Lead Software Engineer

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorganChase & Co. in San Francisco invites a Lead Software Engineer to drive high-quality platform solutions within Infrastructure Platforms Digital Workflows. You will guide roadmaps, mentor engineers, and implement AI-enabled capabilities with governance and security in mind.

Lead the design and delivery of complex features, ensure SDLC discipline, and partner with product teams to align plans and outcomes. This role emphasizes scalable, secure, and compliant engineering practices.

Qualifications

• Formal software engineering training or certification.
• 5+ years of applied software engineering experience.
• Strong proficiency in Java and Python.
• Experience with CI/CD, observability, and reliability practices.
• Ability to lead AI-assisted development tools with validated outputs.
• Strong communication across distributed teams and stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end design and operation of complex platform features and integrations.
• Create technical roadmaps and milestones; drive predictable delivery and continuous team process improvement.
• Develop assistant skills and tool functions with clear interfaces, schemas, validation, error handling, and observability.
• Stand up MCP servers/integrations and agent patterns to accelerate delivery.
• Establish evaluation checks, guardrails, and monitoring for safe AI behavior.
• Drive data readiness and integration practices underpinning AI outcomes.
• Uphold SDLC rigor: secure coding, code reviews, automated tests, CI/CD, production readiness.
• Mentor junior engineers and unblock delivery through technical leadership.
• Collaborate with product/analyst on estimates, plans, dependencies, outcomes.
• Promote enterprise AI-assisted engineering practices and reusable patterns across the team.

Skills

Java

Python

Software architecture

OOD & design patterns

CI/CD & observability

AI-assisted development tools

Secure coding & security

Agile / Scrum

Mentoring & leadership

Data integration & pipelines

Education

Formal software engineering training

Tools

ServiceNow

MCP servers/agents

MQ/Kafka

AWS / cloud platforms

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 Infrastructure Platforms Digital Workflows Product Line, you will lead delivery of high-quality technical solutions, drive roadmaps and agile execution, mentor engineers, and implement AI-enabled engineering capabilities (including tool functions/skills and MCP servers/agents) within governance, security, and risk controls.

Job responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end design, implementation, and operation of complex platform features and integrations.
• Create technical roadmaps and milestones; drive predictable delivery and continuous team process improvement.
• Develop assistant skills/tool functions with clear interfaces, schemas, validation, error handling, and observability.
• Stand up and operate MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers/integrations and agent patterns to accelerate delivery.
• Establish evaluation checks, guardrails, and monitoring so AI behavior is accurate, safe, and verifiable.
• Drive data readiness and integration practices (modeling, pipelines alignment, quality controls) underpinning AI outcomes.
• Uphold SDLC rigor: secure coding, code reviews, automated testing, CI/CD, and production readiness.
• Mentor junior engineers (technical and soft skills), delegate effectively, and unblock delivery through technical leadership.
• Partner with product and analyst stakeholders on estimates, delivery plans, dependencies, and outcomes.
• 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
• Strong proficiency in Java and strong working experience with Python.
• Strong architecture and design skills across systems with sound engineering judgment.
• Strong engineering fundamentals (OOD, design patterns, SOLID) and a quality-first mindset (testing/TDD).
• Strong integration and data fundamentals (SQL/PL-SQL; event messaging such as MQ/Kafka).
• Experience operating production services with CI/CD, observability, and reliability best practices.
• 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 practice.
• Ability to create roadmaps/milestones, manage dependencies, and execute effectively in agile/scrum environments.
• Track record of mentoring engineers, leading reviews, and raising engineering standards across a team.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills across distributed, cross-functional stakeholders.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• ServiceNow experience (including familiarity with the ServiceNow data model).
• Experience using AI-assisted development tools responsibly with strong engineering judgment and secure coding practices.
• Experience with MCP operations patterns (authN/Z, logging/traceability, rate limiting, versioning, safe rollout).
• Experience designing AI agents with grounding/RAG patterns, deterministic fallbacks, prompt/version management, and eval harnesses.
• Understanding of data privacy/security considerations for agent workflows (data minimization, secrets management, least privilege, auditability).
• Experience in AWS or other public cloud platforms.

FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE ACT

This position is subject to Section 19 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act. As such, an employment offer for this position is contingent on JPMorganChase’s review of criminal conviction history, including pretrial diversions or program entries.