Sr. Lead Software Engineer: Backend Engineering

J.P. Morgan; New York (NY); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health care coverage

On-site health and wellness centers

Retirement plan

Tuition reimbursement

Mental health support

Financial coaching

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase is seeking a Sr. Lead Software Engineer within the Digital Technology, Personalization & Insights team to drive secure, scalable engineering across multiple business functions.

You will lead technical direction, contribute to production code, and mentor teams while shaping the future of trusted, data-driven financial technology. The role emphasizes building high-performance microservices on AWS, implementing AI-assisted development tools, and upholding secure coding practices.

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification in software engineering with 5+ years of experience.
• Hands-on OOP development in Java, C++, or Python.
• Experience in at least three of: microservices on AWS, real-time streaming, caching with Redis, big data processing with Spark/Ray.

Responsibilities

• Develop secure, high-quality production code and review others' code.
• Provide technical guidance to teams, contractors, and vendors.
• Influence product design, functionality, and operations decisions.
• Serve as a function-wide subject matter expert in one or more areas.
• Promote AI-assisted development practices and secure coding standards.
• Drive adoption of SDLC tools and governance across teams.

Skills

Java

C++

Python

AWS

Kubernetes

CI/CD

AI-assisted development tools

Security

Distributed systems

Spark/Ray

Education

Formal software engineering training/certification

Tools

Docker

Airflow/Kubeflow

Kubectl/AWS tools

EKS/ECS/Fargate

Job description

We have an opportunity to impact your career and provide an adventure where you can push the limits of what's possible.

As a Sr. Lead Software Engineer at JPMorganChase within the Digital Technology, Personalization & Insights 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. As a core technical contributor, you are responsible for conducting critical technology solutions across multiple technical areas within various business functions in support of the firm’s business objectives.

Job responsibilities

• Develops secure and high-quality production code, and reviews and debugs code written by others
• Regularly provides technical guidance and direction to support the business and its technical teams, contractors, and vendors
• 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
• Drives adoption and governance of approved AI-assisted engineering practices across teams to improve code quality, delivery speed, and operational outcomes (e.g., AI-assisted code review/refactoring, test acceleration, release readiness, incident/root-cause analysis), while establishing measurable validation standards (secure coding, peer review, automated testing) and promoting reuse of proven patterns and automation within the SDLC/TLM toolchain.
• Applies knowledge of tools within the Software Development Life Cycle toolchain, including approved AI-assisted development and automation capabilities, to improve the value realized by automation at scale.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience
• Hands-on software development experience in an Object-Oriented programming language (such as Java, C++, Python)
• Requires depth of knowledge and experience in three of the four following areas, with developing knowledge in the others.

1. High-throughput, low-latency micro service development leveraging AWS services such EKS, ECS, Fargate, ELB, etc.
2. High throughput near real time stream processing with services such Kinesis, Flink, ECS, EKS, etc.
3. Caching systems such as Redis to lower database load
4. Large volume data processing using Ray, Spark and similar technologies

• Solid fundamentals and experience in containers (docker ecosystem), container orchestration systems [Kubernetes, ECS], DAG orchestration [Airflow, Kubeflow etc]
• Solid understanding of agile methodologies and knowledge of SDLC including CI/CD, Application Resiliency, and Security.
• Demonstrated experience leading effective use of enterprise-authorized AI-assisted software development tools within the work environment (e.g., for coding, code review, test acceleration, troubleshooting) with the ability to set team expectations for validating AI outputs for correctness, performance, and security
• Strong understanding of responsible AI use in engineering workflows, including data sensitivity considerations, secure handling of inputs/outputs, and adherence to resiliency and security expectations; experience coaching senior engineers/leads on compliant usage patterns and controls.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Experience with recommendation and personalization systems

Chase is a leading financial services firm, helping nearly half of America’s households and small businesses achieve their financial goals through a broad range of financial products. Our mission is to create engaged, lifelong relationships and put our customers at the heart of everything we do. We also help small businesses, nonprofits and cities grow, delivering solutions to solve all their financial needs.

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 centers, 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.

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, color, 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.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veterans

Our Consumer & Community Banking division serves our Chase customers through a range of financial services, including personal banking, credit cards, mortgages, auto financing, investment advice, small business loans and payment processing. We're proud to lead the U.S. in credit card sales and deposit growth and have the most-used digital solutions - all while ranking first in customer satisfaction. Carry out critical tech solutions across multiple technical areas as an integral part of an agile team