Lead Software Engineer – Cloud, AI & Data Platforms

Next Frontier Capital; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorganChase in Houston seeks a Lead Software Engineer to contribute to secure, scalable technology platforms across multiple business functions. You will design, build, and deliver trusted market-leading software while guiding best practices and architecture with an agile team.

The role requires strong software engineering experience, cloud-native development on AWS, modern web UI skills, and a focus on secure, reliable systems.

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification on Software Engineering and application development and 7+ years applied experience.
• Strong hands-on expertise in Python and/or Java with demonstrated delivery of secure, high-quality production code.
• Strong experience building cloud-native solutions on AWS (compute, storage, security/IAM, networking, observability).
• Strong experience with LLMs and agentic systems, including orchestration patterns, tool/function calling, retrieval, structured outputs, evaluations, and safety/guardrails.
• Experience building data-intensive applications and workflows using Databricks (Spark, Delta, jobs/workflows).
• Proficiency in JavaScript/TypeScript and React for building modern web applications.
• Proficiency in automation and continuous delivery methods; strong SDLC discipline (CI/CD, testing, code quality, release controls).
• Advanced understanding of agile delivery, application resiliency, and secure engineering practices.
• Strong system design skills with the ability to make pragmatic trade-offs and drive alignment across stakeholders.

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

Skills

Python/Java

AWS

LLMs/agentic systems

Databricks

JavaScript/TypeScript

CI/CD

Agile delivery

System design

Tools

Databricks

React

Job description

JPMorganChase in Houston seeks a Lead Software Engineer to contribute to secure, scalable technology platforms across multiple business functions. You will design, build, and deliver trusted market-leading software while guiding best practices and architecture with an agile team.

The role requires strong software engineering experience, cloud-native development on AWS, modern web UI skills, and a focus on secure, reliable systems.