Senior Lead Software Engineer - Full Stack/Infrastructure

Fairygodboss; Plano (TX); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health care

On-site health centers

Retirement plan

Tuition reimbursement

Mental health support

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase is seeking a Senior Lead Full Stack Software Engineer to steer the design, development, and deployment of scalable web applications and automation across Tier 3 R&D data centers. You will guide cross-functional teams, mentor engineers, and drive strategic technology decisions in a secure, resilient cloud-native environment.

You will work with Java, Python, Node.js, React/Angular, and modern backend services, while implementing CI/CD pipelines, IaC, and ML-enabled infrastructure.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of applied software engineering experience with people leadership
• 2+ years leading technologists to solve complex technical items
• Hands-on design, development, testing, and operational stability
• Strong knowledge of cloud, AI/ML concepts, and modern web technologies

Responsibilities

• Provide technical guidance to teams, contractors, and vendors
• Develop secure, high-quality production code and review others' work
• Lead design and development of full-stack apps using Java, Python, Node.js, and React/Angular
• Architect scalable backend services and RESTful APIs
• Drive CI/CD pipelines, DevOps automation, and IaC with Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Terraform, Ansible
• Collaborate to embed AI into SDLC pipelines and dashboards
• Maintain/optimize VMware environments with automation-first approach
• Influence product design and technical operations decisions
• Implement automation workflows for provisioning, monitoring, and compliance
• Develop AI models for capacity forecasting and anomaly detection

Skills

Java

Python

Node.js

JavaScript

HTML

CSS

React

Angular

Spring Boot

Hibernate

Express.js

SQL/NoSQL

CI/CD

DevOps

Agile methodologies

SDLC

AWS

Azure

GCP

Kubernetes

Docker

VMware

MLflow

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

Terraform

Ansible

Kubernetes

Docker

VMware vSphere/vCenter

MLflow

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 Full Stack Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within the Corporate Sector of the Infrastructure Platforms 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. You will architect, build, and optimize scalable web applications and infrastructure platforms. You'll lead cross-functional teams, mentor junior engineers, and drive strategic technology decisions that impact firm wide systems. This role demands deep expertise in both front-end and back-end technologies, CI/CD automation, cloud-native development, and platform engineering. We are looking for a highly skilled Software Engineer to lead the design, development, and deployment of automation and AI-driven solutions across our Tier 3 R&D data centers. This role will focus on transforming infrastructure operations into intelligent, self-healing systems using machine learning, orchestration frameworks, and cloud-native technologies.

Job responsibilities

• Regularly provides technical guidance and direction to support the business and its technical teams, contractors, and vendors
• Develops secure and high-quality production code, and reviews and debugs code written by others
• Lead the design and development of full-stack applications using Java, Python, Node.js, and modern front-end frameworks (React, Angular, Spring Boot)
• Architect scalable backend services and RESTful APIs with performance and resiliency in mind.
• Drive platform engineering initiatives including CI/CD pipelines, DevOps automation, and infrastructure-as-code using tools like Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Terraform, and Ansible.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to embed AI into SDLC pipelines and operational dashboards.
• Maintain and optimize VMware environments including ESXi, vSphere, and vCenter, with automation-first principles.
• Drives decisions that influence the product design, application functionality, and technical operations and processes
• Architect and implement automation workflows for provisioning, monitoring, and compliance enforcement.
• Develop AI models for capacity forecasting, anomaly detection, and simulation test classification using supervised and unsupervised techniques.
• Integrate ML models into infrastructure platforms to enable predictive alerts, dynamic workload orchestration, and real-time decision making

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training and certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience. In addition, 2+ years of experience leading technologists to manage and solve complex technical items within your domain of expertise
• Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
• Advanced knowledge of software applications and technical processes with considerable in-depth knowledge in one or more technical disciplines (e.g., cloud, artificial intelligence, machine learning, mobile, etc.)
• Strong proficiency in Java, Node.js, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, and SQL/NoSQL databases, Spring Boot, Hibernate, Express.js, and React/Angular.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, observability tools, and event-driven architectures.
• Deep understanding of Agile methodologies, SDLC, and DevOps practices.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP), container orchestration (Kubernetes, Docker), MLOps tools (e.g., MLflow), and cloud platforms (AWS, Azure), deploying and monitoring LLMs using RAG, vector databases, and GPT-based models.
• Knowledge of AI, risk, bias mitigation, and model governance frameworks
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to lead technical design discussions.
• Ability to serve as a function-wide subject matter expert in one or more areas of focus and tackle design and functionality problems independently with little to no oversight
• Adds to the team culture of diversity, opportunity, inclusion, and respect

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to lead technical design discussions
• Drives decisions that influence the product design, application functionality, and technical operations and processes
• Serves as a function-wide subject matter expert in one or more areas of focus
• Actively contributes to the engineering community as an advocate of firm wide frameworks, tools, and practices of the Software Development Life Cycle
• Influences peers and project decision-makers to consider the use and application of leading-edge technologies
• Collaborate with product managers, designers, and stakeholders to define technical requirements and deliver impactful solutions.
• Practical cloud native experience

ABOUT US

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

ABOUT THE TEAM

Our Global Technology Infrastructure group is a team of innovators who love technology as much as you do. Together, you'll use a disciplined, innovative and a business focused approach to develop a wide variety of high-quality products and solutions. You'll work in a stable, resilient and secure operating environment where you-and the products you deliver-will thrive.

High Risk Roles (HRR) are sensitive roles within the technology organization that require high assurance of the integrity of staff by virtue of 1) sensitive cybersecurity and technology functions they perform within systems or 2) information they receive regarding sensitive cybersecurity or technology matters. Users in these roles are subject to enhanced pre-hire screening which includes both criminal and credit background checks (as allowed by law). The enhanced screening will need to be successfully completed prior to commencing employment or assignment.