Python, Cloud - Lead Software Engineer

JPMorgan Chase & Co. • Wilmington, DE

6h

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 JPMorgan Chase within the Chief Data and
Analytics Office, 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 experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability for AI services.
• Advanced proficiency in Python software engineering skills
• Proficiency in automation and continuous delivery methods; strong unit/integration testing discipline.
• Proficient in all aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle and secure coding practices.
• Advanced understanding of CI/CD, application resiliency, and security for AI applications.
• Practical cloud‑native experience (GCP/AWS/Azure) and microservices/API design.
• Demonstrated experience with any of these AI platform (Bedrock, Foundry, Vertex AI) SDKs/REST APIs, prompt engineering, and model evaluation.
• DevOps: CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code, containerization/orchestration, observability, and cloud platforms.

Nice To Haves

• Terraform is a plus

Responsibilities

• Execute creative software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting for AI‑enabled applications.
• Develop secure, high‑quality production code; review and debug SDK and service integrations.
• Identify and automate remediation of recurring issues to improve reliability of AI features and services.
• Lead evaluation sessions with vendors and internal teams on model capabilities, safety, and integration patterns.
• Lead communities of practice to share prompt engineering, evaluation methods, and SDK best practices.
• Add to team culture of diversity, opportunity, inclusion, and respect.
• Build and ship AI‑powered features using  AI (Bedrock, Foundry, Vertex AI), including prompt design, function calling, and SDK/REST integrations.
• Fine‑tune and deploy models; manage Model Registry and rollout across environments (online/batch inference).
• Implement input/output safety (guardrails, moderation) and comprehensive LLM usage logging/monitoring.

Benefits

• 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed