Lead Software Engineer: AI-Driven Platform & Tech Leader

JPMorganChase; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorganChase is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to drive delivery of high-quality technical solutions within the Infrastructure Platforms Digital Workflows Product Line. You will lead roadmaps, mentor engineers, and implement AI-enabled capabilities with governance, security, and risk controls.

You will advance design, integration, and SDLC rigor while collaborating with product, analytics, and security teams to accelerate delivery and ensure quality outcomes.

Qualifications

• 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 with the ability to set team expectations for validating AI outputs
• Strong understanding of responsible AI use in engineering workflows, including security considerations
• Ability to create roadmaps/milestones, manage dependencies, and execute in agile/scrum environments
• Track record of mentoring engineers and raising engineering standards across a team
• Strong communication and collaboration skills across distributed, cross-functional stakeholders

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 interfaces, schemas, validation, error handling, and observability.
• Stand up and operate MCP servers/integrations and agent patterns to accelerate delivery.
• Establish evaluation checks, guardrails, and monitoring for accurate, safe, verifiable AI behavior.
• Drive data readiness and integration practices underpinning AI outcomes.
• Uphold SDLC rigor: secure coding, code reviews, automated testing, CI/CD, production readiness.
• Mentor junior engineers, delegate effectively, and unblock delivery through technical leadership.
• Partner with product and analyst stakeholders on estimates, delivery plans, dependencies, and outcomes.
• Drive team adoption of enterprise-authorized AI-assisted engineering practices to improve code quality and delivery speed.

Skills

Java

Python

Architecture design

OOD/SOLID

CI/CD

Observability

AI tooling

Security

Mentoring

Agile/Scrum

Communication

Data pipelines

Tools

ServiceNow

MCP operations

Kafka

MQ

CI/CD tooling

Job description

JPMorganChase is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to drive delivery of high-quality technical solutions within the Infrastructure Platforms Digital Workflows Product Line. You will lead roadmaps, mentor engineers, and implement AI-enabled capabilities with governance, security, and risk controls.

You will advance design, integration, and SDLC rigor while collaborating with product, analytics, and security teams to accelerate delivery and ensure quality outcomes.