Lead Software Engineer - Sr. iOS Developer

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; Columbus (OH); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is seeking a Lead Software Engineer in Columbus, Ohio, to shape innovative mobile experiences in digital investing. This role involves building and enhancing market-leading technology products while mentoring a talented team of engineers.

The ideal candidate will have over 5 years of mobile development experience and a strong background in iOS development. Responsibilities include executing software solutions, participating in product design, and driving the adoption of AI-assisted engineering practices.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software/application development experience, including mobile development.
• Strong iOS development background with Swift.

Responsibilities

• Execute creative software solutions and develop high-quality production code.
• Lead evaluation sessions with external vendors and internal teams.

Skills

iOS development

Swift

Mobile development

AI-assisted software development tools

UIKit

SwiftUI

Core Data

Xcode

Education

Formal training or certification in software engineering

Tools

Xcode

CocoaPods

Swift Package Manager

Job description

Job Description

Join a team that's shaping the future of digital investing for millions of customers. This is your opportunity to build innovative mobile experiences that empower people to take control of their financial futures — all while growing your career alongside some of the best engineers in the industry.

As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorganChase within the Consumer & Community Banking division under Self Directed Investing, 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

• Execute creative software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting with the ability to think beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions or break down technical problems
• Develop secure, high-quality production code, and review and debug code written by others
• Identify opportunities to eliminate or automate remediation of recurring issues to improve overall operational stability of software applications and systems
• 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.
• Lead 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
• Lead communities of practice across Software Engineering to drive awareness and use of new and leading-edge technologies
• Partner with product, design, and backend teams to translate requirements into reliable iOS experiences (performance, accessibility, localization, and resiliency)

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience
• 5+ years of combined software/application development experience, including mobile development
• 3+ years of experience leading technology and mentoring a team of diverse sets of engineers building native iOS apps
• Strong iOS development background building mobile applications using Swift (and familiarity with Objective-C in mixed codebases)
• Proficiency with iOS frameworks and UI development, including UIKit and/or SwiftUI, Auto Layout, and Apple Human Interface Guidelines
• Familiarity with architecture patterns such as MVVM, MVC, VIPER/Clean Architecture, and patterns like Coordinator for navigation
• Experience with modern iOS native development tools and systems: Xcode, Swift Package Manager (SPM), CocoaPods (as applicable)
• Strong understanding of iOS concurrency and reactive patterns: async/await, GCD, and optionally Combine
• Experience with local persistence and device capabilities: Core Data, Keychain, background tasks, push notifications
• 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

• Exposure to Agentic AI / GenAI
• Experience with XCTest / XCUITest, test doubles/mocking approaches, and snapshot testing
• Proficiency with Instruments (Time Profiler, Allocations, Leaks) and crash/performance analysis
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines for mobile applications
• Familiarity with accessibility best practices and VoiceOver testing