Be an integral part of an agile team that's constantly pushing the envelope to enhance, build, and deliver top-notch technology products.
As a Senior Lead Software Engineer at JPMorganChase within Cloud Foundation Services, 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. Drive significant business impact through your capabilities and contributions, and apply deep technical expertise and problem-solving methodologies to tackle a diverse array of challenges that span multiple technologies and applications. You are a hands-on technical leader who drives architecture and delivery for complex, business-critical systems. You will lead engineering execution across backend and UI, set technical direction and standards across teams, and mentor senior engineers. You will apply deep expertise in API design, modern UI development, and production AI application development (ADK/LangGraph) to solve complex problems across multiple technologies and applications.
Job responsibilities
- Leads architecture and end-to-end implementation of complex software solutions, including system design, component design, integration patterns, and technical decision-making across teams
- Owns hands-on delivery of production AI/agentic applications using ADK and LangGraph (mandatory), including orchestration workflows, tool/function calling, and multi-step stateful graphs
- Defines and enforces API design standards (REST/contract-first), including versioning and backward compatibility, and partners with consumers to ensure usability and reliability
- Leads UI engineering for key user experiences, including building scalable front-end components, ensuring performance, accessibility, and consistency with design standards
- Writes secure, high-quality, production-ready code (Python preferred) and sets the bar through design reviews, code reviews, and reference implementations across backend and UI
- Drives system resiliency and operational readiness, including performance tuning, observability, incident response participation, and durable remediation of recurring issues
- Builds and maintains AI application quality controls and guardrails appropriate for production use
- Partners with cross-functional teams (Product, Design, Security, SRE, and peer engineering teams) to translate requirements into well-designed APIs and intuitive, reliable user experiences
- Drives improvements across the SDLC toolchain (CI/CD, test automation, security scanning, dependency management) to improve delivery velocity, quality, and governance
Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience
- Expert-level proficiency in Python and strong experience building backend services in enterprise environments
- Strong hands-on UI engineering experience building modern web applications (e.g., React) with focus on performance, maintainability, and user experience
- Hands-on production experience building AI applications using ADK and LangGraph (mandatory), including operating and maintaining them in production
- Strong hands-on experience in system design, application development, testing, and operational stability for production services
- Strong experience with API design and implementation using FastAPI (or equivalent), including REST service and microservice development best practices
- Deep understanding of software design principles and patterns and ability to apply them consistently across large-scale systems
- Experience with relational databases (e.g., Postgres) including strong SQL fundamentals and ability to design for performance and reliability
- Experience developing, debugging, and maintaining code in a large corporate environment with modern programming languages and database querying languages
- Solid understanding of agile methodologies and engineering practices such as CI/CD, application resiliency, performance engineering, and security-by-design
- Ability to lead complex technical discussions and drive alignment across stakeholders and teams (design reviews, trade-offs, delivery plans, and risk management)
Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- Proficient in coding in one or more languages and able to learn new technologies quickly; able to guide others in adoption, best practices, and standards
- Hands-on experience building and operating cloud-based applications on AWS environments
- Hands-on experience with containers and CI/CD practices in production environments
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 concepts
- 5+ years of applied software engineering experience
- Expert-level Python proficiency and enterprise backend development experience
- Strong hands-on UI engineering experience with modern web applications such as React
- Production experience building, operating, and maintaining AI applications using ADK and LangGraph
- Experience with system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
- Experience designing and implementing APIs using FastAPI or equivalent
- Experience with REST services and microservice development best practices
- Deep understanding of software design principles and patterns
- Experience with relational databases such as Postgres and strong SQL fundamentals
- Experience developing, debugging, and maintaining code in a large corporate environment
- Understanding of agile methodologies, CI/CD, application resiliency, performance engineering, and security-by-design
- Ability to lead technical discussions and drive stakeholder alignment
- Proficiency in one or more programming languages and ability to learn new technologies
- Hands-on experience building and operating cloud applications on AWS
- Hands-on experience with containers and production CI/CD practices
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 broad, with wellness incentives, on-site or virtual care, and an EAP offering coaching and counseling. Plan materials emphasize accessible options, including multiple medical choices and tools to manage costs.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave extends up to 16 weeks for all parents, supplemented by paid Critical Caregiver Leave. Family resources include backup childcare via Bright Horizons, lactation support and milk-shipping, family-building assistance, and even a free five-month SNOO rental for newborns.
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Retirement Support — Retirement programs include a 401(k) with an annual company match and automatic pay credits for most employees, with a legacy pension available to earlier hires. An Employee Stock Purchase Plan at a 5% discount further supports long-term savings.
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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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