Lead Software Engineer - Python/Java AI

Aumni; Plano (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorganChase is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to drive AI-assisted engineering practices and deliver scalable, secure services. You will lead a team, design across microservices, and collaborate with cross-functional partners to implement ML-powered fraud detection and risk assessment platforms.

The role emphasizes secure coding, performance, and governance with experience in Java/Spring Boot, Kubernetes, and modern SDLC methodologies.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on experience in large-scale distributed systems.
• Experience with AI-assisted software development tools and secure coding practices.
• Strong understanding of REST APIs and microservices architecture.

Responsibilities

• Drive adoption of AI-assisted engineering practices to improve code quality and delivery speed.
• Architect and implement scalable, low-latency services with fault tolerance and security.
• Lead and mentor a development team in a high-pressure delivery environment.
• Collaborate with architects, DBAs, and system admins to design resilient solutions.
• Build ML pipelines for fraud detection and risk assessment.
• Develop and deploy reusable ML platform components with monitoring.

Skills

Java/Spring Boot

Kubernetes

REST APIs

Linux

AI-assisted development

Security & compliance

AGILE/SDLC

Education

Formal software engineering training

Tools

Kafka

ELK/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 a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorganChase within the Corporate Sector Technology, 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:

• 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.
• Architect and implement resilient, highly scalable, fault-tolerant, low-latency services and drive target-state architecture.
• Design and deploy services that integrate with enterprise systems; ensure functional, performance, scalability, security, governance, and auditability requirements are met.
• Lead and mentor the development team in a high-pressured delivery environment; manage multiple deliverables across business groups and strengthen stakeholder relationships.
• Collaborate with LOB users, SMEs, architects, DBAs, and system administrators to design solutions, manage enhancements, and resolve issues.
• Build and mature capabilities that execute ML pipelines for fraud detection and risk assessment; support modeling teams in implementation and tooling.
• Production Alize models built by data scientists, including validation readiness and quality controls prior to live usage.
• Design and own reusable ML platform components (e.g., feature-store patterns, delivery pipelines) and establish monitoring/alerting for performance, scalability, availability, and reliability.
• Build agentic AI services to automate and enhance engineering and model-ops workflows (tool-using agents, orchestration, state management, and audit-ready traceability).
• Define and implement guardrails and evaluation approaches for agentic AI in production (quality, safety, latency, and cost).

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills:

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience
• 10+ years of recent hands-on software development experience in large-scale distributed systems, primarily JPython/Java/J2EE and modern Java/Spring Boot microservices.
• 3+ years of experience developing in Linux environments.
• 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
• Strong experience with REST APIs and service-oriented / microservices architecture.
• Strong Kubernetes orchestration experience (building, deploying, and operating production services).
• Messaging expertise with Kafka, MQ, or similar platforms.
• Experience with backend infrastructure patterns (e.g., load balancing, autoscaling).
• Experience with log analytics / observability tools (e.g., ELK, Splunk).
• AI/ML platform exposure (MLOps, feature engineering, model hosting/operationalization; AWS and/or hybrid on-prem + cloud).

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills:

• Strong communication skills and proven ability to influence across senior technology and business stakeholders.
• Strong SDLC knowledge and agile ways of working, including CI/CD, application resiliency, security, testing, and operational stability.
• Agentic AI experience preferred: building and operating LLM-driven agents with tool integration, monitoring/telemetry, and governance/audit considerations.
• Experience with NoSQL databases such as Cassandra (preferred).
• Experience with BERT, Transformer Model implementation

JPMorganChase, one of the oldest financial institutions, offers innovative financial solutions to millions of consumers, small businesses and many of the world’s most prominent corporate, institutional and government clients under the J.P. Morgan and Chase brands. Our history spans over 200 years and today we are a leader in investment banking, consumer and small business banking, commercial banking, financial transaction processing and asset management.

We offer a competitive total rewards package including base salary determined based on the role, experience, skill set and location. Those in eligible roles may receive commission-based pay and/or discretionary incentive compensation, paid in the form of cash and/or forfeitable equity, awarded in recognition of individual achievements and contributions. We also offer a range of benefits and programs to meet employee needs, based on eligibility. These benefits include comprehensive health care coverage, on-site health and wellness centers, a retirement savings plan, backup childcare, tuition reimbursement, mental health support, financial coaching and more. Additional details about total compensation and benefits will be provided during the hiring process.

We recognize that our people are our strength and the diverse talents they bring to our global workforce are directly linked to our success. We are an equal opportunity employer and place a high value on diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute, including race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital or veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. We also make reasonable accommodations for applicants’ and employees’ religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs. Visit our FAQs for more information about requesting an accommodation.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Veterans

Our Corporate Technology team relies on smart, driven people like you to develop applications and provide tech support for all our corporate functions across our network. Your efforts will touch lives all over the financial spectrum and across all our divisions: Global Finance, Corporate Treasury, Risk Management, Human Resources, Compliance, Legal, and within the Corporate Administrative Office. You’ll be part of a team specifically built to meet and exceed our evolving technology needs, as well as our technology controls agenda. Carry out critical tech solutions across multiple technical areas as an integral part of an agile team