Sr. Lead Software Engineer - AI/ML

JPMorgan Chase & Co. • Houston, TX

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About The Position

As a Senior Lead Software Engineer at JPMorganChase within the Commercial and
Investment Banking, 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. Drive significant business impact through your
capabilities and contributions, and apply deep technical expertise and
problem-solving methodologies to tackle a diverse array of challenges that span
multiple technologies and applications.

Requirements

• Formal training in software engineering concepts and 10+ years of applied experience.
• Extensive experience building and operating AWS/public cloud–based applications.
• Strong Python programming skills.
• Proven hands‑on delivery across system design, application development, testing, and operational stability.
• Proficiency in automation, CI/CD, and all aspects of the SDLC.
• Experience with pipelines and DAGs for data processing and/or machine learning.
• Demonstrated proficiency in cloud and AI/ML software practices.
• Strong problem‑solving, communication, and stakeholder collaboration skills.
• Familiarity with MLOps practices and tooling.
• Experience driving adoption of AI engineering tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot) for JIRA, documentation, coding, and releases, with measurable productivity and quality gains.

Nice To Haves

• Experience leading a small team as tech lead and/or manager.
• Proficiency with AWS (hands-on): SageMaker, Bedrock, Glue, Redshift Serverless, DynamoDB, EventBridge, Step Functions, Lambda, ECS, EKS, Kinesis, CloudWatch
• Experience with Python, Terraform, GitHub Copilot, Airflow, Kubernetes, Docker, MLflow, Datadog, Dynatrace, MCP.
• Familiarity with JPMC platforms/tools (highly preferred): Jules/JET, GKP (Gaia Kubernetes), Fusion MLOps

Responsibilities

• Regularly provides technical guidance and direction to support the business and its technical teams, contractors, and vendors
• Develops secure and high-quality production code, and reviews and debugs code written by others
• Drives decisions that influence the product design, application functionality, and technical operations and processes
• Serves as a function-wide subject matter expert in one or more areas of focus
• Actively contributes to the engineering community as an advocate of firmwide frameworks, tools, and practices of the Software Development Life Cycle
• Influences peers and project decision-makers to consider the use and application of leading-edge technologies
• Adds to the team culture of diversity, opportunity, inclusion, and respect

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