Sr Lead Software Engineer

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services firm seeks a Senior Lead Software Engineer to enhance and deliver technology products within an agile team. The role involves providing technical guidance, developing secure production code, and influencing product design decisions. Candidates should have 5+ years of experience in software engineering with proficiency in programming languages like Rust, Java, Go, or C++. This position requires hands-on system design and operational stability experience within tier-1 online services.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of applied software engineering experience.
• Strong core engineering skills for modern enterprise systems.
• Proven track record in building 24x7, tier-1 online services.

Responsibilities

• Provides technical guidance to support business and technical teams.
• Develops secure and high-quality production code.
• Drives decisions influencing product design and functionality.
• Serves as a subject matter expert in one or more areas.
• Contributes to engineering community best practices.
• Influences use of leading-edge technologies.
• Adds to team culture of diversity and inclusion.
• Builds and operates 24x7, tier-1 online services.

Skills

Hands-on coding

System design

Proficiency in Rust

Proficiency in Java

Proficiency in Go

Proficiency in C++

Education

Formal training or certification in software engineering

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 CDAO's AI/ML Data Platform's 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

• 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
• Build and operate 24x7, tier‑1 online services

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience
• Strong core engineering skills: hands‑on coding and system design for modern enterprise systems.
• Proficiency in one or more of the following languages: Rust, Java, Go, C++
• Proven track record building and operating 24x7, tier‑1 online services.
• Hands‑on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
• Ability to tackle design and functionality problems independently with little to no oversight

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Familiarity with open‑source projects in the OLAP/data stack: Apache DataFusion, DuckDB, Apache Arrow Flight SQL.