Lead Software Engineer - Python

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 4,500,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase & Co. in Bengaluru invites an experienced Lead Software Engineer to join the Spread Markets Production Engineering team. You will be a core technical contributor delivering trusted, scalable technology in a secure production environment.

You will drive production telemetry, resiliency, automation, and AI-assisted development practices, while mentoring teams and guiding secure coding and testing standards across the SDLC.

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification in software engineering concepts.
• Hands-on experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for building at-scale production telemetry, resiliency and automation across platforms.
• Work on high-profile projects and migrations in Spread Markets Technology, building resiliency and observability solutions.
• Develops secure, high-quality production code and reviews code written by others.
• Identifies opportunities to automate remediation to improve stability of software applications.
• Leads evaluation sessions with vendors, startups, and internal teams on architecture and applicability of designs.

Skills

Python

CI/CD

Cloud native

Agile methodologies

AI-assisted development

Security

Software engineering

Telemetry & observability

Education

Formal training or certification in software engineering

Tools

AI-assisted development tools

Observability tooling

Telemetry systems

Job description

• Business Unit Commercial & Investment Bank
• Job Schedule Full time

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 Spread Markets Production Engineering 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 firm’s business objectives.

Job responsibilities

• Responsible for the building production at-scale production telemetry, resiliency and automation solutions across a wide range of platforms and technologies
• Work on the most high-profile and challening projects and migrations in Spread Markets Technology, building resiliency and observability solutions
• 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
• 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
• 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 5+ years applied experience

• Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
• Advanced in one or more programming language(s) - Python essential
• Proficiency in automation and continuous delivery methods
• Proficient in all aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle
• Advanced understanding of agile methodologies such as CI/CD, Application Resiliency, and Security
• Demonstrated proficiency in software applications and technical processes within a technical discipline (e.g., cloud, artificial intelligence, machine learning, mobile, etc.)
• In-depth knowledge of the financial services industry and their IT systems
• Practical cloud native experience
• 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

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

Experience of implementing distributed tracing