Senior Lead AI & Data Platform Engineer

JP Morgan Chase; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 176,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorganChase seeks a Sr Lead Software Engineer in Houston to join Corporate Technology in Data Strategy & Architecture. You will tackle secure, scalable AI-enabled data platforms, drive end-to-end software design, and guide teams in implementing advanced AI pipelines and responsible AI practices.

You will mentor engineers, shape SDLC standards, and ensure robust observability and security across services in a regulated financial environment.

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts.
• 5+ years of applied experience building and shipping LLM-based applications.
• Proficiency in Python and/or Java.
• Experience with data processing, microservices, API design, and Kafka.

Responsibilities

• Develop secure, high-quality production code for data-intensive apps and review code.
• Lead end-to-end design and implementation of complex features from requirements to deployment.
• Drive design decisions for performance, reliability, and scalability.
• Mentor junior engineers and participate in code reviews.
• Contribute to SDLC frameworks and tooling.
• Support AI-assisted development and governance practices across teams.

Skills

LLM apps

Agentic systems

Python

Java

Data processing

CI/CD

Cloud-native

Education

Formal software engineering training

Tools

Redis

MemCached

Dynatrace

Splunk

Grafana

Airflow

Temporal

Kubernetes

Job description

JPMorganChase seeks a Sr Lead Software Engineer in Houston to join Corporate Technology in Data Strategy & Architecture. You will tackle secure, scalable AI-enabled data platforms, drive end-to-end software design, and guide teams in implementing advanced AI pipelines and responsible AI practices.

You will mentor engineers, shape SDLC standards, and ensure robust observability and security across services in a regulated financial environment.