Lead Software Engineer - Java, Unix
About The Position
As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorganChase within the Corporate Technology pillar, you will contribute to an agile team building and enhancing secure, stable, scalable technology products in support of the firm's business objectives. The role involves delivering critical technology solutions across multiple technical areas and business functions, with an emphasis on infrastructure and system design, software development, operational stability, and Red Hat Linux environments. You will help drive adoption of enterprise-authorized AI-assisted engineering practices, establish standards for validating AI outputs, and promote reusable patterns. You will also identify opportunities to automate recurring operational remediation and lead evaluation sessions with vendors, startups, and internal teams to assess architecture and technical suitability. The role requires knowledge of financial services technology, cloud-native practices, the software development lifecycle, and secure, resilient engineering.
Requirements
- Formal training or certification in software engineering concepts and at least 5 years of applied experience.
- Hands-on experience delivering infrastructure and system design, application development, testing, and operational stability.
- Advanced proficiency in one or more programming languages.
- Demonstrated experience leading effective use of approved AI-assisted software development tools for coding, code review, test acceleration, and troubleshooting, and setting team expectations for validating AI outputs for correctness, performance, and security.
- Strong understanding of responsible AI use in engineering workflows, including data sensitivity, secure handling of inputs and outputs, and adherence to resiliency and security expectations; experience coaching engineers on safe and compliant adoption.
- Proficiency in all aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle.
- Advanced understanding of agile methodologies, including continuous integration and continuous delivery, application resiliency, Infrastructure as Code, and security.
- In-depth knowledge of the financial services industry and its information technology systems.
- Practical cloud-native experience.
- Hands-on experience implementing and supporting Red Hat Linux environments.
Nice To Haves
- Experience working in large-scale enterprise technology environments with complex infrastructure dependencies.
- Familiarity with platform engineering or internal developer platform tools and practices.
- Exposure to financial services regulatory and compliance frameworks as they relate to technology and infrastructure.
- Experience contributing to or leading architectural design reviews and technical standards development.
- Knowledge of advanced observability, monitoring, and incident response tools in production environments.
Responsibilities
- Execute software solutions, including Infrastructure as Code, design, development, and technical troubleshooting, using creative approaches to solve technical problems.
- Develop secure, high-quality infrastructure patterns, primarily in Red Hat Linux environments.
- Drive team adoption of enterprise-authorized AI-assisted engineering practices, including code review, refactoring, test strategy acceleration, and incident and root-cause analysis support; establish validation standards and promote reuse of effective patterns.
- Apply Software Development Life Cycle toolchain capabilities, including authorized AI-assisted development and automation, to improve the value realized from automation.
- Identify opportunities to eliminate or automate remediation of recurring issues to improve application and system operational stability.
- Lead evaluation sessions with external vendors, startups, and internal teams to assess architectural designs, technical credentials, and applicability to existing systems and information architecture.
Benefits
- Competitive total rewards package, including base salary based on role, experience, skill set, and location.
- Eligible roles may receive commission-based pay and/or discretionary incentive compensation in cash and/or forfeitable equity.
- Comprehensive health care coverage.
- On-site health and wellness centers.
- Retirement savings plan.
- Backup childcare.
- Tuition reimbursement.
- Mental health support.
- Financial coaching.
- Additional benefits and programs based on eligibility.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
