Sr. Lead Software Engineer: Payments SAFE VP

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; South San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase & Co. in South San Francisco is seeking a Senior Lead Software Engineer to drive secure, scalable technology products within the Consumer & Community Banking line.

You will lead cross-functional teams, shape architecture, and apply deep technical expertise across multiple technologies. The ideal candidate brings 5+ years in software engineering, cloud-native experience, and a track record with AI-assisted development tools and secure coding practices.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on software engineering experience.
• Experience delivering system design, development, testing, and operational stability.
• Strong knowledge of cloud-native architectures and security considerations.
• Ability to work independently with minimal oversight.
• Experience with AI-assisted development tools and secure coding practices.
• Knowledge of responsible AI practices in engineering workflows.

Responsibilities

• Provides technical guidance to the business and its teams, contractors, and vendors.
• Develops secure, high-quality production code and reviews peers' work.
• Drives decisions that shape product design, functionality, and operations.
• Serves as a function-wide SME in one or more areas of focus.
• Contributes to the engineering community and SDLC best practices.
• Influences decisions to adopt leading-edge technologies.
• Drives adoption of AI-assisted engineering with measurable standards and quality checks.
• Applies SDLC toolchain knowledge to improve automation and efficiency.

Skills

Senior software engineering

Cloud native

AI-assisted tools experience

Leadership/Mentoring

Problem solving

Security

Programming languages

Independent work

Software architecture

Education

Software engineering certifications

Tools

AI-assisted DevTools

Cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure)

Job description

Sr Lead Software Engineer

As a Senior Lead Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase, within the Consumer & Community Banking (CCB) line of business 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
• 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 practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
• Advanced in one or more programming language(s)
• 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.)
• Ability to tackle design and functionality problems independently with little to no oversight
• Practical cloud native experience
• 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

FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE ACT:

This position is subject to Section 19 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act. As such, an employment offer for this position is contingent on JPMorganChase’s review of criminal conviction history, including pretrial diversions or program entries.