Lead Software Engineer - Python

JPMorgan Chase & Co.•Houston, TX

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 at JPMorganChase within the Commercial and Investment Bank - Prime Finance Technology, 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
Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
Strong proficiency in Python, backend API with the ability to write clean, scalable, and production-ready code
Strong in Database - SQL and strong in designing Architecture
Proven ability to collaborate effectively within cross-location teams, bridging business and technology stakeholders to achieve shared organizational goals.
A strong sense of ownership demonstrated through delivering measurable business impact, navigating obstacles, and driving work through to completion within a broader developer community sharing a common technology and codebase.
A passion for fostering an innovative culture, committing to continuous learning across technical skills, business acumen, and personal effectiveness, while mentoring and coaching junior engineers.
Familiarity with Agile development methodologies, including requirements elicitation, stakeholder relationship management, and end-to-end ownership of deliverables from concept through to production.
Advanced understanding of agile methodologies such as CI/CD, Application Resiliency, and Security
In-depth knowledge of the financial services industry and their IT systems

Nice To Haves

Hands-on experience with Agentic AI programming and a genuine passion for prompt engineering and agentic-based design patterns.
Proficiency in AWS services or demonstrated exposure to AWS

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