If you are looking for a game-changing career, working for one of the world's leading financial institutions, you’ve come to the right place.
As a Principal Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within the Corporate Sector, you, 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.
Job responsibilities
- Architects and implements complex, scalable engineering frameworks and solutions using modern software design principles
- Develops secure, high-quality production code for data-intensive applications and platforms, and reviews and mentors other engineers
- Creates durable, reusable software frameworks and patterns that are leveraged across teams and functions
- Designs and governs agentic AI systems, including multi-agent workflows, tool-use integrations, and human-in-the-loop controls appropriate for regulated financial services environments
- Establishes engineering standards for LLM-based applications — RAG pipelines, embedding workflows, vector store integrations, and model serving — ensuring safety, observability, and reproducibility at scale
- Drives adoption of advanced technical methods and practices aligned with the latest industry standards and product development methodologies
- Serves as the function's go-to subject matter expert in one or more areas of focus within data engineering, platform architecture, or AI systems
- Advises cross-functional teams on technological matters within your domain of expertise
- Influences leaders and senior stakeholders across business, product, and technology teams on technical strategy and direction
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.
Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 7+ years applied experience
- Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability at enterprise scale
- Hands-on experience designing and deploying production AI/ML systems, including LLM-based applications and agentic architectures with tool use, memory, and multi-step reasoning in regulated environments
- Expert in one or more programming languages, particularly Python and/or Java
- Advanced knowledge of software application development and technical processes, with considerable depth in one or more disciplines (e.g., cloud, AI/ML, data engineering)
- Experience in large-scale data processing, microservices, API design, Kafka, Redis, MemCached, observability tools (Dynatrace, Splunk, Grafana), and orchestration frameworks (Airflow, Temporal)
- Advanced working knowledge of relational and NoSQL databases, vector stores, data lake architectures, and data governance
- Practical cloud-native experience (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
- Ability to present and effectively communicate with senior leaders and executives
Experience in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Mathematics, or a related technical field 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 with LLM orchestration frameworks and model serving infrastructure or managed endpoints (AWS Bedrock, Azure OpenAI)
- Familiarity with AI evaluation and observability practices: evals frameworks, red-teaming, prompt drift detection, and cost/latency monitoring for LLM workloads
- Understanding of agentic design patterns and how to constrain agent autonomy in high-stakes financial workflows
- Experience with modern data platforms such as Databricks or Snowflake
- Deep hands-on experience with Spark/PySpark and other big data processing technologies
- Expertise in open-source table formats and catalog services such as Apache Iceberg
- Awareness of AI risk and regulatory considerations relevant to AI use in financial decision-making
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 7+ years applied experience
- Hands-on experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability at enterprise scale
- Hands-on experience designing and deploying production AI/ML systems, including LLM-based applications and agentic architectures
- Expert in one or more programming languages, particularly Python and/or Java
- Advanced knowledge of software application development and technical processes with depth in cloud, AI/ML, or data engineering
- Experience with large-scale data processing, microservices, API design, Kafka, Redis, Memcached, observability tools (Dynatrace, Splunk, Grafana), and orchestration frameworks (Airflow, Temporal)
- Advanced working knowledge of relational and NoSQL databases, vector stores, data lake architectures, and data governance
- Practical cloud-native experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP
- Ability to present and effectively communicate with senior leaders and executives
- Degree/experience in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Mathematics, or a related technical field
- Demonstrated experience designing and leading adoption of agentic AI-enabled development practices, including human-in-the-loop validation, auditability, and secure handling of sensitive data
- Strong understanding of responsible AI use, security/resiliency implications, data sensitivity, and risk-based governance
- Experience with LLM orchestration frameworks and model serving infrastructure or managed endpoints (e.g., AWS Bedrock, Azure OpenAI)
- Familiarity with AI evaluation and observability practices (evals frameworks, red-teaming, prompt drift detection, cost/latency monitoring)
- Experience with modern data platforms such as Databricks or Snowflake
- Deep hands-on experience with Spark/PySpark and other big data processing technologies
- Expertise in open-source table formats and catalog services such as Apache Iceberg
- Awareness of AI risk and regulatory considerations relevant to AI use in financial decision-making
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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