We have an exciting and rewarding opportunity for you to take your software engineering career to the next level. Join a team where your expertise directly shapes the reliability and performance of mission-critical payment platforms trusted by clients around the world. At JPMorganChase, you'll work alongside talented engineers, lead complex technical initiatives, and be part of a culture that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous growth.

As a Lead HP NonStop Tandem Developer at JPMorganChase within the Commercial & Investment Bank Payments Technology team, you will be a senior technical contributor on an agile team responsible for designing, developing, testing, and supporting reliable, market-leading technology products. You will lead the delivery of solutions on mission-critical payment platforms that demand the highest levels of stability, security, resiliency, and scalability. You will apply deep technical expertise across HP NonStop Tandem technologies, software engineering practices, production support, and application enhancement initiatives, while guiding and mentoring fellow engineers and driving continuous improvement across the team.

Job responsibilities

Lead the design, development, testing, and technical troubleshooting of HP NonStop Tandem-based applications, ensuring solutions meet the highest standards of quality, security, and resiliency
Architect and deliver secure, stable, and high-quality production code across payments and cards processing platforms, applying advanced engineering judgment to solve complex technical problems
Drive technical solutions using HP NonStop Tandem technologies including COBOL, SCOBOL, TACL, Pathway, Batchcom, NetBatch, FUP, KLIST, Enform, and related utilities
Design, review, and optimize SQL queries in support of application development, data analysis, and production issue resolution
Produce architecture and design artifacts for complex applications, ensuring design constraints are met and engineering standards are upheld throughout the software development lifecycle
Lead agile ceremonies and collaborate closely with product owners, business analysts, quality assurance teams, operations teams, and engineers to deliver high-impact outcomes
Champion Software Development Life Cycle best practices including continuous integration and delivery, application resiliency, Scrum, Jira, Bitbucket, automated testing, deployment, and release management
Proactively identify systemic issues, recurring patterns, and architectural risks, translating insights into improvements in coding hygiene, resiliency, and platform stability
Guide and mentor engineers on technical standards, HP NonStop Tandem best practices, and responsible use of AI-assisted development tools
Drives 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
Applies 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

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and advanced applied experience
Hands-on practical experience leading system design, application development, testing, debugging, implementation, and operational stability across complex platforms
Deep expertise working with HP NonStop Tandem platforms and advanced proficiency in COBOL, SCOBOL, and TACL
Extensive experience with HP NonStop Tandem tools and utilities such as Pathway, Batchcom, NetBatch, FUP, KLIST, Enform, and related platform components
Strong experience writing, analyzing, optimizing, and troubleshooting SQL queries in complex application environments
Demonstrated experience in payments, cards processing, banking technology, or financial services, including knowledge of payment brands such as Visa or Mastercard
Proven ability to lead within agile engineering environments, applying practices such as Scrum, continuous integration and delivery, application resiliency, automated testing, and production support
Strong troubleshooting, analytical, and problem-solving skills with the ability to influence and collaborate across technology, product, operations, and business stakeholders
Hands-on experience using enterprise-authorized AI-assisted software development tools within the work environment (e.g., for coding, test creation, troubleshooting, or documentation) with demonstrated ability to critically evaluate, validate, and refine AI-generated outputs for correctness, performance, and security
Understanding of responsible AI use in engineering workflows, including data sensitivity considerations, secure handling of inputs/outputs, and adherence to resiliency and security expectations; ability to guide peers on safe and effective usage within team practices

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

Experience supporting high-volume, high-availability transaction processing platforms at enterprise scale
Knowledge of point-of-sale simulators and payment brand simulators such as Visa, Mastercard, Discover, or similar platforms
Familiarity with Control-M or other enterprise scheduling tools
Knowledge of additional programming languages such as C++, Python, or Java
Exposure to cloud technologies and modern software engineering practices
Experience leading or contributing to appl

J.P. Morgan is a global leader in financial services, providing strategic advice and products to the world’s most prominent corporations, governments, wealthy individuals and institutional investors. Our first-class business in a first-class way approach to serving clients drives everything we do. We strive to build trusted, long-term partnerships to help our clients achieve their business objectives.

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J.P. Morgan’s Commercial & Investment Bank is a global leader across banking, markets, securities services and payments. Corporations, governments and institutions throughout the world entrust us with their business in more than 100 countries. The Commercial & Investment Bank provides strategic advice, raises capital, manages risk and extends liquidity in markets around the world.

Lead Software Engineer - HP NonStop Development

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