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As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorganChase within the Consumer & Community Banking Deposits Technology team, 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 - Develops and codes in Java with some Python as an individual contributor solving complex technical issues and driving resolution across applications, services and platforms
- Drives team adoption of enterprise-authorized AI-assisted engineering practices within the work environment to improve code quality, delivery speed, and operational outcomes (e.g., AI-assisted code review/refactoring, test strategy acceleration, incident/root-cause analysis support), while establishing consistent validation standards (secure coding, peer review, automated testing) and promoting reuse of effective patterns across the team.
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. - Operates as a senior hands-on individual contributor, writing code, solving complex technical issues, and driving resolution across applications, services, and platforms
- Leads the design, development and modernization of software solutions that improve reliability, scalability, automation and operational efficiency across complex technology platforms
- Builds, enhances and maintains automation frameworks, AI-driven engineering solutions, internal platforms and reusable tools for engineering teams
- Supports performance testing, resiliency testing, chaos testing, and controlled failure scenarios to validate system behavior under production-like conditions
- Leads engineers through code reviews, technical guidance, problem-solving support, and promotion of strong engineering practices
- Communicates technical strategy, reliability risks, resolution plans, and delivery progress clearly to engineering teams, product partners, and leadership
- Defines and promotes release readiness checks, quality gates, test coverage expectations, reliability standards, and validation approaches for cloud-native platforms
Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills - Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience
- Advanced proficiency in programming languages such as Java (Primary) and Python (Secondary)
- Demonstrated experience leading effective use of approved AI-assisted software development tools (e.g., for coding, code review, test acceleration, troubleshooting) with the ability to set team expectations for validating AI outputs for correctness, performance, and security.
Strong understanding of responsible AI use in engineering workflows, including data sensitivity considerations, secure handling of inputs/outputs, and adherence to resiliency and security expectations; experience coaching engineers on safe, compliant adoption within delivery practices - Strong hands-on software engineering experience with the ability to design, code, debug, test, and resolve complex technical problems independently
- Possess a strong ownership mindset with a track record of solving difficult problems, improving engineering practices, and driving technical issues to closure across complex environments
- Demonstrated experience leading effective use of enterprise-authorized AI-assisted software development tools within the work environment (e.g., for coding, code review, test acceleration, troubleshooting) with the ability to set team expectations for validating AI outputs for correctness, performance, and security
- Strong understanding of responsible AI use in engineering workflows, including data sensitivity considerations, secure handling of inputs/outputs, and adherence to resiliency and security expectations; experience coaching senior engineers/leads on compliant usage patterns and controls
- Experience in Leading engineers, raising technical standards, communicating tradeoffs, and influencing stakeholders across engineering and leadership audiences
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to investigate failures, identify root causes, recommend durable fixes, and drive issues to closure
- Practical experience modernizing cloud-native applications, improving platform reliability, or leading automation-driven engineering initiatives
- Experience with microservices, RESTful APIs, relational databases, NoSQL databases, messaging frameworks, and event-driven architectures
Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills - Experience with performance testing, load testing, resiliency validation, or reliability tools (JMeter, Blazemeter, Gatling, etc.)
- Experience with observability and monitoring tools such as (Splunk, Dynatrace, Grafana, CloudWatch etc.)
- Cloud certification in AWS, GCP, or Azure
ABOUT USChase is a leading financial services firm, helping nearly half of America's households and small businesses achieve their financial goals through a broad range of financial products. Our mission is to create engaged, lifelong relationships and put our customers at the heart of everything we do. We also help small businesses, nonprofits and cities grow, delivering solutions to solve all their financial needs.
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.
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ABOUT THE TEAMOur Consumer & Community Banking division serves our Chase customers through a range of financial services, including personal banking, credit cards, mortgages, auto financing, investment advice, small business loans and payment processing. We're proud to lead the U.S. in credit card sales and deposit growth and have the most-used digital solutions - all while ranking first in customer satisfaction.
