Lead Software Engineer - AI-Driven SDK Platform

Next Frontier Capital; Jersey City (NJ); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

On-site health centers

Retirement plan

Backup childcare

Tuition reimbursement

Mental health support

Financial coaching

Job summary

JPMorganChase is seeking a Lead Software Engineer within the Common Components team to deliver trusted, scalable technology across a portfolio of reusable frameworks and tools. You will contribute as a core technical leader, architecting drop-in components used firmwide, and mentoring teams on secure, resilient solutions.

Responsibilities include designing secure production code, driving AI-assisted development practices, and ensuring high operational stability while collaborating across

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 approved 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, secure handling of inputs/outputs, and adherence to resiliency and security expectations; experience coaching engineers on safe, compliant adoption within delivery practices
• Proficient in all aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle
• Advanced understanding of agile methodologies such as CI/CD, Application Resiliency, and Security
• In-depth knowledge of the financial services industry and their IT systems
• Practical cloud native 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
• Applies knowledge of tools within the Software Development Life Cycle toolchain, including enterprise-authorized AI-assisted development and automation capabilities, to improve value
• 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

Software design

Code delivery

AI-assisted tooling

Secure coding

Agile SDLC

Cloud native

Financial services domain

Education

Software Eng degree

Tools

CI/CD tooling

Agent-native tooling

LLM tooling

Open-source ecosystems

Job description

JPMorganChase is seeking a Lead Software Engineer within the Common Components team to deliver trusted, scalable technology across a portfolio of reusable frameworks and tools. You will contribute as a core technical leader, architecting drop-in components used firmwide, and mentoring teams on secure, resilient solutions.

Responsibilities include designing secure production code, driving AI-assisted development practices, and ensuring high operational stability while collaborating across