Lead Software Engineer: Java, Python, SQL, Databricks AI

Fairygodboss; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorganChase leads innovative software development in the Corporate sector—Wholesale Credit Risk. The Lead Software Engineer contributes to secure, scalable technology products and acts as a core technical contributor across multiple domains.

The role emphasizes production-grade coding, secure coding practices, and adoption of AI-assisted engineering to improve quality and delivery across teams and vendors.

Qualifications

• 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.
• Proficiency in Java and Python.
• Strong SQL and PL/SQL skills.
• Experience with Databricks.
• Experience in Web/API development (RESTful services, Angular JS, EXT JS).
• Experience in RDBMS (Oracle, SQL Server).
• 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; experience coaching engineers on safe, compliant adoption within delivery practices
• Advanced understanding of agile methodologies such as CI/CD, Application Resiliency, and Security

Responsibilities

• Executes creative software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting with ability to think beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions or breakdown technical problems.
• Develops secure and 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, while establishing consistent validation standards.
• 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.

Skills

Java

Python

SQL

PL/SQL

Databricks

Web/API development

RESTful

AngularJS

EXTJS

Oracle

SQL Server

AI-assisted tools

CI/CD

Security

Responsible AI

AWS

Snowflake

Kafka

Hadoop

S3

Tableau

Business Objects

MIDAS

Tools

Databricks

AWS

Snowflake

Kafka

Job description

JPMorganChase leads innovative software development in the Corporate sector—Wholesale Credit Risk. The Lead Software Engineer contributes to secure, scalable technology products and acts as a core technical contributor across multiple domains.

The role emphasizes production-grade coding, secure coding practices, and adoption of AI-assisted engineering to improve quality and delivery across teams and vendors.