Lead Software Engineer - Java/Python; AWS; Kubernetes
JPMorgan Chase1 day ago
Responsibilities
- Provide technical guidance and direction to business and technical teams, contractors, and vendors.
- Design, develop, debug, and troubleshoot software using Java, Python, and Node.js in distributed AWS and Kubernetes environments.
- Write, review, and maintain secure, high-quality production code and contribute to peer code reviews.
- Consider upstream and downstream technical implications when designing and operating software.
- Drive adoption and governance of approved AI-assisted engineering practices, including code review, refactoring, testing, release readiness, and incident analysis.
- Establish validation standards for secure coding, peer review, automated testing, and AI-generated outputs.
- Influence product design, application functionality, technical operations, and engineering processes.
- Serve as a function-wide subject matter expert and advocate for firmwide software development lifecycle frameworks, tools, and practices.
Requirements
- Formal training or certification in software engineering concepts and 5+ years of applied experience.
- Hands-on experience delivering system design, application development, testing, deployment, and operational stability.
- Proficiency in Java or Python and experience with modern programming languages and database querying languages.
- Experience using enterprise-authorized AI-assisted software development tools for coding, testing, troubleshooting, or documentation, including critically evaluating AI-generated outputs.
- Understanding of responsible AI use, data sensitivity, secure input and output handling, resiliency, and security expectations.
- Experience with Kubernetes and Docker in AWS cloud environments.
- Ability to lead team practices for validating AI outputs for correctness, performance, and security and coach senior engineers or leads on compliant usage.
- Ability to solve design and functionality problems independently with little to no oversight.
- Preferred experience with Node.js, Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, AI/ML frameworks, large-scale data pipelines, event-driven architectures, financial services or regulated-industry software, and cloud-native development.
Benefits
- Competitive total rewards package with base salary determined by role, experience, skill set, and location, plus potential incentive compensation or forfeitable equity for eligible roles.
- Comprehensive health care coverage, on-site health and wellness centers, retirement savings plan, backup childcare, tuition reimbursement, mental health support, and financial coaching.
- Additional compensation and benefits details are provided during the hiring process.
About JPMorgan Chase
JPMorgan Chase provides consumer and commercial banking, payments, credit card, wealth management, and corporate and investment banking services to individuals, businesses, institutions, and governments. The public company (NYSE: JPM) earns revenue from interest, fees, trading, and asset management across operations in more than 100 markets. Headquartered in New York City with roots dating to 1799, it serves retail customers and prominent corporate and government clients through brands including Chase and J.P. Morgan.