Lead Software Engineer - ML and Agentic Treasury

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; Jersey City (NJ); On-site; USD 160,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase & Co. invites a Lead Software Engineer to join the Commercial & Investment Bank - Payments (Data Analytics & Regulatory Compliance) Team in Jersey City.

You will guide an agile team to design, build, and deliver secure, scalable technology products across domains, leveraging AI-assisted development tools and modern SDLC practices. You will own complex solutions, drive code quality, and produce architecture artifacts while analyzing large data sets for improved performance and

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years of applied experience.
• Hands-on experience in system design, application development, testing, and operational stability.
• Experience coding in Java and Python and querying SQL in a large corporate environment.
• Experience with PostgreSQL.
• Experience with AWS.
• Experience using AI-assisted development tools with validation for correctness, performance, and security.
• Understanding of responsible AI use in engineering workflows and secure data handling.
• Knowledge of the Software Development Life Cycle.
• Solid understanding of agile methodologies including CI/CD, application resiliency, and security.

Responsibilities

• Executes software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting with ability to handle complex problems.
• Creates secure and high-quality production code and maintains algorithms.
• Uses enterprise AI coding tools to improve code quality, delivery speed, and productivity with peer review and secure coding standards.
• Applies SDLC tools to improve automation and value realization.
• Produces architecture and design artifacts for complex applications and ensures design constraints are met.
• Gathers, analyzes, and visualizes data from large datasets to improve software applications and systems.
• Proactively identifies hidden data patterns to drive improvements in coding hygiene and architecture.

Skills

Java

Python

SQL

PostgreSQL

AWS

AI-assisted tools

CI/CD

Security

Agile methodologies

Tools

Databricks

Job description

We have an exciting and rewarding opportunity for you to take your software engineering career to the next level.

As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorganChase within the Commercial & Investment Bank - Payments (Data Analytics & Regulatory Compliance) Team, you serve as a seasoned member of an agile team to design and deliver trusted market-leading technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable way. You are responsible for carrying out critical technology solutions across multiple technical areas within various business functions in support of the firm’s business objectives.

Job responsibilities

• Executes software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting with ability to think beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions or breakdown technical problems
• Creates secure and high-quality production code and maintains algorithms that run synchronously with appropriate systems
• Leverages enterprise-authorized AI coding assist tools within the work environment to improve code quality, delivery speed, and productivity across complex deliverables (e.g., code generation/refactoring, unit test creation, documentation), while validating outputs through peer review, automated testing, and secure coding standards; contributes learnings and reusable patterns to improve broader team effectiveness.
• 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.
• Produces architecture and design artifacts for complex applications while being accountable for ensuring design constraints are met by software code development
• Gathers, analyzes, synthesizes, and develops visualizations and reporting from large, diverse data sets in service of continuous improvement of software applications and systems
• Proactively identifies hidden problems and patterns in data and uses these insights to drive improvements to coding hygiene and system architecture

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience
• Hands-on practical experience in system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
• Experience in developing, debugging, and maintaining code in a large corporate environment with Java and Python programming languages and database querying languages (SQL)
• Experience with PostgreSQL
• Experience with AWS
• Hands-on experience using enterprise-authorized AI-assisted software development tools within the work environment (e.g., for coding, test creation, troubleshooting, or documentation) with demonstrated ability to critically evaluate, validate, and refine AI-generated outputs for correctness, performance, and security.
• Understanding of responsible AI use in engineering workflows, including data sensitivity considerations, secure handling of inputs/outputs, and adherence to resiliency and security expectations; ability to guide peers on safe and effective usage within team practices.
• Overall knowledge of the Software Development Life Cycle
• Solid understanding of agile methodologies such as CI/CD, Application Resiliency, and Security

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Preferred knowledge with Databricks
• Preferred knowledgewith ML Frameworks including Scikit-Learn, PyTorch, Pandas