Sr Lead Software Engineer

Testing Site - JPMC; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 190,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorganChase's CDAO AI/ML Data Platform team seeks a Senior Lead Software Engineer to help build, enhance, and deliver trusted market‑leading technology products in a secure, scalable way.

In this role you provide technical guidance, drive system design and production code delivery for 24x7 online services, and collaborate across teams to propel architectural decisions and operational excellence.

Qualifications

• 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.

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

Skills

Rust

Java

Go

C++

Software engineering

System design

Tools

Apache DataFusion

DuckDB

Apache Arrow Flight SQL

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.