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As a Lead Software Engineer - AI and Automation at JPMorgan Chase within the Corporate Technology - Infrastructure Management AI and Automation Solutions Engineering team, you are an integral part of an agile software engineering team that works to design, 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
- Executes creative software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting with ability to think beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions or break down technical problems
- Develops secure high-quality production code, and reviews and debugs code written by others
- Drives team adoption of enterprise-authorized AI-assisted engineering practices within the work environment to improve code quality, delivery speed, and operational outcomes (e.g., AI-assisted code review/refactoring, test strategy acceleration, incident/root-cause analysis support), while establishing consistent validation standards (secure coding, peer review, automated testing) and promoting reuse of effective patterns across the team.
- Applies knowledge of tools within the Software Development Life Cycle toolchain, including enterprise-authorized AI-assisted development and automation capabilities, to improve the value realized by automation.
- Identifies opportunities to eliminate or automate remediation of recurring issues to improve overall operational stability of software applications and systems
- Leads evaluation sessions with external vendors, startups, and internal teams to drive outcomes-oriented probing of architectural designs, technical credentials, and applicability for use within existing systems and information architecture
- Owns the full software lifecycle for multiple automation/AI initiatives: design, implementation, testing, deployment, and production support
- Develops services and workflows that integrate with infrastructure platforms and operational tooling (APIs, events, job runners, control planes)
- Engineers agentic AI solutions that safely automate tasks (tool use, workflow execution, validation, guardrails, fallbacks)
- Defines and implement observability (metrics, logs, traces), SLOs, alerting, and incident playbook
- Acts as a technical advisor across the team: architecture reviews, design decisions, and tradeoff discussions
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): Python, JavaScript/Typescript, Go, or SQL
- Demonstrated experience leading effective use of approved AI-assisted software development tools (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 engineers on safe, compliant adoption within delivery practices
- Strong proficiency in Python and experience building services and automation frameworks; working knowledge of JavaScript for tooling/UI/integrations
- Strong SQL skills and experience designing data models and working with relational databases
- Hands-on experience deploying and operating workloads on Kubernetes (deployments, services, scaling, configuration, troubleshooting)
- Demonstrated technical leadership as a senior IC (leading designs, driving delivery, and influencing across teams).
- Proficient in all aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle
- Advanced understanding of agile methodologies such as CI/CD, Application Resiliency, and Security
Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- SRE and/or DevOps experience, including production operations, incident response, and reliability engineering practices
- Experience building automation for infrastructure/operations (orchestration, remediation, self-service, runbooks-as-code)
- Experience with agentic AI frameworks and model-to-tool integration patterns (prompt/tool design, structured outputs, evaluation/monitoring)
- Familiarity with MCP and building secure tool servers/connectors; strong understanding of access controls and auditability in tool execution
- Experience with event-driven architectures and workflow engines
- Prior experience in regulated environments with strong risk and control expectations
About Us
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.
JPMorgan Chase & Co. is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Veterans
Skills Required
- Formal training or certification in software engineering and 5+ years applied experience
- Hands-on experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
- Advanced in one or more languages: Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, Go, or SQL
- Demonstrated experience leading use of approved AI-assisted software development tools and validating AI outputs
- Strong understanding of responsible AI use, data sensitivity, and secure handling of inputs/outputs
- Strong proficiency in Python and experience building services and automation frameworks
- Working knowledge of JavaScript for tooling/UI/integrations
- Strong SQL skills and experience designing data models and working with relational databases
- Hands-on experience deploying and operating workloads on Kubernetes (deployments, services, scaling, troubleshooting)
- Demonstrated technical leadership as a senior individual contributor (leading designs, driving delivery, influencing across teams)
- Proficient in all aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle
- Advanced understanding of agile methodologies such as CI/CD, application resiliency, and security
- SRE and/or DevOps experience including production operations and incident response
- Experience building automation for infrastructure/operations (orchestration, remediation, runbooks-as-code)
- Experience with agentic AI frameworks and model-to-tool integration patterns
- Familiarity with MCP and secure tool servers/connectors, access controls and auditability
- Experience with event-driven architectures and workflow engines
- Prior experience in regulated environments with strong risk and control expectations
JPMorganChase Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about JPMorganChase and has not been reviewed or approved by JPMorganChase.
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Healthcare Strength — Medical, dental, vision, and mental health coverage are comprehensive, with on-site clinics, preventive care, and specialized supports such as maternity nurse guidance and fertility treatments. Wellness activities can help offset copays and out-of-pocket costs, reinforcing the perceived strength of health benefits.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) with dollar-for-dollar matching and additional automatic pay credits reflect strong employer-backed retirement savings. An employee stock purchase plan and related financial programs further bolster long-term financial support.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid time off, sick time, holidays, and generous parental leave are provided alongside family medical leave and adoption/fertility assistance. Additional programs like caregiver support and volunteer time off expand the breadth of time-away options.
JPMorganChase Insights
What We Do
JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) is a leading global financial services firm with assets of $3.7 trillion and operations worldwide. The firm is a leader in investment banking, financial services for consumers and small businesses, commercial banking, financial transaction processing, and asset management. A component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average, JPMorgan Chase & Co. serves millions of consumers in the United States and many of the world’s most prominent corporate, institutional and government clients under its J.P. Morgan and Chase brands. Technology fuels every aspect of our company and is at the heart of everything we do. With over 50,000 technologists globally and an annual tech spend of $12 billion, we are dedicated to improving the design, analytics, development, coding, testing and application programming that goes into creating high quality software and new products. Learn more about technology at our firm, explore resources from our Distinguished Engineers, AI & ML researchers, and other experts; access the latest episode of our TechTrends podcast, and more at www.jpmorgan.com/technology. Information about JPMorgan Chase & Co. is available at www.jpmorganchase.com. ©2023 JPMorgan Chase & Co. All rights reserved. JPMorgan Chase is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Veterans.
Why Work With Us
Our technologists work on a diverse range of solutions that include strategic technology initiatives, big data, mobile, electronic payments, machine learning, cybersecurity, enterprise cloud development, and other state-of-the-art technologies.
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