As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorganChase within the Commercial and Investment Bank - Global Equity Derivatives Risk Management team, you are an integral part of an agile team that works to enhance, build, and deliver trusted market-leading technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable way. Drive the delivery of a best in class platform for real-time derivatives pricing, risk management, and streaming position aggregation for a range of complex financial products. Job responsibilities * Works directly with business, quant and technology teams to articulate new technology requirements and solve business problems * Collaborates with other members of a globally distributed team to brainstorm new ideas / solutions, and provide mentoring and technical expertise to the team * Develops specific enhancements and/or build new solutions to fulfill business objectives related to new business requirements * Takes full ownership of feature deliveries through the full SDLC process, including requirements gathering, development, unit and integration testing, packaging, deployment, and support. * Works closely with other technology teams to ensure that required changes are made in other systems * Ensures technology solutions meet business and client requirements, while ensuring they are robust and supportable * Documents release procedures and support notes for deliverables to enable proper support by our production management groups. * Provides 3rd Level production support to analyze issues observed in production, provide detailed analysis and recommendations to production management groups, and identify opportunities to improve the production system * Mentors junior Java developers and conduct code and design reviews Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills * Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience * Expertise in Java Core concepts, including object-oriented design, memory management, multi-threading/concurrency, and new language features up to Java 17 * Advanced hands-on coding experience with Java technologies/frameworks such as Spring/Spring Boot, Spring JPA/Hibernate, and REST based services * Strong experience with JVM performance analysis, including profiling, heap dump analysis, thread dump analysis, and GC tuning * Experience designing and implementing scalable microservice architectures with high resiliency capabilities * Proficiency in Unix/Linux environments, ability to navigate the system, investigate processes and logs, analyze system performance using tools such as Dynatrace * Experience with Databases - relational and No-SQL (Sybase, Oracle, Mongo DB) * Expertise with Messaging Middleware platforms (Kafka/RabbitMQ), and exposure to cloud compute platforms, including AWS * Proven experience with full development lifecycle and tools, including Git/Bitbucket, Jira, Jenkins, Gradle, and Maven * Demonstrated experience with Test-Driven Development (TDD) using tools such as JUnit and mocking frameworks * Ability to work in a 3rd Level advanced support capacity and supporting production environments, responding to user concerns, and taking ownership of production issues Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills * Experience of working in financial services and understanding of equity derivative products * Hands-on coding experience with Python * Experience with UI concepts, languages and platforms including JavaScript/REACT, AngularJS, Typescript, HTML5, CSS3 * In-depth knowledge of AWS Public Cloud products and solutions (EC2, S3, Lambda, EFS) * Cloud certification - AWS or Kubernetes JPMorganChase, 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. Those in eligible roles may receive commission-based pay and/or discretionary incentive compensation, paid in the form of cash and/or forfeitable equity, awarded in recognition of 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 & Co. is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Veterans