Lead Software Engineer - AIML/Python/AWS

Testing Site - JPMC; Jersey City (NJ); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase is seeking a Platform Engineer to join the AIML Data Platforms team in New Jersey. You will design and ship production-grade Python services on AWS, enabling secure, reliable AI data workflows from ingestion to model serving.

The role emphasizes hands-on design, coding, and operations, with leadership across agile teams and strong emphasis on security and scalability.

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 knowledge in one or more programming languages (Python/Java/Golang) and cloud/AI/ML domains.

Responsibilities

• Regularly provides technical guidance to support the business and its teams.
• Develops secure, high-quality production code and reviews others' code.
• Drives decisions influencing product design, functionality, and operations.
• Acts as a subject matter expert in one or more focus areas.
• Contributes to the engineering community with SDLC frameworks and tools.
• Influences peers to adopt leading-edge technologies.

Skills

Python

Java

Golang

AI/ML concepts

Software design

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/CE/Math

Tools

Terraform

AWS

Job description

Be an integral part of an agile team that's constantly pushing the envelope to enhance, build, and deliver top‑notch technology products. Join our AIML Data Platforms team as a Platform Engineer and build the cloud‑native backbone for AI at scale. You’ll design and ship production‑grade services in Python on AWS, enabling high‑quality data and ML workflows that are secure, reliable, and fast from ingestion to model serving.

As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase in Corporate ‑ AIML Data Platforms, 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. Drive significant business impact through your capabilities and contributions and apply deep technical expertise and problem‑solving methodologies to tackle a diverse array of challenges that span multiple technologies and applications.

Job responsibilities

• Regularly provides technical guidance and direction to support the business and its technical teams, contractors, and vendors
• Develops secure and high‑quality production code, and reviews and debugs code written by others
• Drives decisions that influence the product design, application functionality, and technical operations and processes
• Serves as a function‑wide subject matter expert in one or more areas of focus
• Actively contributes to the engineering community as an advocate of firmwide frameworks, tools, and practices of the Software Development Life Cycle
• Influences peers and project decision‑makers to consider the use and application of leading‑edge technologies
• Adds to the team culture of diversity, opportunity, inclusion, and respect

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• 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)Python, Java, Golang
• Advanced knowledge of software applications and technical processes with considerable in‑depth knowledge in one or more technical disciplines (e.g., cloud, artificial intelligence, machine learning, mobile, etc.)
• Experience using Terraform
• Ability to tackle design and functionality problems independently with little to no oversight
• Practical cloud‑native experience AWS
• Experience in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Mathematics, or a related technical field
• AI agent building skills including using context engineering and rag

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Familiarity with ConfigurationLanguage (HCL)and the ability to manage infrastructure state using Terraform.