Lead Software Engineer — Mobile (iOS)

JPMorganChase; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 3,000,000 - 5,000,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorganChase is seeking a Lead Software Engineer for the Consumer & Community Banking mobile stack in India. You will lead iOS feature development in Swift, implement secure authentication, and drive end-to-end delivery with cross-functional partners across Product, Design, Backend, and QA.

You will also adopt enterprise AI-assisted practices to accelerate refactoring, testing, and documentation with careful validation.

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification in software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience
• Strong hands-on iOS development experience with Swift and iOS SDK, plus modern architecture patterns such as MVVM or Clean Architecture
• Experience building UI using UIKit and/or SwiftUI with accessibility and responsive layouts
• Experience with networking, persistence and secure coding practices for mobile
• Demonstrated leadership, mentoring, and disciplined use of AI coding assistants with verification
• Experience leading the use of approved AI-assisted software development tools and setting team expectations for AI output validation
• Understanding of responsible AI use, data sensitivity, secure handling of inputs/outputs, and security standards
• Proficient in all aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle
• Advanced understanding of agile methodologies, CI/CD, resiliency and security
• In-depth knowledge of the financial services industry and their IT systems

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain iOS features using Swift, delivering high-quality user experiences across devices and iOS versions
• Set and enforce standards for security, performance, accessibility, stability, and production readiness
• Drive CI/CD for Android and improve developer productivity
• Partner with Product, Design, Backend, and QA to deliver end-to-end solutions and provide technical direction
• Use AI-assisted development tools to accelerate development with rigorous human validation
• Promote enterprise-approved AI practices to improve code quality, delivery speed, and operational outcomes
• Apply SDLC tools to improve value realized by automation
• Integrate with backend services (REST/GraphQL), implement secure authentication, and ensure safe storage and network handling
• Build and maintain automated tests and improve app stability and performance
• Drive CI/CD improvements for iOS builds and accelerate refactoring, testing, and documentation with validated AI outputs

Skills

Swift

iOS development

MVVM/Clean Architecture

UI with UIKit/SwiftUI

AI-assisted development

Security practices

Leadership

Agile/CI-CD

Tools

Claude AI

AI-assisted tools

REST/GraphQL

Job description

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 Lead Software Engineer at JPMorganChase within the CONSUMER & 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

• Design, build, and maintain iOS features using Swift (and UIKit/SwiftUI), delivering high-quality user experiences across supported iPhone/iPad devices and iOS versions.
• Set and enforce standards for security, performance, accessibility, stability, and production readiness (telemetry/monitoring, incident prevention).
• Drive CI/CD for Android (build automation, unit/instrumentation/UI tests, static analysis, signing and release workflows) and improve developer productivity.
• Partner with Product, Design, Backend, and QA to deliver end-to-end solutions; manage technical dependencies and provide clear technical direction and estimates.
• Use JPMorganChase-approved AI‑assisted development tools (e.g., Claude AI where approved) to accelerate development/change work (refactoring, test generation, documentation) with rigorous human validation.
• 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.
• Integrate with backend services (REST/GraphQL), implement secure authentication flows, and ensure safe handling of local storage and network communications.
• Build and maintain automated tests (unit and UI tests) and improve app stability and performance (crash reduction, responsiveness, battery/memory considerations).
• Drive CI/CD improvements for iOS builds (build automation, lint/static checks, test automation, signing/provisioning, release workflows) and use JP Morgan Chase‑approved AI‑assisted tools (e.g., Claude AI where approved) to accelerate refactoring, test generation, and documentation with rigorous validation.

Required Qualifications, Capabilities, And Skills

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience
• Strong hands‑on iOS development experience with Swift and iOS SDK, plus modern architecture patterns (e.g., MVVM/Clean Architecture).
• Experience building UI using UIKit and/or SwiftUI, including accessibility and responsive layout practices.
• Experience with networking, persistence (e.g., Keychain and local storage patterns), and secure coding practices for mobile.
• Demonstrated technical leadership (mentoring, driving standards, owning outcomes) and disciplined use of AI coding assistants (Claude AI or equivalent where approved) with verification.
• 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
• Advanced understanding of agile methodologies such as CI/CD, Application Resiliency, and Security
• In-depth knowledge of the financial services industry and their IT systems

Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities, And Skills

• xperience with modularization (SPM/CocoaPods/Carthage as applicable), shared libraries, and scaling iOS codebases across teams.
• Experience with performance and stability tooling (Instruments, crash analytics, memory/leak debugging).
• Familiarity with mobile security best practices (OWASP MASVS awareness, secure networking, certificate pinning where applicable, secrets handling).
• Experience with release strategies (feature flags, phased rollouts) and operational readiness (runbooks, monitoring).
• Experience mentoring engineers and improving delivery metrics (cycle time, defect escape, app stability).