Senior Lead Software Engineer (AI, Data, Cloud)

JPMorgan Chase; Plano (TX); On-site; USD 176,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorganChase in Jersey City seeks a Senior Lead Software Engineer to serve as a senior technical leader on an agile team, delivering trusted, market-leading technology in a secure, scalable manner. You will drive end‑to‑end ML platforms, architecture, and enterprise AI initiatives while mentoring engineers and upholding engineering excellence.

Responsibilities include hands-on Python work, designing end‑to‑end ML components, building reusable APIs, and ensuring reliability, performance, and

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience.
• Experience in system design, distributed apps, and platform services.
• Strong Python hands-on with APIs/SDKs and code reviews.
• Experience with enterprise AI tools and validation/quality practices.
• Experience with Generative AI platforms and LLM orchestration.
• Proficiency in AWS, container platforms (EKS/ECS), and Terraform.
• Databricks experience for data/ML workloads.
• Understanding of SDLC, agile delivery, CI/CD, and quality controls.
• Strong communication with business and technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Hands-on technical leader, contributing production code (Python) and owning end‑to‑end delivery from design through production operations.
• Leads system and platform architecture for components supporting end‑to‑end ML workflows.
• Designs and develops agentic AI capabilities with evaluation, monitoring, and production readiness.
• Builds and maintains reusable APIs/SDKs and reference implementations.
• Partners with data scientists, ML engineers, and product teams to clarify requirements and deliver outcomes.
• Ensures platform reliability, scalability, performance, and cost efficiency via SLOs and monitoring.
• Automates infrastructure provisioning, configuration, and CI/CD pipelines using IaC.
• Drives adoption of enterprise‑authorized AI‑assisted engineering practices for code quality and delivery speed.
• Produces architecture and design artifacts aligned with standards.
• Mentors engineers through coaching and reviews; contributes to communities of practice.
• Contributes to software engineering events exploring new technologies.

Skills

Technical leadership

Architecture design

Agile delivery

Stakeholder communication

Mentoring

Tools

Python

AWS

EKS/ECS

Terraform

Databricks

Job description

As a Senior Lead Software Engineer at JPMorganChase within Corporate Technology - Chief Technology Office, you serve as a senior individual contributor and technical leader on an agile team designing and delivering trusted, market-leading technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable way. You drive critical technology solutions across multiple technical areas, translate firmwide objectives into concrete technical designs, and raise the engineering bar through strong architecture, high-quality delivery, and operational rigor.

Job responsibilities

• Serves as a hands‑on technical leader, contributing production code (primarily Python) and owning end‑to‑end delivery from design through production operations.

• Leads system and platform architecture for components supporting end‑to‑end ML workflows, including data transformation patterns, feature management integration, orchestration enablement, and model serving integration.

• Designs and develops agentic AI capabilities that analyze workloads and generate optimization recommendations, including evaluation approaches, monitoring, and feedback loops required for production readiness.

• Builds and maintains reusable APIs/SDKs and reference implementations that enable consistent platform adoption and reduce duplicated effort across teams.

• Partners with data scientists, ML engineers, and product teams to clarify requirements, define technical approaches, manage dependencies, and deliver measurable outcomes.

• Ensures platform reliability, scalability, performance, and cost efficiency through SLOs, proactive monitoring, incident response participation, root‑cause analysis, and continuous improvement.

• Automates infrastructure provisioning, configuration, and CI/CD pipelines for platform services using Infrastructure as Code, promoting safe and repeatable deployments across environments.

• Drives adoption of enterprise‑authorized AI‑assisted engineering practices to improve code quality, delivery speed, and operational outcomes, establishing consistent validation standards (correctness, performance, security) and promoting reuse of effective patterns.

• Produces architecture and design artifacts for platform components, ensuring alignment with enterprise standards and best practices.

• Mentors engineers through technical coaching, design reviews, and pairing, contributing to a strong culture of engineering excellence.

• Contributes to software engineering communities of practice and events that explore new and emerging technologies.

Required qualifications

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

• Demonstrated experience in system design, application development, testing, and operational stability for distributed systems and platform services.

• Strong hands‑on depth in Python, including building and maintaining APIs/SDKs; ability to lead design and perform high‑quality code/design reviews.

• Demonstrated experience with enterprise‑authorized AI‑assisted development tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Claude Code) and experience establishing practical team norms for validation and quality (correctness, performance, security) in day‑to‑day engineering workflows.

• Experience delivering platforms involving Generative AI, including LLM orchestration patterns and agentic AI frameworks, with production‑grade evaluation and monitoring practices.

• Practical experience with AWS, containerized platforms (e.g., EKS/ECS), and Terraform (or equivalent IaC).

• Databricks experience is required, including building and operating data/ML workloads on Databricks (e.g., pipelines, notebooks/jobs, Delta/feature datasets, orchestration/integration with ML workflows).

• Comprehensive knowledge of the Software Development Life Cycle, agile delivery, CI/CD, and modern engineering quality controls.

• Strong communication skills with business‑facing partners and technical stakeholders; ability to translate strategy into execution and measurable outcomes.

Preferred qualifications

• Experience building ML platforms integrating data engineering, feature management, and model serving into cohesive developer‑friendly workflows.

• Knowledge of AI/ML model integration, context engineering, and MCP‑style patterns for tool/function integration.

• Exposure to Snowflake.

• Familiarity with observability/metrics tools (e.g., CloudWatch, Dynatrace, Datadog).

• AWS certifications.

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

Base Pay/Salary

Jersey City,NJ $175,750.00 - $260,000.00 / year