Lead Software Engineer: Java, AWS & AI Platform

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is looking for a Lead Software Engineer to join the Global Technology Banking team. You will be a core technical contributor, shaping platform direction and delivering scalable, secure production-grade systems across backend, APIs, and UI.

Expect modernization efforts, enterprise tooling adoption, and mentorship within an agile environment. The role requires hands-on leadership, strong coding skills, and experience with cloud-native architectures and AI-assisted development

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification in software engineering concepts.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement complex software components across backend services, APIs, and UI experiences using Java, Python, and React.
• Build and refine agentic capabilities using the Smart SDK with tool integration and guardrails.
• Drives team adoption of enterprise-approved AI-assisted engineering practices to improve code quality, delivery speed, and operational outcomes.
• Applies knowledge of SDLC tools and AI-assisted development to improve automation.
• Write secure, high-quality production code and perform code reviews, debugging, and mentorship.
• Drive operational excellence by automating recurring issues and improving reliability.
• Engineer data and search solutions using PostgreSQL and OpenSearch for AI and analytics workflows.
• Contribute to cloud-native engineering on AWS and infrastructure-as-code with Terraform.
• Participate in technical evaluation sessions with internal partners and external vendors.

Skills

Java/J2EE

Spring Boot

Microservices

AWS

Terraform

GitHub

Jenkins

AI-assisted development tools

Secure coding

PostgreSQL

MySQL

NoSQL

DynamoDB

Redis

Cassandra

Docker

Kubernetes

SDLC

Monitoring/observability

Tools

GitHub Copilot

Job description

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is looking for a Lead Software Engineer to join the Global Technology Banking team. You will be a core technical contributor, shaping platform direction and delivering scalable, secure production-grade systems across backend, APIs, and UI.

Expect modernization efforts, enterprise tooling adoption, and mentorship within an agile environment. The role requires hands-on leadership, strong coding skills, and experience with cloud-native architectures and AI-assisted development