Sr Lead Software Engineer - Distributed Systems

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; Jersey City (NJ); On-site; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase & Co. invites a Sr Lead Software Engineer to join the ATRS Risk Team, focusing on designing and delivering trusted, market-leading technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable environment.

You will contribute across multiple domains and support critical business functions with robust software solutions. The role requires hands-on coding in Python or Java, expertise in system design, agility with CI/CD, and a strong emphasis on security and operational resilience.

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification on Computer Science concepts.
• Hands-on experience in system design, application development, testing, and operational stability.
• Proficient in coding in one or more languages - Python, Java.

Responsibilities

• Executes software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting with ability to think beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions or break down technical problems.
• Uses AI tools to accelerate design and development, and advance stability.
• Creates secure and high-quality production code and maintains algorithms that run synchronously with appropriate systems.
• Produces architecture and design artifacts for complex applications while being accountable for ensuring design constraints are met by software code development.
• Gathers, analyzes, synthesizes, and develops visualizations and reporting from large, diverse data sets in service of continuous improvement of software applications and systems.
• Proactively identifies hidden problems and patterns in data and uses these insights to drive improvements and optimizations in code and system architecture.
• Contributes to software engineering communities of practice and events that explore new and emerging technologies.
• Adds to team culture of diversity, opportunity, inclusion, and respect.

Skills

Python

Java

System design

Agile

CI/CD

Security

Database querying

Cloud

AI/ML

Education

Formal CS training

Tools

AI tooling

CI/CD tools

Cloud technologies

Job description

We have an exciting and rewarding opportunity for you to take your software engineering career to the next level.

As a Sr Lead Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within the ATRS Risk Team, you will be a seasoned member of an agile team, tasked with designing and delivering trusted, market-leading technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable manner. You will be responsible for implementing critical technology solutions across multiple technical domains, supporting various business functions to achieve the firm's business objectives.

Job responsibilities

• Executes software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting with ability to think beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions or break down technical problems


• Uses AI tools to accelerate design and development, and advance stability


• Creates secure and high-quality production code and maintains algorithms that run synchronously with appropriate systems


• Produces architecture and design artifacts for complex applications while being accountable for ensuring design constraints are met by software code development


• Gathers, analyzes, synthesizes, and develops visualizations and reporting from large, diverse data sets in service of continuous improvement of software applications and systems


• Proactively identifies hidden problems and patterns in data and uses these insights to drive improvements and optimizations in code and system architecture


• Contributes to software engineering communities of practice and events that explore new and emerging technologies


• Adds to team culture of diversity, opportunity, inclusion, and respect

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification on Computer Science concepts and 5+ years applied experience


• Hands-on practical experience in system design, application development, testing, and operational stability


• Proficient in coding in one or more languages - Python, Java


• Need familiarity with cross-asset/cross-business platforms


• Experience in developing, debugging, and maintaining code in a large corporate environment with one or more modern programming languages and database querying languages


• Overall knowledge of the Software Development Life Cycle


• Solid understanding of agile methodologies such as CI/CD, Application Resiliency, and Security


• Demonstrated knowledge of software applications and technical processes within a technical discipline (e.g., cloud, artificial intelligence, machine learning, mobile, etc.)

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Overall knowledge of the financial services industry and their IT systems


• Intermediate to advanced Python coding experience


• Practical experience with AI development tooling


• Exposure to cloud technologies