Lead Software Engineer - Privilege Access Management

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; Plano (TX); On-site; USD 130,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is seeking a Lead Software Engineer in Plano to drive development across secure, scalable product teams.

You will architect and deliver high-quality production code, lead AI-assisted tooling adoption, and partner with security and platform teams to advance capabilities across the enterprise. You will guide engineers through SDLC, implement resilient and compliant solutions, and collaborate with stakeholders on architecture, deployments, and day-2 support.

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts with 5+ years in privilege access management.
• Experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability across cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP).
• Proficient in SDLC and agile methods including CI/CD, resiliency, and security.
• Hands-on with enterprise AI-assisted development tools and secure coding practices.

Responsibilities

• Executes creative software solutions, design, development, and troubleshooting with ability to break complex problems.
• Develops secure production code, reviews and debugs code written by others.
• Drives team adoption of enterprise AI-assisted engineering practices to improve quality and speed.
• Applies SDLC tools, including AI-assisted development, to improve automation.
• Identifies opportunities to automate recurring issues to improve stability.
• Leads evaluation sessions with vendors and internal teams on architectures.
• Designs and develops Privilege Access Management solutions with identity governance.
• Deploys security solutions and provides Level 3 support and technical leadership.
• Partners with stakeholders, performs POC, and tests new functionality.
• Writes technical documents for production support and serves as POC.
• Analyzes business requirements and collaborates across cross-functional teams.

Skills

Privilege access

Cloud platforms

AI-assisted dev tools

Responsible AI

CI/CD

Kubernetes

Security

Java / Go

DevOps tools

REST / XML / JSON

LDAP/ADFS

Scripting

React / Kafka

Tools

Jenkins

JIRA

Maven

Git

Bitbucket

Kubernetes

Job description

We have an opportunity to impact your career and provide an adventure where you can push the limits of what's possible.

As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorganChase within the Corporate Sector – Chief Technology Office (CTO), 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. As a core technical contributor, you are responsible for conducting critical technology solutions across multiple technical areas within various business functions in support of the firm’s business objectives.

Job 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 (e.g., AI-assisted code review/refactoring, test strategy acceleration, incident/root-cause analysis support), while establishing consistent validation standards (secure coding, peer review, automated testing) and promoting reuse of effective patterns across the team.
• 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
• Design and develop Privilege access management solution that improve the security of Organization; Design Solutions that adheres with Identity governance and Administration , Access management standards.
• Deploy and coordinate security solutions and provide level 3 support on day-to-day issues; Provide technical leadership, consultation and subject matter expertise to vendors, suppliers and end-users
• Partnering with key stakeholders to identify the solutions that meet their needs; Perform POC for new integrations; Obtaining stakeholder signoff; Provide direction for testing of new functionality
• Write technical documents for production support team and act as Point of contact for new implementations
• Analyze business requirements and collaborate with cross functional teams from design through implementation and Day 2 support

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience with experience in Privilege access management domain(Tools like HashiCorp, CYberark , Beyond trust ).
• Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability including experience in at least one public cloud platform: AWS, Azure, GCP
• Expertise in scripting language(like Powershell, JavaScript, Python).
• 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
• Proficient in all aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle
• Advanced understanding of agile methodologies such as CI/CD, Application Resiliency, and Security
• In-depth knowledge of the financial services industry and their IT systems Practical cloud native experience
• Hands on experience working in security domain(Infrastructure security ,network security or Application security); Expertise in application, data and infrastructure architecture disciplines; Experienced in container orchestration frameworks such as Kubernetes
• Understanding of DevOps and experience with automation tools such as Jenkins, JIRA, Maven, Git and Bitbucket; Exposure to MQ, WebService concepts, REST service concepts, XML, JSON.
• Exposure to programming languages and frameworks - Golang, Java, Spring Boot, React, Kafka; Exposure to SIEM tools (like Qradar, Splunk); Exposure to and/or experience with LDAP, Active Directory, ADFS

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• AWS Certification(s)