Lead Software Engineer - Java and AWS

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; Columbus (OH); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase & Co. in Columbus, OH is seeking a Senior Lead Software Engineer to drive architecture, development and secure operations across multi-technology products. The role emphasizes AI-assisted tooling, code quality, incident analysis, and scalable delivery within an agile, enterprise setting. You will guide teams, mentor engineers, and help set standards for responsible AI usage and secure practices.

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification in software engineering concepts.
• Hands-on experience delivering system design, development, testing and operational stability.
• Strong programming language skills and problem-solving abilities.
• Experience guiding teams in using enterprise AI-assisted development tools responsibly.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical guidance to business teams, contractors and vendors.
• Develop secure, high-quality production code and review others' code.
• Drive adoption of AI-assisted engineering practices with measurable standards.
• Promote secure coding, automated testing and code quality in SDLC.

Skills

Programming languages

AI-assisted tools

Cloud native

Education

Formal software engineering training/certification

Tools

AI-assisted development tools

Job description

Be an integral part of an agile team that's constantly pushing the envelope to enhance, build, and deliver top-notch technology products.

As a Senior Lead Software Engineer at JPMorganChase within CCB, you are 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. Drive significant business impact through your capabilities and contributions, and apply deep technical expertise and problem-solving methodologies to tackle a diverse array of challenges that span multiple technologies and applications.

Job responsibilities

• Regularly provides technical guidance and direction to support the business and its technical teams, contractors, and vendors
• Develops secure and high-quality production code, and reviews and debugs code written by others
• Drives adoption and governance of approved AI-assisted engineering practices across teams to improve code quality, delivery speed, and operational outcomes (e.g., AI-assisted code review/refactoring, test acceleration, release readiness, incident/root-cause analysis), while establishing measurable validation standards (secure coding, peer review, automated testing) and promoting reuse of proven patterns and automation within the SDLC/TLM toolchain.
• Applies knowledge of tools within the Software Development Life Cycle toolchain, including approved AI-assisted development and automation capabilities, to improve the value realized by automation at scale.
• Drives decisions that influence the product design, application functionality, and technical operations and processes
• Serves as a function-wide subject matter expert in one or more areas of focus

• Actively contributes to the engineering community as an advocate of firmwide frameworks, tools, and practices of the Software Development Life Cycle

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 one or more programming language(s)
• Demonstrated experience leading effective use of enterprise-authorized AI-assisted software development tools within the work environment (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; experience coaching senior engineers/leads on compliant usage patterns and controls.
• Ability to tackle design and functionality problems independently with little to no oversight

• Practical cloud native experience