Lead Software Engineer - AI‑Driven Platform & SDKs

Socket.dev; New Jersey; On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Retirement savings plan

Tuition reimbursement

Mental health support

Job summary

JPMorganChase is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to contribute across a portfolio of reusable frameworks and tools within a secure, scalable environment. You will lead development, code reviews, and AI-assisted practices to improve quality, security, and delivery speed across enterprise systems.

The role emphasizes cloud-native engineering, SDLC mastery, and collaboration with cross-functional teams in a regulated financial services setting.

Qualifications

• 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 in one or more programming language(s).
• Demonstrated experience leading effective use of AI-assisted software development tools 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 and secure handling of inputs/outputs.

Responsibilities

• Executes creative software solutions, design, development, and troubleshooting with ability to think beyond routine approaches.
• Develops secure and high-quality production code, and reviews and debugs code written by others.
• Drives team adoption of enterprise AI-assisted engineering practices to improve code quality, delivery speed, and operational outcomes; establishes validation standards and promotes reuse of patterns.
• Applies knowledge of SDLC tools to improve automation and value.
• Identifies opportunities to automate remediation to improve stability of software applications.
• Leads evaluation sessions with vendors and internal teams on architectural designs and applicability to existing systems.

Skills

Leadership experience

AI-assisted development

Cloud native

Secure coding

CI/CD

Education

Software engineering fundamentals training

Tools

AWS

Kubernetes

Job description

JPMorganChase is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to contribute across a portfolio of reusable frameworks and tools within a secure, scalable environment. You will lead development, code reviews, and AI-assisted practices to improve quality, security, and delivery speed across enterprise systems.

The role emphasizes cloud-native engineering, SDLC mastery, and collaboration with cross-functional teams in a regulated financial services setting.