Lead Software Engineer - AI-Driven, Scalable Systems

Socket.dev; Plano (TX); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorganChase in the United States seeks a Lead Software Engineer to drive design, development, and secure operations across AI/ML-enabled platforms. You will lead critical engineering efforts, guide best practices in AI-assisted development, and collaborate with diverse teams to deliver scalable, secure software solutions.

Responsibilities include building production-grade code, ensuring reliability, and advancing cloud-native architectures within the Consumer & Community Banking - Home Lending

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience.
• Advanced in one or more programming language(s).
• Experience leading effective use of AI-assisted development tools with the ability to validate AI outputs.
• Strong understanding of responsible AI use in engineering workflows, data sensitivity and security.
• Proficient in all aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle.
• Advanced understanding of agile methodologies (CI/CD, resilience, security).
• In-depth knowledge of the financial services IT landscape.
• Practical cloud-native experience.

Responsibilities

• Executes creative software solutions, design, development, and troubleshooting.
• Develops secure production code and reviews code written by others.
• Drives AI-assisted engineering practices adoption to improve code quality and delivery speed.
• Applies SDLC toolchain knowledge to improve automation.
• Identifies opportunities to automate remediation for stability.
• Leads evaluation sessions with external vendors to assess architectures.
• Leads communities of practice across Software Engineering and AI/ML.
• Designs and delivers scalable ML systems (batch and real-time).
• Identifies remediation opportunities for operational stability of software and ML systems.

Skills

System design

Production code development

AI-assisted development tools

SDLC

CI/CD

Cloud-native

Agile methodologies

Financial services domain knowledge

Programming languages

Security and resiliency

Education

Formal software engineering training

Job description

JPMorganChase in the United States seeks a Lead Software Engineer to drive design, development, and secure operations across AI/ML-enabled platforms. You will lead critical engineering efforts, guide best practices in AI-assisted development, and collaborate with diverse teams to deliver scalable, secure software solutions.

Responsibilities include building production-grade code, ensuring reliability, and advancing cloud-native architectures within the Consumer & Community Banking - Home Lending