Sr Lead Security Engineer - Role Core

JPMorgan Chase; Plano (TX); On-site; USD 171,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health care coverage

On-site health centers

Retirement savings plan

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase seeks a Senior Lead Software Security Engineer to join an agile team delivering trusted technology products with secure, scalable design. The role emphasizes strong security, high-quality code, and collaboration across disciplines in a fast-paced environment.

You will drive security across API-first services, guide teams, and leverage AI-assisted risk analysis within the SDLC, while shaping engineering practices and contributing to a culture of inclusion and excellence.

Qualifications

• 5+ years building API-first services with security in mind.
• Hands-on experience in system design, development, testing, and operations.
• Proficiency across multiple languages (C#, C++, Go, Python, Java).

Responsibilities

• Provide technical guidance to teams, contractors, and vendors.
• Develop secure production code and review others' code.
• Influence product design and operations; act as a subject matter expert.
• Contribute to SDLC frameworks, tools, and practices.
• Encourage use of leading-edge technologies and inclusive team culture.
• Utilize enterprise AI capabilities to accelerate security risk analysis.
• Apply reuse-first, AI-assisted practices for security testing and traceability.

Skills

API-first development

C#

C++

Go

Python

Java

Cloud computing

Security engineering

AI-enabled security

Education

Computer Science / Engineering / Mathematics

Tools

API Gateway Development

Custom proxy development

SSE / SIEM integration

Job description

As a Senior Lead Software Security Engineer at JPMorganChase, you are an integral part of an agile team that works to enhance, build, and deliver trusted 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.

The ideal candidate will be passionate about simple and elegant software solutions, customer‑centric products, and utilizing agile development processes. You will look at problems holistically, beyond the borders of your team, and thrive on solutions that require thinking at multiple levels, from strategic to business, tactical to system goals to specific interfaces.

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
• 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 firmwide 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. Adds to the team culture of diversity, opportunity, inclusion, and respect.
• Uses enterprise‑authorized AI capabilities within the work environment to accelerate security risk analysis and documentation (e.g., synthesizing threat assessments), validating outputs and ensuring sensitive data is handled appropriately.
• Applies reuse‑first, AI‑assisted practices within SDLC/toolchain routines to strengthen security testing and control validation, ensuring traceability/auditability and alignment to resiliency and security expectations.

Required Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills

• Formal training and certification with 5+ years of experience building high‑performance API‑first services and integrating tooling
• Hands‑on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability. Advanced in two or more programming language(s) C#, C++, Go, Python, and Java
• 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.)
• Deep knowledge of HTTP/HTTPS protocols, SSL/TLS inspection, traffic interception, API gateway patterns
• Proven ability to build scalable distributed systems handling high throughput traffic in a cloud‑native environment.
• Experience in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Mathematics, or a related technical field.
• Demonstrated experience using enterprise‑authorized AI capabilities within the work environment to support security engineering workflows with strong validation habits and awareness of data sensitivity.
• Ability to review and validate AI‑assisted security recommendations before adoption, escalating uncertainty and ensuring outcomes align to security, resiliency, and auditability expectations.

Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills

• API Gateway Development
• Custom proxy development
• SSE, CASB or SIEM integration experience

Benefits

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 centres, 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.

Equal Employment Opportunity

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, colour, 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

Seattle,WA $171,000.00 - $260,000.00 / year