Java AI Lead — Reliability, Automation & Cloud

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; Columbus (OH); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase & Co. in Columbus, OH, seeks a Lead Software Engineer to drive design, development, and modernization of software across complex platforms.

You will contribute hands-on coding in Java and Python, guide AI-assisted engineering practices, and mentor engineers to raise technical standards while delivering reliable, scalable solutions. You will partner with product and platform teams to ensure secure, high-quality software delivery, govern release readiness, and champion engineering

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification in software engineering with 5+ years applied experience
• Advanced proficiency in Java (Primary) and Python (Secondary)
• Experience leading AI-assisted development tools and validating AI outputs for correctness, performance and security
• Strong hands-on software engineering across design, code, debug and test
• Ownership mindset with a track record of solving difficult problems
• Experience coaching engineers on compliant AI usage patterns
• Experience leading engineers, communicating tradeoffs and influencing stakeholders
• Strong analytical skills to investigate failures and drive fixes
• Experience modernizing cloud-native apps or leading automation initiatives
• Experience with microservices, RESTful APIs, relational/NoSQL databases, messaging, and event-driven architectures

Responsibilities

• Develops and codes in Java with some Python as an individual contributor solving complex technical issues and driving resolution across applications, services and platforms
• Drives team adoption of enterprise-authorized AI-assisted engineering practices to improve code quality, delivery speed, and operational outcomes
• Operates as a senior hands-on individual contributor, writing code and resolving complex problems
• Leads design, development and modernization of software solutions to improve reliability, scalability, automation and operational efficiency
• Builds, enhances and maintains automation frameworks, AI-driven engineering solutions, internal platforms and reusable tools
• Supports performance testing, resiliency testing, chaos testing, and controlled failure scenarios
• Leads engineers through code reviews, technical guidance, problem-solving support, and promotion of strong engineering practices
• Communicates technical strategy, reliability risks, resolution plans, and delivery progress to teams and leadership
• Defines and promotes release readiness checks, quality gates and validation approaches for cloud-native platforms

Skills

Java

Python

AI tooling

Secure coding

Code review

Troubleshooting

Ownership mindset

Mentoring

Cloud-native

Microservices

REST APIs

Relational DBs

NoSQL

Education

Software engineering training

Tools

CI/CD tooling

Code analysis tools

Job description

JPMorgan Chase & Co. in Columbus, OH, seeks a Lead Software Engineer to drive design, development, and modernization of software across complex platforms.

You will contribute hands-on coding in Java and Python, guide AI-assisted engineering practices, and mentor engineers to raise technical standards while delivering reliable, scalable solutions. You will partner with product and platform teams to ensure secure, high-quality software delivery, govern release readiness, and champion engineering