Lead Software Engineer - Python, AWS, Data, Agentic AI

We have an opportunity to impact your career and provide an adventure where you

can push the limits of what's possible.

As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorganChase within the Corporate Sector,

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

* Develops secure high-quality production code, and reviews and debugs code

written by others

* 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

* Adds to team culture of diversity, opportunity, inclusion, and respect

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

* Formal training or certification on Software Engineering and application

development and 7+ years applied experience

* Strong hands-on expertise in Python and/or Java with demonstrated delivery of

secure, high-quality production code

* Strong experience building cloud-native solutions on AWS (compute, storage,

security/IAM, networking, observability)

* Strong experience with LLMs and agentic systems, including orchestration

patterns, tool/function calling, retrieval, structured outputs, evaluations,

and safety/guardrails

* Experience building data-intensive applications and workflows

using Databricks (Spark, Delta, jobs/workflows)

* Proficiency in JavaScript/TypeScript and React for building modern web

applications

* Proficiency in automation and continuous delivery methods; strong SDLC

discipline (CI/CD, testing, code quality, release controls)

* Advanced understanding of agile delivery, application resiliency, and secure

engineering practices

* Strong system design skills with the ability to make pragmatic trade-offs and

drive alignment across stakeholders

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

* Exposure to cloud technologies – AWS EC2, EKS, RDS, S3, Lambdas, EMR, Glue,

S3

* Big Data Technologies such as PySpark, Hadoop, Databricks, ETL, Snowflake

* Proven experience in designing and building data pipelines (ETL/ELT) using

modern technologies (e.g., Python, SQL, Spark, Airflow, etc.)

JPMorganChase, one of the oldest financial institutions, offers innovative

financial solutions to millions of consumers, small businesses and many of the

world’s most prominent corporate, institutional and government clients under the

J.P. Morgan and Chase brands. Our history spans over 200 years and today we are

a leader in investment banking, consumer and small business banking, commercial

banking, financial transaction processing and asset management.

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

[https://careers.jpmorgan.com/us/en/how-we-hire/faqs] for more information about

requesting an accommodation.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including

Disability/Veterans

Our professionals in our Corporate Functions cover a diverse range of areas from

finance and risk to human resources and marketing. Our corporate teams are an

essential part of our company, ensuring that we’re setting our businesses,

clients, customers and employees up for success.