Lead Software Engineer - SAS Viya

You will balance hands-on development with technical leadership—setting

direction, raising engineering standards, and enabling predictable delivery

across large-scale, distributed application platforms.

As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorganChase within the Corporate Technology

organization, you will lead the design and delivery of scalable, secure, and

high-quality applications that power critical business capabilities. You will

partner with product managers, architects, and engineering teams to translate

customer and business needs into well-architected solutions, drive modern

engineering practices across the full software development lifecycle, and coach

engineers to deliver features with strong quality, performance, and

maintainability.

Job

Responsibilities

• * Lead end-to-end application development in partnership with site reliability
• engineering for delivery across the software development lifecycle (plan,
• design, build, test, release, and operate), ensuring solutions are scalable,
• secure, and maintainable.
• * Drive technical design and architecture for distributed application
• platforms, making sound trade-offs across performance, resiliency, cost, and
• delivery speed.
• * Build and enhance software capabilities supporting analytics and data
• platforms, including SAS Viya (GKP), SAS Viya (AWS), and Databricks (AWS),
• with clear ownership of integration patterns, automation, and operational
• readiness.
• * Develop and maintain platform and application services that enable
• onboarding, configuration, environment management, user migrations, and
• governed access for SAS Viya and Databricks workloads in both on prem and AWS
• platforms.
• * Partner with product managers and stakeholders to refine requirements, define
• delivery roadmaps, and translate business outcomes into well-scoped epics,
• user stories, and technical deliverables.
• * Establish and enforce engineering standards (coding standards, API contracts,
• testing strategy, documentation, security controls) and ensure consistent
• quality through peer review and automation.
• * Lead modernization initiatives (refactoring, re-platforming, performance
• optimization) to reduce technical debt and improve developer productivity and
• system maintainability.
• Required Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills
• * Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+
• years applied experience
• * Demonstrated experience building and supporting production-grade services,
• with hands-on ownership of reliability, operational readiness, and root-cause
• remediation.
• * Experience with cloud and containerized platforms and modern deployment
• practices (e.g., Kubernetes, infrastructure and service automation).
• * Proven ability to lead cross-functional incident, problem, and change
• activities, with clear communication and disciplined follow-through.
• * Drive CI/CD and release engineering practices to improve deployment
• frequency, reduce change risk, and enable repeatable, automated releases
• across application and platform components.
• * Provide technical leadership and mentorship: coach engineers, raise the bar
• on design and implementation, and foster strong engineering culture and
• execution discipline.
• * Use data (delivery metrics, quality signals, production telemetry, incident
• trends, usage patterns) to prioritize improvements and measure outcomes
• against clear service and product KPIs.
• * Experience using SAS VIYA, Databricks applications, Kubernetes experience
• including experience with user onboarding, migrations, troubleshooting,
• incident and change management.
• * Drive team adoption of enterprise-authorized AI-assisted engineering
• practices to improve development throughput and quality (e.g., AI-assisted
• coding/refactoring, code review support, test generation/acceleration,
• troubleshooting and root-cause analysis support), while setting validation
• standards (secure coding, peer review, automated testing) and promoting reuse
• of proven patterns.
• * Apply deep knowledge of the SDLC toolchain (source control, CI/CD, artifact
• management, scanning, observability, and enterprise-authorized AI-assisted
• development/automation capabilities) to increase automation, reduce manual
• effort, and improve delivery outcomes.
• Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills
• * Experience with full stack development and DevOps practices, including
• service ownership models and reliability metrics (e.g., service level
• objectives).
• * Experience operating data or analytics platforms and related tooling (e.g.,
• SAS, including SAS Viya, Databricks administration, or comparable platforms).
• * Experience with enterprise CI/CD, release management, and code
• quality/security scanning practices and toolchains.
• * AWS certification (e.g., Solutions Architect) or equivalent cloud
• credentials.
• * Experience with performance engineering for distributed systems, including
• capacity planning and production tuning.
• * Exposure to user interface development (e.g., modern web frameworks) to
• support end-to-end troubleshooting and service ownership.
• 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.