Lead Software Engineer, Identity Platform & AI Security

Fairygodboss; New York (NY); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase in New York seeks a Lead Software Engineer for the Consumer & Community Banking Customer Identity Platform. You will join an agile team to design and deliver trusted identity and onboarding solutions that scale securely across products.

Responsibilities include building a canonical identity model, managing end-to-end identity lifecycles, and integrating external proofing vendors through APIs. Emphasis on reliability, performance, and enterprise-grade AI-assisted practices.

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification in software engineering with 5+ years of experience (as stated).
• Experience designing scalable distributed systems and APIs in cloud environments.
• Hands-on identity, authentication, or onboarding systems experience.
• Strong knowledge of event-driven architecture and messaging (e.g., Kafka).
• Experience with IAM platforms and integrating third-party services via APIs.
• Ability to translate business or regulatory requirements into technical solutions.
• Experience in agile SDLC practices and high-availability design.
• Familiarity with AI-assisted development tools and secure coding practices.

Responsibilities

• Design and deliver secure, scalable software for identity, onboarding, and trust services.
• Develop a canonical customer identity model for cross-system consistency.
• Build services supporting enrollment, verification, remediations, and offboarding.
• Integrate identity proofing vendors via APIs for scalable onboarding.
• Develop trust and risk signal services to support fraud decisions.
• Create event-driven architectures and APIs for distributed systems.
• Collaborate with product, risk, and tech teams to meet regulatory needs.
• Ensure consistent identity experience across web, mobile, and branches.
• Improve platform performance, scalability, and reliability via automation.
• Lead adoption of enterprise AI-assisted engineering with quality standards.

Skills

Distributed systems design

APIs development

Identity onboarding systems

Event-driven architecture

IAM platforms

Third-party API integration

Agile development

High availability & performance

AI-assisted development tooling

Security & compliance awareness

Tools

Kafka

Cloud-based environments

DevOps automation tools

Job description

JPMorgan Chase in New York seeks a Lead Software Engineer for the Consumer & Community Banking Customer Identity Platform. You will join an agile team to design and deliver trusted identity and onboarding solutions that scale securely across products.

Responsibilities include building a canonical identity model, managing end-to-end identity lifecycles, and integrating external proofing vendors through APIs. Emphasis on reliability, performance, and enterprise-grade AI-assisted practices.