Lead Software Engineer — AI‑Driven, Cloud‑Native & Secure

JPMorgan Chase; Jersey City (NJ); On-site; USD 157,000 - 215,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorganChase in Jersey City, NJ seeks a Lead Software Engineer in Asset and Wealth Management Advisor & Investment Technology to design, build, and operate critical tech solutions. You will contribute to production code, mentor peers, and raise engineering standards for reliability, security, and delivery.

The role emphasizes responsible AI-assisted engineering practices within enterprise standards. You will drive secure, scalable cloud-native applications with microservices, REST APIs, and

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied software engineering experience

Responsibilities

• Executes creative software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting with ability to think beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions or breakdown technical problems
• Develops secure and high-quality production code, and reviews and debugs code written by others
• 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.
• 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

Skills

Microservices

REST APIs

Event-driven design

AWS

Cloud-native

CI/CD

DevOps

AI-assisted development

Tools

OpenAPI/Swagger

Microsoft Copilot

Job description

JPMorganChase in Jersey City, NJ seeks a Lead Software Engineer in Asset and Wealth Management Advisor & Investment Technology to design, build, and operate critical tech solutions. You will contribute to production code, mentor peers, and raise engineering standards for reliability, security, and delivery.

The role emphasizes responsible AI-assisted engineering practices within enterprise standards. You will drive secure, scalable cloud-native applications with microservices, REST APIs, and