Lead Software Engineer, Investment Portfolio Tech

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; Jersey City (NJ); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase & Co. in Jersey City, NJ seeks a Lead Software Engineer within the Asset Management Technology organization to design and deliver secure, scalable platforms powering CMAS and SMA investments at retail scale.

You will lead end-to-end delivery, mentor teams, and collaborate with Product, Business, and Operations to translate requirements into robust software. You will embed responsible AI usage, drive production readiness, and raise engineering standards across teams while guiding

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts.
• Advanced knowledge of application, data, and infrastructure architecture.
• Hands-on practical experience delivering platform/system design, application development, performance testing, incident management and operational stability.
• Advanced in one or more programming language(s) - Java and Python.
• Demonstrated experience leading effective use of approved AI-assisted software development tools with the ability to set team expectations for validating AI outputs.
• Strong understanding of responsible AI use in engineering workflows and secure handling of inputs/outputs.
• Proficient in all aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle and agile methodologies such as CI/CD.
• Experience building RESTful web services, microservices, API design, testing, performance tuning, and secure coding.
• Strong AWS experience with production-grade services and patterns.
• Strong experience designing and operating data solutions in Snowflake.
• Strong SQL skills; experience with stored procedures.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, test, and deploy Java-based microservices and REST APIs; lead delivery across multiple services by driving execution and aligning to guardrails.
• Build and evolve data pipelines and curated datasets for trading, reporting, and controls; ensure data governance and auditability.
• Own production readiness, observability, resiliency, incident response, and post-incident improvements.
• Embed security, resiliency, and controls into design and implementation; maintain coding standards and release governance.
• Partner with stakeholders to translate business outcomes into technical delivery plans and lead engineering in agile planning.
• Foster inclusion and raise engineering standards through code reviews and best practices.
• Model safe AI-assisted development practices and ensure validation of AI outputs.

Skills

Java

Python

AI-assisted tools

Cloud AWS

REST APIs

CI/CD

Security & Resiliency

Snowflake data

SQL

Agile methodologies

Leadership

Education

Software engineering certification

Job description

JPMorgan Chase & Co. in Jersey City, NJ seeks a Lead Software Engineer within the Asset Management Technology organization to design and deliver secure, scalable platforms powering CMAS and SMA investments at retail scale.

You will lead end-to-end delivery, mentor teams, and collaborate with Product, Business, and Operations to translate requirements into robust software. You will embed responsible AI usage, drive production readiness, and raise engineering standards across teams while guiding