Software development jobs in the United States

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Counted Oct 29, 2026

Hiring at a glance

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Open jobs: 50,930
Employers: 9,806

Advertised starting pay

Average starting payUSD / year: $142,002Across 10,723 listings
Average starting payUSD / hour: $56.94Across 2,190 listings
Average starting payUSD / month: $11,034Across 51 listings
Average starting payCAD / year: $138,614Across 46 listings
Average starting payUSD / week: $1,955Across 11 listings

Employer-advertised starting pay, not employee salaries. Currencies and pay periods stay separate.

Where work happens

Remote: 9%4,502 listings
Hybrid: 7%3,675 listings
On-site: 15%7,812 listings

Not specified: 69% (34,941 listings)

Employers hiring include Lockheed Martin (682), Salesforce.com (605), JPMC page (590).

Sources & calculation notes

These figures describe the listings on this role page at the date shown, not the whole job market. Listings can change.

Employer-listed minimums from at least 10 listings per currency and pay period. These are advertised starting amounts, not employee salaries. Jobs without a minimum and unusual amounts are excluded.

Hybrid and on-site classifications may be inferred from descriptions. Check the original ad. How we count

Software development jobs in the United States

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JPMC page

Backend Software Engineer III Java Kafka

Wilmington, DE, United States

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Job details

Experience: Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience
Posting language: English
Posted: Oct 29, 2026

Original job description

We have an opportunity to impact your career and provide an adventure where you can push the limits of what's possible. As a Backend Software Engineer III Java Kafka at JPMorgan Chase within the Consumer and Community Banking, 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. As a core technical contributor, you are responsible for conducting critical technology solutions across multiple technical areas within various business functions in support of the firm’s business objectives. Job responsibilities

Executes creative software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting with ability to think beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions or break down technical problems
Develops secure high-quality production code, and reviews and debugs code written by others
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.
Identifies opportunities to eliminate or automate remediation of recurring issues to improve overall operational stability of software applications and systems
Leads evaluation sessions with external vendors, startups, and internal teams to drive outcomes-oriented probing of architectural designs, technical credentials, and applicability for use within existing systems and information architecture
Leads communities of practice across Software Engineering to drive awareness and use of new and leading-edge technologies

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience
Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
Proficiency in back-end technologies (e.g., Java, Springboot, Node.js ) with experience building microservices-based applications; f
Demonstrated ability to independently solve design and functionality challenges with minimal supervision.
Experience working with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP), distributed systems, and web technologies, including RESTful APIs and web services, WebSockets, and JSON.
Hands-on experience designing and building scalable applications using SQL and NoSQL databases.
Demonstrated experience leading effective use of approved AI-assisted software development tools (e.g., for coding, code review, test acceleration, troubleshooting) with the ability to set team expectations for validating AI outputs for correctness, performance, and security.
Strong understanding of responsible AI use in engineering workflows, including data sensitivity considerations, secure handling of inputs/outputs, and adherence to resiliency and security expectations; experience coaching engineers on safe, compliant adoption within delivery practices
Proficient in all aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle including advanced understanding of agile methodologies such as CI/CD, Application Resiliency, and Security.
Led design and delivery of Kafka-based event streaming platforms/services in high-throughput (high TPS) environments; deep experience with event-driven architecture patterns and distributed systems reliability.
Experience improving operability (SLOs/SLAs, on-call readiness, monitoring, incident response, postmortems) for streaming systems.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

Strong soft skills, including presentation, negotiation, mentoring, and stakeholder management.
Strong problem-solving, analytical, and communication skills.
Ability to drive broader impact by sharing and contributing best practices.
AWS certification.
Hands-on experience building and operating high-volume data processing pipelines using Apache Spark (Spark SQL, Structured Streaming) and/or Apache Flink (DataStream/Table API) in production.

Our Consumer & Community Banking division serves our Chase customers through a range of financial services, including personal banking, credit cards, mortgages, auto financing, investment advice, small business loans and payment processing. We’re proud to lead the U.S. in credit card sales and deposit growth and have the most-used digital solutions – all while ranking first in customer satisfaction. Chase is a leading financial services firm, helping nearly half of America’s households and small businesses achieve their financial goals through a broad range of financial products. Our mission is to create engaged, lifelong relationships and put our customers at the heart of everything we do. We also help small businesses, nonprofits and cities grow, delivering solutions to solve all their financial needs.

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.

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Skills

Oracle Java
Apache Kafka
Troubleshooting
Root cause analysis
Test automation
Software development
Information architecture
Spring Boot
Node.js
Microservices
AWS
Microsoft Azure
Google Cloud
API development
SQL
NoSQL
Software development tools
Coaching
Agile
CI/CD
Incident response
Negotiation
Stakeholder management
Problem solving
Communication skills
AWS certification
Process data
Apache Spark
Sales
Customer service
Child care
Mental health
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