Golang / IaC Senior Lead Software Engineer

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; Jersey City (NJ); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase & Co. in Jersey City seeks a Senior Lead Software Engineer with Go and cloud-native expertise to design scalable solutions, deliver trusted products, and drive secure, reliable software in a fast-paced, agile environment.

You will mentor teams, apply IaC and AI-assisted development practices, and collaborate across platforms to strengthen our SDLC, governance, and incident response.

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification in software engineering concepts with 5+ years of applied experience.
• Hands-on experience in system design, application development, testing, and operational stability.
• Advanced experience in Golang or one or more programming languages.
• Experience migrating complex applications to the public cloud, including IaC developer and SRE roles.
• Experience using enterprise AI-assisted development tools with responsible usage guidelines.

Responsibilities

• Designs scalable, cloud-native software solutions to deliver highly available and resilient products.
• Provides technical guidance to teams, contractors, and vendors.
• Develops secure production code and reviews others' code.
• Drives adoption of AI-assisted engineering practices with measurable validation standards in the SDLC toolchain.
• Leads decisions shaping product design, application functionality, and technical operations.
• Acts as a SME and promotes firmwide SDLC frameworks and practices.

Skills

Golang

AI-assisted dev

Cloud concepts

Education

Computer Science / Engineering degree

Tools

Terraform

AWS

Java

Python

Job description

Be an integral part of an agile team that's constantly pushing the envelope to enhance, build, and deliver top-notch technology products.

As a Golang / IaC Senior Lead Software Engineer at JPMorganChase within the Consumer and Community Bank, 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. Drive significant business impact through your capabilities and contributions, and apply deep technical expertise and problem-solving methodologies to tackle a diverse array of challenges that span multiple technologies and applications.

Seeking a Senior Lead Software Engineer to join our talented team at Chase. The ideal candidate should possess a strong background in software development with expertise in Go, public cloud technologies and Infrastructure as Code development.

Job responsibilities

• Designs and implements scalable, cloud-native software solutions using modern technology stacks to deliver highly available, performant, and resilient products
• Regularly provides technical guidance and direction to support the business and its technical teams, contractors, and vendors
• Develops secure and high-quality production code, and reviews and debugs code written by others
• Drives adoption and governance of approved AI-assisted engineering practices across teams to improve code quality, delivery speed, and operational outcomes (e.g., AI-assisted code review/refactoring, test acceleration, release readiness, incident/root-cause analysis), while establishing measurable validation standards (secure coding, peer review, automated testing) and promoting reuse of proven patterns and automation within the SDLC/TLM toolchain
• Applies knowledge of tools within the Software Development Life Cycle toolchain, including approved AI-assisted development and automation capabilities, to improve the value realized by automation at scale
• Drives decisions that influence the product design, application functionality, and technical operations and processes
• Serves as a function-wide subject matter expert in one or more areas of focus
• Actively contributes to the engineering community as an advocate of firmwide frameworks, tools, and practices of the Software Development Life Cycle
• Influences peers and project decision-makers to consider the use and application of leading-edge technologies
• Adds to the team culture of diversity, opportunity, inclusion, and respect

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 experience in one or more programming language including Golang
• Experience migrating complex applications to the public cloud, including IaC developer, SRE, and acceleration roles
• Demonstrated experience leading effective use of enterprise-authorized AI-assisted software development tools within the work environment (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 senior engineers/leads on compliant usage patterns and controls.
• Advanced knowledge of software applications and technical processes with considerable in-depth knowledge in one or more technical disciplines (e.g., cloud, artificial intelligence, machine learning, mobile, etc.)
• Ability to tackle design and functionality problems independently with little to no oversight
• Experience in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Mathematics, or a related technical field

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Terraform
• AWS
• Java
• Python