Lead Python Engineer - AI-Driven, Secure & Cloud-Native

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; Christchurch; On-site; GBP 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is seeking a Lead Software Engineer within the Infrastructure Platforms unit. You will be a core technical contributor responsible for delivering trusted, scalable technology products across multiple business functions in a secure environment.

You will lead design and development, promote AI-assisted engineering practices, and drive automation within the SDLC. This role requires deep knowledge of Python, system design, and enterprise-grade software delivery in a financial

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification in software engineering concepts.
• Hands-on experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability.
• Strong programming skills in Python and production-grade software delivery.
• Experience leading adoption of AI-assisted development tools with quality validation.

Responsibilities

• Executes creative software solutions, design, development, and debugging with ability to tackle non-routine problems.
• Develops secure, high-quality production code and reviews/debugs code written by others.
• Drives team adoption of enterprise AI-assisted engineering practices to improve code quality, delivery speed, and operational outcomes.
• Applies SDLC tooling to improve automation value and consistency of development workflows.
• Identifies opportunities to automate remediation to enhance overall stability of software applications and systems.
• Leads evaluation sessions with vendors and internal teams to assess architectures and applicability for existing systems.

Skills

Python

System design

Application development

Testing

Operational stability

Leadership

Tools

AI-assisted development tools

Job description

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is seeking a Lead Software Engineer within the Infrastructure Platforms unit. You will be a core technical contributor responsible for delivering trusted, scalable technology products across multiple business functions in a secure environment.

You will lead design and development, promote AI-assisted engineering practices, and drive automation within the SDLC. This role requires deep knowledge of Python, system design, and enterprise-grade software delivery in a financial