Senior Lead Data Engineer & AI Systems Architect

Fairygodboss; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health care coverage

Retirement savings plan

On-site facilities

Job summary

JPMorganChase in Houston seeks a Senior Lead Software Engineer to drive secure, scalable data platform development within Corporate Technology. You will lead AI/ML systems design, mentor engineers, and govern enterprise AI tooling and SDLC automation while aligning with risk and compliance needs.

The role requires deep cloud-native experience, strong coding skills (Python/Java), and the ability to communicate with senior leadership. Expect collaboration across teams and architecture governance.

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience.

Responsibilities

• Develops secure, high-quality production code for data-intensive applications and platforms, and reviews and mentors other engineers
• Creates durable, reusable software frameworks and patterns that are leveraged across teams and functions
• Designs and governs agentic Artificial Intelligence, systems, including multi-agent workflows, tool-use integrations, and human-in-the-loop controls appropriate for regulated financial services environments
• Drives adoption and governance of approved AI-assisted engineering practices across teams to improve code quality, delivery speed, and operational outcomes (e.g., AI-assisted code review/refactoring, test acceleration, release readiness, incident/root-cause analysis), while establishing measurable validation standards (secure coding, peer review, automated testing) and promoting reuse of proven patterns and automation within the SDLC/TLM toolchain.
• Applies knowledge of tools within the Software Development Life Cycle toolchain, including approved AI-assisted development and automation capabilities, to improve the value realized by automation at scale.
• Establishes engineering standards for Large Language Model-based applications - RAG pipelines, embedding workflows, vector store integrations, and model serving - ensuring safety, observability, and reproducibility at scale
• Drives adoption of advanced technical methods and practices aligned with the latest industry standards and product development methodologies
• Advises cross-functional teams on technological matters within your domain of expertise
• 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 at scale.

Skills

Python

Java

AI/ML

Cloud

Tools

Kafka

Redis

Memcached

Dynatrace

Splunk

Grafana

Airflow

Temporal

Spark/PySpark

Databricks

Snowflake

Job description

JPMorganChase in Houston seeks a Senior Lead Software Engineer to drive secure, scalable data platform development within Corporate Technology. You will lead AI/ML systems design, mentor engineers, and govern enterprise AI tooling and SDLC automation while aligning with risk and compliance needs.

The role requires deep cloud-native experience, strong coding skills (Python/Java), and the ability to communicate with senior leadership. Expect collaboration across teams and architecture governance.