AI Lead Software Engineer

JPMorgan Chase; Jersey City (NJ); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorganChase is seeking an AI Lead Software Engineer in its Corporate Technology group in Jersey City, NJ. You will be a technical leader on an agile team responsible for designing and delivering secure, scalable AI-enabled platforms that support the firm’s strategic objectives.

You will collaborate with product, business, and engineering stakeholders to drive architecture, mentor engineers, and establish robust CI/CD, IaC, and guardrails for responsible AI deployment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of applied software engineering experience.
• Proven track record delivering scalable, secure distributed systems in production.
• Proficiency in Java and Spring Boot with SQL and React.
• Strong grasp of microservices, event-driven design, and API-first approaches.
• Experience building on AWS, including containers and orchestration (Docker and Kubernetes).
• Experience implementing CI/CD pipelines and Infrastructure as Code to improve release safety and speed.
• Experience with REST and GraphQL API designs, including security and performance considerations.
• Demonstrated experience leading the use of approved AI-assisted development tools with emphasis on correctness, performance, and security.
• Strong understanding of responsible AI use in engineering workflows and governance.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, development, and delivery of high-quality software solutions that solve complex business problems with modern engineering practices.
• Drive architectural decisions to improve scalability, resiliency, and availability for distributed systems.
• Build and maintain secure, production-grade services with code quality through reviews, testing, and engineering excellence.
• Mentor engineers through technical guidance, pairing, and actionable feedback to raise team capability.
• Implement CI/CD automation and reliability patterns to support safe, frequent releases.
• Develop data-intensive services and workflows using Java or Scala with large-scale datasets and modern data platforms.
• Design and build AI-enabled applications, including retrieval-augmented generation patterns and agentic workflows, with evaluation and guardrails.
• Drive adoption of enterprise AI-assisted engineering practices to improve code quality, delivery speed, and operational outcomes.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

SQL

React

Microservices

Event-driven

API-first

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD

IaC

REST

GraphQL

Security

Secure coding

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

Databricks

Job description

We have an exciting opportunity to advance your career and drive meaningful impact by pushing the limits of modern engineering. As an AI Lead Software Engineer at JPMorganChase within Corporate Technology, you will be a key technical leader on an agile team designing and delivering secure, scalable, high-performing technology solutions. You will partner across product, business, and engineering stakeholders to build strategic AI platforms that enable the firm's objectives.

Job responsibilities

• Lead the design, development, and delivery of high-quality software solutions that solve complex business problems with modern engineering practices
• Drive architectural decisions and technical direction to improve scalability, resiliency, and availability for distributed systems
• Build and maintain secure, production-grade services, setting a high bar for code quality through reviews, testing, and engineering excellence
• Mentor engineers through technical guidance, pairing, and actionable feedback to raise team capability and delivery outcomes
• Implement continuous integration and continuous delivery automation and reliability patterns to support safe, frequent releases
• Develop data-intensive services and workflows using Java or Scala, working effectively with large-scale datasets and modern data platforms
• Design and build AI-enabled applications, including retrieval-augmented generation patterns and agentic workflows, with appropriate evaluation and guardrails
• 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
• Demonstrated hands-on experience designing and delivering scalable, secure, resilient distributed systems in a production environment
• Proficiency in Java and Spring Boot, with working knowledge of SQL and modern user interface frameworks (for example, React)
• Strong understanding of modern architecture patterns, including microservices, event-driven design, and application programming interface-first approaches
• Experience building and operating solutions on public cloud platforms (for example, Amazon Web Services), including containerization and orchestration (Docker and Kubernetes)
• Experience implementing continuous integration and continuous delivery pipelines and Infrastructure as Code practices to improve release safety and speed
• Practical experience with application programming interface design and integration patterns (for example, REST and GraphQL), including security and performance considerations
• 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

• Advanced expertise in object-oriented design, system design, and performance optimization for large-scale services
• Experience with modern data and search technologies (for example, Elasticsearch) and databases (for example, Oracle or MongoDB)
• Experience building generative AI solutions, including retrieval-augmented generation architecture, orchestration frameworks (for example, LangChain or LlamaIndex), and evaluation practices
• Experience creating reusable agent skills, libraries, or patterns that accelerate delivery across engineering teams
• Experience working across hybrid technology ecosystems using cloud services, Databricks, and Kubernetes-based platforms