Lead Software Engineer - Full Stack/Python/Java/React

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; Plano (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase & Co. in Plano, TX seeks a Lead Software Engineer in Corporate Technology - Finance Technology to help build trusted market-leading tech in a secure, scalable way. You will be a core technical contributor across multiple areas, delivering production-grade software for financial services.

You will drive AI-assisted engineering practices, governance, and continuous delivery, while mentoring teams and advancing secure coding and resiliency across the SDLC.

Qualifications

• Formal software engineering training or certification.
• 5+ years of applied software engineering experience.
• Experience delivering system design, development, testing, and operations.
• Proficiency in Java or Python and React.
• Experience with AI-assisted development tools and governance.
• Understanding of responsible AI and secure development practices.
• Automation and CI/CD proficiency.
• Solid grasp of Agile with CI/CD and security.
• Cloud-native project experience.
• Familiarity with financial services IT environments.

Responsibilities

• Executes creative software solutions, design, development, and troubleshooting.
• Develops secure production code and reviews peers’ work.
• Drives AI-assisted engineering practices to improve quality and speed.
• Applies SDLC toolchain knowledge to boost automation and value.
• Identifies opportunities to automate recurring issues for stability.
• Leads evaluation sessions with vendors and internal teams on architecture.
• Leads communities of practice for new technologies.
• Promotes diversity, inclusion, and respectful team culture.

Skills

Full stack development

Java

Python

React

AI-assisted tooling

Automation

Cloud native

CI/CD

Education

Software engineering certification

Tools

SDLC toolchain

Automation tooling

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 JPMorgan Chase within the Corporate Sector - Corporate Technology - Finance Technology team, youare 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
• 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.
• 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 on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience
• Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
• Advanced in Full Stack development using Java or Python, and React
• 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.
• 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 with experience coaching engineers on safe, compliant adoption within delivery practices
• Proficiency in automation and continuous delivery methods
• Proficient in all aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle
• Advanced understanding of agile methodologies such as CI/CD, 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.)
• In-depth knowledge of the financial services industry and their IT systems
• Practical cloud native experience