Lead Software Engineer Python GenAI

JP Morgan Chase; Wilmington (DE); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase is seeking a Lead Software Engineer Python GenAI to join the Model Delivery and Platform Engineering team in the Corporate Sector. You will design and implement automated solutions, ensure security and data accountability, and drive reliable production services at scale.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, coach developers, and promote AI-assisted engineering practices to improve code quality, delivery speed, and resiliency across complex systems.

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification in software engineering concepts and 5+ years of applied experience.
• Advanced development experience in Java or Python with debugging/troubleshooting skills.
• Hands-on AWS/cloud and container orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes, ECS).
• Experience building scalable data processing and Big Data/ETL pipelines.
• Knowledge of core infrastructure and networking fundamentals.
• Deep proficiency in reliability, security, and toil reduction with SRE practices.
• Proficiency in monitoring/telemetry with Grafana, Dynatrace, Prometheus, Datadog, Splunk.
• Ability to learn new tech, teach others, and collaborate across teams.
• Strong foundations in software processes and data structures/algorithms.
• Experience using approved AI-assisted development tools and validating AI outputs.
• Understanding of responsible AI use in engineering workflows.

Responsibilities

• Designs, codes, tests, and delivers automation including LLMs/agents.
• Governs application risk, controls, and compliance with firm standards.
• Owns security and data accountability for the application.
• Coordinates across product and engineering to drive AO workstreams.
• Runs production services end-to-end with monitoring and incident management.
• Champions site reliability culture and practices within the team.
• Drives improvements to reliability and service levels using data.
• Collaborates to define service level indicators and budgets with stakeholders.
• Documents knowledge sharing within the organization.
• Drives adoption of enterprise AI-assisted engineering practices.

Skills

Python/Java

AWS/Cloud

Docker/Kubernetes

SRE/Incident management

ETL/Data processing

Observability/Monitoring

AI-assisted development tools

Security/compliance

Learning new tech

System reliability

Education

Software engineering degree or equivalent

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

ECS

Grafana

Dynatrace

Prometheus

Datadog

Splunk

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 an Lead Software Engineer Python GenAI at JPMorgan Chase within the Corporate Sector's Model Delivery and Platform Engineering team, 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

• Designs, codes, tests, and delivers automation (including LLMs/agents) to eliminate manual operational work and streamline AO workstreams’ remediations (e.g., control items, security vulnerabilities, upgrades, and FARM findings).
• Governs application risk, controls, and compliance: owns adherence to firm standards, partners with Technology Risk & Controls, manages Technology Lifecycle Management (TLM), and drives closure of issues/findings (e.g., FARM) through effective remediation and evidence management.
• Owns security and data accountability for the application: ensures strong authentication/authorization, vulnerability and certificate hygiene, and proper data registration/classification plus compliant storage, retention, and disposal.
• Coordinates across product and engineering at scale to prioritize and drive execution with a clear sense of urgency for AO workstreams, including influencing/coaching teams and aligning execution across large developer communities.
• Runs resilient, well-operated production services end-to-end: implements monitoring/logging and anomaly detection, maintains secure network configurations/least privilege, and leads/supports incident, problem, and change management and recovery/resiliency readiness.
• Demonstrates and champions site reliability culture and practices and exerts technical influence throughout the team.
• Leads initiatives to improve the reliability and stability of applications and platforms using data-driven analytics to improve service levels.
• Collaborates with team members to identify comprehensive service level indicators and stakeholders to establish reasonable service level objectives and error budgets with customers.
• Documents and shares knowledge within the organization via internal forums and communities of practice.
• 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.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification in software engineering concepts and 5+ years of applied experience.
• Advanced development experience in Java or Python, with excellent debugging/troubleshooting skills for complex production issues.
• Hands-on experience with AWS/other clouds and container platforms/orchestration (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes, ECS).
• Experience building scalable data processing and Big Data/ETL pipelines (e.g., Hortonworks, AWS-based solutions).
• Working knowledge of core infrastructure (routers, load balancers, compute, storage, networks, cloud products) and ability to troubleshoot common networking technologies/issues.
• Deep proficiency in reliability, scalability, performance, security, enterprise architecture, and toil reduction, with the ability to implement SRE practices in applications/platforms.
• Proficiency in white/black box monitoring, SLO alerting, and telemetry collection using tools such as Grafana, Dynatrace, Prometheus, Datadog, Splunk, etc.
• Ability to learn/evaluate new technologies, teach languages to others, and collaborate across levels and stakeholder groups.
• Strong foundations in software applications/processes, with emerging depth in a discipline, and the ability to solve complex data structures/algorithms problems.
• 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.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Current AWS credential (e.g., Cloud Practitioner, Solutions Architect, SysOps Administrator, or Developer) demonstrating working knowledge of core AWS services, cloud architecture patterns, security and identity fundamentals (IAM), networking basics (VPC), monitoring/logging, and cost-awareness best practices.
• Recognized automation/DevOps credential (e.g., Kubernetes/containers, CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, or site reliability).