Senior Engineering Lead: Python, AWS, AI-Driven Delivery

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase & Co. in Houston seeks a Senior Manager of Software Engineering within the Athena Post Trade Technology Team.

You will mentor multiple technical teams, provide strategic technical coaching, and influence budget and tech decisions to advance operations. You will lead enterprise-wide AI-assisted development initiatives, drive secure, resilient delivery, and foster diversity and inclusion while scaling best practices across teams.

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification on Software Engineering concepts and 10+ years applied experience.
• Minimum 10 years of experience with strong technical and management skills.
• Experience leading teams of technologists.

Responsibilities

• Provide direction, oversight, and coaching for a team of entry-level to mid-level software engineers that work on basic to moderately complex tasks.
• Be accountable for decisions that influence teams’ resources, budget, tactical operations, and the execution and implementation of processes and procedures.
• Ensures successful collaboration across teams and stakeholders.
• Identifies and mitigates issues to execute a book of work while escalating issues as necessary.
• Provides input to leadership regarding budget, approach, and technical considerations to improve operational efficiencies and functionality for the team.
• Creates a culture of diversity, opportunity, inclusion, and respect for team members and prioritizes diverse representation.
• Sets and scales operating practices for enterprise-authorized AI-assisted engineering and SDLC/TLM automation across multiple teams to improve delivery speed, quality, and operational outcomes; establishes measurable expectations (e.g., throughput, defect reduction, reliability) and ensures consistent validation, security, resiliency, and reuse of proven patterns.
• Applies knowledge of tools within the Software Development Life Cycle toolchain, including enterprise-authorized AI-assisted development and automation capabilities, to drive efficiency and support capacity unlock initiatives across teams, prioritizing reuse of existing firm technology assets.

Skills

Leadership

Mentoring

Python

AWS Cloud

AI governance

Budget management

Stakeholder management

Team building

Software engineering

Security and resiliency

Job description

JPMorgan Chase & Co. in Houston seeks a Senior Manager of Software Engineering within the Athena Post Trade Technology Team.

You will mentor multiple technical teams, provide strategic technical coaching, and influence budget and tech decisions to advance operations. You will lead enterprise-wide AI-assisted development initiatives, drive secure, resilient delivery, and foster diversity and inclusion while scaling best practices across teams.