This role drives the evolution of the SCM platform by delivering innovative, value-added core services and automation that streamline and elevate the software delivery lifecycle.
As a Principal Software Engineer at JPMorganChase within the Enterprise Technology - ENG Services & Platform team, you provide expertise and engineering excellence as an integral part of an agile team to enhance, build, and deliver trusted market-leading technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable way. Leverage your advanced technical capabilities and collaborate with colleagues across the organization to drive best-in-class outcomes across various technologies to support one or more of the firm’s portfolios.
You will own the vision, strategy, and execution for building and evolving core services and automation on top of the SCM platform, while providing people leadership through hiring, developing, and mentoring a diverse, high-performing engineering team. You will lead the design and delivery of release management, CI/CD services, deployment automation, testing, gate enforcement, and production change orchestration, and you will build supplementary capabilities such as automated deployments on commit, integrated testing, compliance gates, and end-to-end release workflows. Throughout, you will drive continuous improvement in developer experience, software quality, and delivery efficiency.
Job responsibilities
- Partner with platform, product, and operations teams to deliver cohesive, value-added solutions.
- Develops secure and high-quality production code, and reviews and debugs code written by others
- Architects and governs agentic AI-enabled engineering workflows (using enterprise-authorized tools within the work environment) to improve delivery speed, code quality, and operational outcomes at scale (e.g., AI-driven PR review assistance, test generation/maintenance, release readiness checks, incident triage and root-cause acceleration), while defining guardrails for validation, security, resiliency, and reuse across teams.
- 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 at scale.
- Serves as the function’s go-to subject matter expert
- Sets direction and provide hands-on leadership for the design, development, and maintenance of core engineering services that extend the SCM platform.
- Drives innovation in SDLC automation, ensuring seamless integration with platform, security, and compliance requirements.
- Establishes and enforce engineering best practices and standards for reliability, quality, and operational excellence.
- Build's and maintain automation frameworks and reusable components to accelerate software delivery.
- Leads incident response, root-cause analysis, and continuous improvement for core services.
- Represents the function in cross-team forums, drive alignment, and communicate progress to senior stakeholders.
Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 7+ years applied experience
- Demonstrated experience designing and leading adoption of agentic AI-enabled development practices (using enterprise-authorized tools within the work environment) across teams, including setting standards for human-in-the-loop validation, auditability/traceability of changes, and secure handling of sensitive data.
Strong understanding of responsible AI use and control expectations in engineering workflows, including security/resiliency implications, data sensitivity, and risk-based governance; ability to influence senior technical leaders on safe scaling patterns and reuse. - Experience applying expertise and new methods to determine solutions for complex technology problems in one or more technical disciplines
- Experience leading a product as a Product Owner or Product Manager
- Proven experience leading and developing engineering teams responsible for SDLC automation, CI/CD, or developer platform services.
- Strong hands-on experience designing, building, and scaling core services that support software delivery at scale.
- Demonstrated success in driving innovation and continuous improvement in developer productivity and software quality.
- Ability to set vision, drive execution, and influence at all levels of the organization.
- Deep understanding of release management, CI/CD, testing automation, and compliance gates.
- Experience with large-scale distributed systems and modern SDLC tooling.
- Deep knowledge of software quality, compliance, and operational best practices.
- Experience implementing observability, SLO/SLA frameworks, and resilience testing for engineering services.
- Strong collaboration skills with platform, security, and application engineering teams.
- Executive presence and ability to communicate complex technical topics to senior leadership.
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 7+ years applied experience
- Demonstrated experience designing and leading adoption of agentic AI-enabled development practices using enterprise-authorized tools, including human-in-the-loop validation, auditability/traceability, and secure handling of sensitive data
- Strong understanding of responsible AI use, security/resiliency implications, data sensitivity, and risk-based governance
- Experience applying expertise and new methods to determine solutions for complex technology problems
- Experience leading a product as a Product Owner or Product Manager
- Proven experience leading and developing engineering teams responsible for SDLC automation, CI/CD, or developer platform services
- Hands-on experience designing, building, and scaling core services that support software delivery at scale
- Demonstrated success driving innovation and continuous improvement in developer productivity and software quality
- Ability to set vision, drive execution, and influence at all levels of the organization
- Deep understanding of release management, CI/CD, testing automation, and compliance gates
- Experience with large-scale distributed systems and modern SDLC tooling
- Deep knowledge of software quality, compliance, and operational best practices
- Experience implementing observability, SLO/SLA frameworks, and resilience testing for engineering services
- Strong collaboration skills with platform, security, and application engineering teams
- Executive presence and ability to communicate complex technical topics to senior leadership
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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