Lead Software Engineer - Java/Python/React/AI

JPMorgan Chase & Co.•Wilmington, DE

8h•$152,000 - $215,000

About The Position

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 - Java/Python/React/AI at JPMorgan Chase within the Corporate Technology Digital Document Management 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.

Requirements

Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience
Experience leading development effort, developers and providing full end to end solutions
Experience with ReactJS/AngularJS or similar UI technologies
Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
Advanced in one or more programming language(s) - Java/J2EE, Python
Hands on experience AI/ML based tools Open AI, Claude, Gemini, Copilot etc.
Proficiency in automation and continuous delivery methods e.g. Jenkins
Hands on with relational databases e.g. Oracle or PostGreSQL & No-SQL DBs - MongoDB
Agile based software development experience
Demonstrated proficiency in software development using cloud (AWS, Kubernetes or Azure), artificial intelligence, machine learning, etc.)
A thinker of good architecture, design, resiliency and stability in the software

Nice To Haves

Experience in financial services, especially investment banking or credit risk operations
Expertise in agentic AI frameworks, prompt optimization, and fine-tuning SLMs
Familiarity with distributed computing, data sharing, and DDP training
Experience in design/code reviews and mentoring teams

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