Java Software Engineer Contract Jobs in Newark, NJ

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JOB DESCRIPTION

Design and deliver cloudânative platforms for product intake, communication, and collaboration as part of an agile engineering organization.
You're a seasoned technical leader ready to own portfolioâscale challenges and elevate engineering excellence - and we have an exceptional opportunity for you.

As a Lead Software Engineer - Java/React/AWS at JPMorganChase within the Chief Technology Office (CTO) - Engineering Services & Platforms (ESP) - Product Tooling engineering team, you will shape architecture and drive delivery across the firm's stateâofâtheâart technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable way. You'll set technical direction, lead complex initiatives endâtoâend, and mentor engineers across teams, ensuring consistent design standards, robust operational practices, and measurable business outcomes.

In this role, you'll join an agile engineering organization building and operating three firmwide platforms - Feature Request, Convey, and TechTube - that streamline product intake, customer communication, and knowledge sharing across the organization. You'll take ownership of one or more product teams within this portfolio while influencing crossâplatform strategy, architectural decisions, and the full SDLC to deliver scalable, cloudânative capabilities that improve transparency, collaboration, and value delivery for product teams firmwide. Given the common technology stack, crossâteam contribution is expected, and you'll frequently lead initiatives spanning multiple products.

Job responsibilities

• Own portfolioâlevel architecture and technical strategy across one or more platforms (Feature Request, Convey, TechTube), ensuring secure, scalable, and resilient solutions across the SDLC.
• Lead complex technical initiatives - from discovery and design through delivery and operations - establishing engineering standards, reusable patterns, and reference implementations for crossâteam adoption.
• Partner with Product Owners and stakeholders to translate business goals into measurable technical outcomes, define roadmaps, and drive transparency through product metrics and KPIs; Champion agile practices including shared backlog ownership, crowdsourced prioritization, and communityâdriven product development, advocating for technical excellence and sustainable engineering; Mentor and grow engineers (junior through senior), conducting design reviews, code reviews, and handsâon guidance on best practices, system design, and implementation approaches.
• Design and implement complex, cloudânative software solutions with clear ownership of upstream/downstream integrations, including Jira integrations, notification workflows, serverless architectures, and API extensions.
• Write secure, highâquality, wellâdocumented code across multiple languages and frameworks (e.g., Java Spring Boot, React.js, GraphQL, Python) while modeling bestâinâclass engineering practices.
• Architect and build backend services, GraphQL APIs, and modern React UIs; ensure thoughtful API design (GraphQL and REST) and robust clientâserver contracts.
• Set and enforce nonâfunctional standards (security, performance, availability, observability, cost efficiency), including SLOs/SLAs, error budgets, and automated quality gates in CI/CD.
• Evaluate and introduce new technologies, tools, and approaches to improve developer experience, platform quality, and delivery velocity; lead proofs of concept and guide adoption; Promote secureâbyâdesign and privacyâaware patterns, threat modeling, and proactive risk identification to meet firm standards and industry best practices.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience
• Proven expertise in distributed system design, application architecture, and technical leadership, including setting standards and leading crossâteam initiatives.
• Strong experience developing, debugging, and maintaining code in large enterprise environments using modern programming languages and database querying languages.
• Handsâon proficiency in Java, JavaScript/TypeScript, and Python, with a track record of designing and delivering robust APIs (GraphQL and REST).
• Deep experience across the full SDLC: architecture, design, implementation, testing, deployment, and operations, with an emphasis on secure, resilient, and observable systems; AWS and cloudânative architectures (e.g., ECS/Fargate, SNS, SQS, Lambda, API Gateway, S3), including multiâAZ/multiâregion resiliency design.
• Strong understanding of agile methodologies and practices such as CI/CD, application resiliency, and security; ability to drive continuous improvement in engineering workflows.
• Demonstrated ability to mentor engineers, lead design reviews, and guide architectural decisions that improve reliability, performance, and developer productivity.
• Advanced knowledge within one or more technical disciplines (e.g., cloud, AI/ML, mobile, data platforms) and the ability to apply that knowledge pragmatically in product contexts.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with experience aligning technical decisions to business outcomes and product strategy.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Infrastructure as Code expertise using Terraform; ability to design, review, and implement cloud infrastructure with guardrails and modular patterns.
• Experience with relational and distributed databases (CockroachDB experience a plus), including data modeling, performance tuning, and operational considerations.
• Exposure to video streaming, content management, or media platforms (a plus), including performance and caching strategies.
• Strong background in observability and performance optimization (metrics, logging, tracing), and cost governance for cloud workloads.

ABOUT US

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

ABOUT THE TEAM

Our professionals in our Corporate Functions cover a diverse range of areas from finance and risk to human resources and marketing. Our corporate teams are an essential part of our company, ensuring that we're setting our businesses, clients, customers and employees up for success.