Senior Security Engineer: Build Secure, Scalable Software

JPMorgan Chase; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 157,000 - 215,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive health care coverage

On-site health and wellness centers

Retirement savings plan

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

JPMorganChase in Seattle is seeking a Lead Security Engineer to join the Cybersecurity Technology and Controls group. You will be a core technical contributor, delivering secure software solutions and ensuring auditability and resiliency across multiple business functions.

You will design, implement, and review enterprise‑level security controls, mentor teams, and leverage AI capabilities within the SDLC to accelerate threat modeling and vulnerability analysis while maintaining data sensitivity

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification on security engineering concepts and 5 years applied experience.
• Ability to plan, design, and implement enterprise‑level security solutions.
• Experience leading teams in the safe use of enterprise‑authorized AI capabilities for security engineering workflows.
• Ability to review AI‑assisted security recommendations before adoption and ensure outcomes align to security, resiliency, and auditability expectations.
• Experience building internal tools, workflow automation, or pipeline management systems.
• Expertise in identity and access management technologies including OAuth2.0, SAML, ABAC, RBAC, Policy‑Based Access Control, and Open Policy Agent.
• Advanced proficiency in Java, Python, or Node.js with production‑quality code delivery.
• Advanced understanding of agile methodologies, continuous integration and continuous delivery, application resiliency, security, and service ownership.
• Extensive experience with threat modeling, discovery, vulnerability, and penetration testing.

Responsibilities

• Execute creative security solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting with the ability to think beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions or break down technical problems
• Develop secure and high‑quality production code, and review and debug code written by others
• Minimize security vulnerabilities by following industry insights and governmental regulations to continuously evolve security protocols, including creating processes to determine the effectiveness of current controls, and conduct discovery, vulnerability, penetration testing, and threat scenarios to identify and assess vulnerabilities
• Work with stakeholders and business leaders to understand security needs and recommend business modifications during periods of vulnerability
• Use enterprise‑authorized AI capabilities within the work environment to accelerate threat modeling, vulnerability analysis synthesis, and security documentation, validating outputs and ensuring sensitive data is handled appropriately
• Apply reuse‑first, AI‑assisted practices within software development lifecycle and toolchain routines to strengthen security testing and control validation, ensuring traceability, auditability, and alignment to resiliency and security expectations

Skills

IAM technologies

OAuth2.0

SAML

ABAC

RBAC

Policy-Based Access Control

Open Policy Agent

Java

Python

Node.js

Agile methodologies

CI/CD

Threat modeling

Penetration testing

Education

Security engineering certification/training

Job description

JPMorganChase in Seattle is seeking a Lead Security Engineer to join the Cybersecurity Technology and Controls group. You will be a core technical contributor, delivering secure software solutions and ensuring auditability and resiliency across multiple business functions.

You will design, implement, and review enterprise‑level security controls, mentor teams, and leverage AI capabilities within the SDLC to accelerate threat modeling and vulnerability analysis while maintaining data sensitivity