Senior Lead Software Engineer - AI Engineer

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; Plano (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorganChase in Plano, TX seeks a Senior Lead Software Engineer to drive AI-enabled product development within the Consumer & Community Banking Digital Technology group. You will shape enterprise-scale architectures, guide secure, scalable code, and collaborate across product and engineering to deliver trusted technology solutions.

The role emphasizes hands-on coding, leadership of engineering teams, and governance of AI-driven workflows to accelerate delivery while maintaining security and

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification in software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience.
• Hands-on experience delivering system design, development, testing, and operational stability.
• Expertise in one or more programming languages and modern SDLC practices.
• Experience designing and leading adoption of agentic AI-enabled development across teams with governance.
• Strong understanding of responsible AI use, security, resiliency, and data handling.
• Ability to influence senior technical leaders on safe scaling and reuse.
• Practical cloud-native experience and broad technical versatility.

Responsibilities

• Creates complex and scalable coding frameworks using appropriate software design frameworks.
• Develops secure, high-quality production code and reviews others' code.
• Architects AI-enabled engineering workflows with guardrails for validation, security, and reuse.
• Applies SDLC tools to improve automation and value realization.
• Advises cross-functional teams on technical matters within your domain.
• Serves as go-to subject matter expert and contributes to method development.
• Creates reusable software frameworks leveraged across teams and functions.
• Influences leaders across business, product, and technology teams.
• Help define enterprise-scale, AI-enabled architectures for customer experiences.
• Collaborate with product and engineering to define roadmaps and solution architectures.

Skills

Software engineering fundamentals

SDLC experience

Programming languages

Agentic AI-enabled development

Responsible AI governance

Cross-functional advisory

Cloud-native experience

Business understanding

Education

Computer Science/Engineering/Math degree

Job description

Be an integral part of an agile team that's constantly pushing the envelope to enhance, build, and deliver top-notch technology products.

As a Senior Lead Software Engineer at JPMorganChase within the Consumer and Community Banking - Digital Technology team, 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. Drive significant business impact through your capabilities and contributions, and apply deep technical expertise and problem-solving methodologies to tackle a diverse array of challenges that span multiple technologies and applications.

Job responsibilities:

• Creates complex and scalable coding frameworks using appropriate software design frameworks
• Develops secure and high-quality production code, and reviews and debugs code written by others
• Architects and governs agentic AI-enabled engineering workflows (using enterprise-authorized tools within the work environment) to improve delivery speed, code quality, and operational outcomes at scale (e.g., AI-driven PR review assistance, test generation/maintenance, release readiness checks, incident triage and root-cause acceleration), while defining guardrails for validation, security, resiliency, and reuse across teams
• 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.
• Advises cross-functional teams on technological matters within your domain of expertise
• Serves as the function’s go-to subject matter expert
• Contributes to the development of technical methods in specialized fields in line with the latest product development methodologies
• Creates durable, reusable software frameworks that are leveraged across teams and functions
• Influences leaders and senior stakeholders across business, product, and technology teams
• Help define enterprise-scale, target state, AI-enabled architecture for solutions in the Consumer & Community Banking division, to define best-in-class and next generation customer experiences
• Collaborate with product and engineering to define roadmaps and solution architectures towards target state

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills:

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience
• Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
• Expert in one or more programming language(s)
• Demonstrated experience designing and leading adoption of agentic AI-enabled development practices (using enterprise-authorized tools within the work environment) across teams, including setting standards for human-in-the-loop validation, auditability/traceability of changes, and secure handling of sensitive data
• Strong understanding of responsible AI use and control expectations in engineering workflows, including security/resiliency implications, data sensitivity, and risk-based governance; ability to influence senior technical leaders on safe scaling patterns and reuse
• Experience applying expertise and new methods to determine solutions for complex technology problems in one or more technical disciplines
• Understanding of the business
• Practical cloud native experience

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills:

• Experience in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Mathematics, or a related technical field
• Advanced knowledge of software architecture, applications, and technical processes with considerable in-depth knowledge in one or more technical disciplines (e.g., cloud, artificial intelligence, machine learning, mobile, etc.)