Sr Lead Security Engineer Core

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; Plano (TX); On-site; USD 61,000 - 101,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health care coverage

On-site health centers

Retirement savings plan

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase & Co. in Plano, TX, is seeking a Senior Lead Software Security Engineer to guide secure software development across teams and vendors.

You will shape API-first solutions, drive SDLC practices, and ensure operational stability in a cloud-native environment. The role demands extensive experience in system design, multiple programming languages (C#, C++, Python, Java, Go), and advanced skills in AI-enabled security workflows, with a focus on risk analysis, data protection, and

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification with at least 5 years building API-first services.
• Experience designing systems, developing apps, testing, and ensuring operational stability.
• Proficiency in two or more programming languages (C#, C++, Python, Java, Go).
• Deep knowledge of cloud, AI/ML, or mobile software processes.
• Strong understanding of SSL/TLS inspection, traffic interception, and API gateway patterns.
• Proven ability to build scalable distributed systems in cloud-native environments.
• Background in CS, CE, Math, or related technical field.
• Experience using enterprise AI capabilities to support security workflows with strong validation.
• Ability to review AI-assisted security recommendations and escalate uncertainties.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical guidance to business, technical teams, contractors, and vendors.
• Develop secure, high-quality production code and review others' code.
• Drive decisions shaping product design, application functionality, and operations.
• Contribute to engineering community by promoting SDLC frameworks and tools.
• Influence peers to adopt leading-edge technologies and promote diversity and inclusion.
• Use AI capabilities to accelerate security risk analysis and document outputs with data protection.
• Apply reuse-first, AI-assisted SDLC practices to improve security testing and validation with traceability and resiliency.

Skills

C#

C++

Go

Python

Java

Cloud

AI/ML

Security engineering

API gateways

Distributed systems

Education

CS/CE/Math background

Tools

API gateway development

Custom proxy development

SSE

CASB

SIEM integration

Job description

Salary: $61,000 - 101,000 per year

Requirements:

• We need formal training or certification and at least 5 years of experience building high-performance API-first services and integrating tooling.
• We need hands-on experience with system design, application development, testing, and operational stability.
• We need advanced proficiency in two or more programming languages, such as C#, C++, Go, Python, or Java.
• We need strong knowledge of software applications and technical processes, with deep expertise in one or more disciplines such as cloud, artificial intelligence, machine learning, or mobile.
• We need deep understanding of protocols, SSL/TLS inspection, traffic interception, and API gateway patterns.
• We need proven ability to build scalable distributed systems that handle high-throughput traffic in a cloud-native environment.
• We need a background in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Mathematics, or a related technical field.
• We need demonstrated experience using enterprise-authorized AI capabilities to support security engineering workflows, with strong validation habits and awareness of data sensitivity.
• We need the ability to review and validate AI-assisted security recommendations before adoption, **escalate uncertainty**, and ensure outcomes align with security, resiliency, and auditability expectations.
• Preferred experience includes API gateway development, custom proxy development, and SSE, CASB, or SIEM integration.

Responsibilities:

• We provide technical guidance and direction to support our business, technical teams, contractors, and vendors.
• We develop secure, high-quality production code and review and debug code written by others.
• We drive decisions that shape product design, application functionality, and technical operations and processes, while serving as a subject matter expert in our areas of focus.
• We contribute to our engineering community by championing firmwide frameworks, tools, and SDLC practices.
• We influence peers and project decision-makers to consider leading-edge technologies and strengthen our culture of diversity, opportunity, inclusion, and respect.
• We use enterprise-authorized AI capabilities to accelerate security risk analysis and documentation, while validating outputs and protecting sensitive data.
• We apply reuse-first, AI-assisted practices across SDLC and toolchain routines to improve security testing and control validation, with traceability, auditability, resiliency, and security in mind.

Technologies:

• AI
• API
• C#
• Cloud
• Support
• Java
• Machine Learning
• Marketing
• Mobile
• Python
• Security

More:

We are JPMorganChase, collaborating with hackajob to connect with exceptional professionals for this Senior Lead Software Security Engineer role. We are one of the oldest financial institutions, delivering innovative financial solutions to consumers, small businesses, and leading corporate, institutional, and government clients under the J.P. Morgan and Chase brands. With more than 200 years of history, 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 based on role, experience, skill set, and location, along with eligible commission or discretionary incentive compensation in some roles. Our benefits may 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. We value diversity and inclusion, provide reasonable accommodations where needed, and operate with a strong equal opportunity commitment. This role sits within our Corporate Functions team, where our professionals support finance, risk, human resources, marketing, and other essential areas that help our businesses, clients, customers, and employees succeed.

last updated 40 week of 2026