Lead Software Engineer - Oracle HCM Payroll

  • JP Morgan
  • Columbus, Ohio
  • Full Time

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As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorganChase within the Corporate Technology Employee Platforms 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. 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 firms business objective

Job Responsibilities

  • Lead the Oracle HCM workstream for a multiplatform US payroll automation program, defining scope, deliverables, milestones, and interplatform dependencies
  • Translate business requirements into clear functional designs and configuration workbooks; maintain endtoend traceability from requirements through release
  • Configure and optimize Oracle HCM Cloud Payroll (elements, balances, costing, retro/proration, payroll flows, yearend processing) and ensure accurate integrations and reconciliations
  • Plan and oversee the delivery lifecyclerequirements analysis, solution design, configuration, testing, change control and readiness, cutover, and release
  • Govern changes and releases: assess impacts of quarterly updates and legislative patches, coordinate cutover activities, and publish release communications
  • Partner with the Payroll and HR organizations and extended technology teams to align on scope, timelines, success criteria, and change control; provide clear, timely updates on status, risks, and issues
  • Establish and maintain strong internal controls, including data privacy, segregation of duties, SOXrelevant controls, and audit readiness; provide evidence for audits and reviews
  • Direct and mentor crossfunctional team members (functional analysts, testers, release coordinators); set standards for documentation quality and delivery readiness
  • Manage third parties and Oracle Support: open and drive SRs to resolution, coordinate vendor deliverables, and escalate issues as needed
  • Serve as the functional technology stakeholder for service operations, partnering with support and engineering to drive incident/problem resolution, RCA outcomes, preventive actions, and SLA compliance
  • Maintain comprehensive documentation (functional designs, configuration records, test scripts and evidence, runbooks, SOPs) and ensure version control

Required Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills

  • Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience
  • 5+ years of handson functional experience with Oracle HCM (Fusion), including 5+ years specializing in Oracle HCM Cloud Payroll as a lead or SME
  • Deep expertise in US payroll configuration: elements, balances, costing, retro/proration, payroll flows, payment methods, yearend processing, and reconciliations
  • Strong US payroll domain knowledge: federal, state, and local tax withholding; garnishments; benefitslinked deductions; FLSA and overtime rules; quarterend and yearend processes
  • Experience managing quarterly updates and legislative patches, including impact assessment, regression planning, and coordinated release execution
  • Familiarity with integrations across HR, Time, Benefits, Finance/GL (e.g., HCM Extracts, HDL/PBL, OIC, REST/SOAP, secure filebased)
  • Proven track record planning and overseeing endtoend delivery (requirements analysis, solution design, configuration, testing, change control/readiness, cutover, and release)
  • Vendor and Oracle Support coordination experience (SR lifecycle management, escalation, and resolution tracking)
  • Clear, concise communication skills with ability to engage Payroll, HR, and technology stakeholders; strong documentation discipline

Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills

  • Oracle HCM Cloud Payroll Implementation certification(s)
  • Proficiency with Oracle HCM Cloud tools: Fast Formulas, HCM Extracts, HDL, OTBI, and BI Publisher
  • Experience with US multistate payroll complexities and localityspecific tax updates
  • Experience coordinating testing cycles and managing defects to closure
  • Experience with time solutions and external payroll/tax/benefits providers including interface design and reconciliation
Job ID: 506187033
Originally Posted on: 1/12/2026

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