Lead Software Engineer - AI Engineer

Testing Site - JPMC; Tampa (FL); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorganChase in Tampa seeks a Lead Software Engineer to drive secure, scalable technology within Payments Technology. You will contribute technically across multiple functions, delivering trusted market-leading products and shaping architectural decisions.

Key responsibilities include hands-on design, secure production coding, automation, and mentoring teams. Ideal candidates have cloud-native experience, AWS expertise, and strong CI/CD practices.

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification in software engineering with 5+ years experience.
• Cloud security proficiency and authentication pattern understanding.
• In-depth AWS infrastructure expertise; Terraform-based Infrastructure as Code.
• Practical cloud-native experience.
• Hands-on experience with system design, development, testing, and operations.
• Advanced knowledge of CI/CD, resilience, and security.
• Automation and continuous delivery proficiency.
• Strong SDLC knowledge.
• Proficiency in Python or Java.
• Strong in design patterns and test‑driven development.

Responsibilities

• Executes creative software solutions, design, development, and debugging.
• Develops secure high-quality production code and reviews code.
• Identifies opportunities to automate remediation to improve stability.
• Leads evaluation sessions with vendors and teams on architecture.

Skills

CI/CD

Cloud security

AWS

Terraform IaC

Python

Java

Agile methodologies

SDLC

Test-driven development

Tools

GitHub Copilot

Claude Code

Job description

We have an opportunity to impact your career and provide an adventure where you can push the limits of what's possible.

As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorganChase within the Corporate & Investment Banking Payments Technology group, you are an integral part of an agile team that works to enhance, build, and deliver trusted market-leading technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable way. As a core technical contributor, you are responsible for conducting critical technology solutions across multiple technical areas within various business functions in support of the firm’s business objectives.

Job responsibilities

• Executes creative software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting with ability to think beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions or break down technical problems
• Develops secure high-quality production code, and reviews and debugs code written by others
• 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
• Leads communities of practice across Software Engineering to drive awareness and use of new and leading-edge technologies
• Adds to team culture of diversity, opportunity, inclusion, and respect

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification onsoftware engineeringconcepts and 5+ years applied experience
• Proficiency in cloud security for cloud apps and strong understanding of authentication patterns
• In-depth AWS infrastructure expertise; Terraform-based Infrastructure as Code
• Practical cloud native experience
• Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
• Advanced understanding of agile methodologies such as CI/CD, Application Resiliency, and Security
• Proficiency in automation and continuous delivery methods
• Proficient in all aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle
• Advanced in one or more programming language(s) - Python or Java
• Strong fundamentals for building software using appropriate design patterns and test-driven development

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• In-depth knowledge of the financial services industry and their IT systems
• Experience with Agentic AI experience
• Hands-on familiarity with code assistants like GitHub Copilot or Claude Code