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As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within the Corporate Sector - Infrastructure Platforms - Storage 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
- 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
- Design and deliver solutions that address complex business and technical challenges across the storage product domain
- Builds secure, high-quality production software in Python, applying best practices in testing, code review, observability, and performance tuning
- 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
- Leads communities of practice across Software Engineering to drive awareness and use of new and leading-edge technologies and partner with cross-functional stakeholders (engineering, product, operations, risk/security) to refine requirements, propose architectures, and deliver outcomes aligned to customer needs and business goals
- Debug and troubleshoot complex issues in distributed systems with leading root-cause analysis and drive long-term fixes
- Mentors junior engineers through coaching, pairing, reviews, and knowledge sharing—raising engineering standards across the team.
- Adds to team culture of diversity, opportunity, inclusion, and respect
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
- Demonstrated strength in system design, application development, testing strategies, and production operations/stability
- Advanced in one or more programming language(s) and framework(s) (e.g., Python, Java, Fast API, Django, Rest API design, Containers, etc.)
- Experience with distributed systems and messaging, such as RabbitMQ (or equivalent)
- Experience with modern data stores such as Cockroach DB (or equivalent distributed SQL/NoSQL systems).
- 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 with experience coaching engineers on safe, compliant and adoption within delivery practices
- Proficient in all aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle from requitements and design through production support and continuous enhancement
- Advanced understanding of agile methodologies such as CI/CD, Application Resiliency, and Security, including automation (testing, deployment practices, secure coding, least privilege, incident response, SLOs/SLIs)
- Practical cloud-native experience (e.g., containerization, infrastructure-as-code concepts, managed services), including exposure to AWS
- Experience with storage systems, infrastructure technologies, or platform engineering domains
- Exposure to modern and emerging technologies (e.g., event-driven architectures, service mesh, zero trust patterns, AI-assisted engineering)
- Experience modernizing legacy systems and improving reliability at scale
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 on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience
- Hands-on experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
- Demonstrated strength in system design, application development, testing strategies, and production operations/stability
- Advanced in one or more programming languages and frameworks (e.g., Python, Java, FastAPI, Django, REST API design, containers)
- Experience with distributed systems and messaging (e.g., RabbitMQ or equivalent)
- Experience with modern distributed data stores (e.g., CockroachDB or equivalent distributed SQL/NoSQL)
- Demonstrated experience leading effective use of approved AI-assisted software development tools and establishing validation standards
- Strong understanding of responsible AI use, data sensitivity, secure handling of inputs/outputs, and coaching engineers on compliant adoption
- Proficient in all aspects of the SDLC from requirements and design through production support and continuous enhancement
- Advanced understanding of agile methodologies including CI/CD, application resiliency, security, automation, and incident response
- Practical cloud-native experience including containerization, infrastructure-as-code concepts, managed services and exposure to AWS
- Experience with storage systems, infrastructure technologies, or platform engineering domains
- Exposure to modern/emerging technologies (event-driven architectures, service mesh, zero trust, AI-assisted engineering)
- Experience modernizing legacy systems and improving reliability at scale
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.
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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.
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