Lead Software Engineer: Frontend Development

J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.; Palo Alto (CA); On-site; USD 190,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

JP MorganChase in Palo Alto seeks a Lead Software Engineer to drive design, development, and secure production code within Infrastructure Platforms. You will mentor teams, push AI-assisted engineering practices, and collaborate across disciplines to improve reliability and velocity in a regulated financial tech environment.

You will influence architecture, implement cloud-native solutions, and ensure security and resiliency while aligning with enterprise standards and compliance requirements.

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience.
• Strong experience building and maintaining web applications with full stack with Python, Django, Java, JavaScript, Node React, Next-JS and SQL.
• 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.
• Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability.
• Proficiency in automation and continuous delivery methods.
• Advanced understanding of agile methodologies such as CI/CD pipelines, Application Resiliency, and Security.
• Demonstrated proficiency in software applications and technical processes within a technical discipline (cloud, AI, ML, etc.).
• Demonstrated experience leading effective use of approved AI-assisted software development tools with the ability to set team expectations for validating AI outputs.

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.
• 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 SDLC toolchain to improve the value realized by automation.
• Leads evaluation sessions with external vendors, startups, and internal teams to drive outcomes-oriented probing of architectural designs.
• Leads communities of practice across Software Engineering to drive awareness and use of new and leading-edge technologies.

Skills

Python

Django

Java

JavaScript

Node

React

Next.js

SQL

Tools

Tableau

Alteryx

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 Infrastructure Platforms(IP) you will execute 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.

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.
• Drives team adoption of enterprise-authorized AI-assisted engineering practices within the work environment to improve code quality, delivery speed, and operational outcomes (e.g., AI-assisted code review/refactoring, test strategy acceleration, incident/root-cause analysis support), while establishing consistent validation standards (secure coding, peer review, automated testing) and promoting reuse of effective patterns across the team.
• Applies knowledge of tools within the Software Development Life Cycle toolchain, including enterprise-authorized AI-assisted development and automation capabilities, to improve the value realized by automation.
• 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.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience.
• Strong experience building and maintaining web applications with full stack with Python, Django, Java, JavaScript, Node React, Next-JS and SQL
• 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
• Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability.
• Proficiency in automation and continuous delivery methods.
• Advanced understanding of agile methodologies such as CI/CD pipelines, Application Resiliency, and Security.
• Demonstrated proficiency in software applications and technical processes within a technical discipline (e.g., cloud, artificial intelligence, machine learning, mobile, etc.).
• Demonstrated experience leading effective use of approved AI-assisted software development tools (e.g., for coding, code review, test acceleration, troubleshooting) with the ability to set team expectations for validating AI outputs for correctness, performance, and security.
• Practical cloud native experience.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills.

• Experience with infrastructure-as-code or cloud deployment automation.
• Experience with performance tuning, resiliency testing, monitoring, logging, and alerting.
• Experience working in highly controlled or regulated technology environments.
• Experience with security, identity, access, fraud, trust, risk, or customer protection platforms.
• Experience with BI tooling such as Tableau.
• Experience with Alteryx.

FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE ACT:

This position is subject to Section 19 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act. As such, an employment offer for this position is contingent on JPMorganChase’s review of criminal conviction history, including pretrial diversions or program entries.