JPMorgan Chase
Lead Software Engineer
$157K–$215K
San Francisco, CA · Full-time · Posted Aug 4, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years applied experience.
- Education
- Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts.
About the job
Leads engineering delivery for digital workflow platforms, including complex integrations and AI-enabled development capabilities, while guiding roadmaps, team practices, and production quality.
What you'll do
- Design, implement, and operate platform features and integrations; establish roadmaps and drive agile delivery.
- Build and operate assistant skills, MCP integrations, and agent patterns, with evaluation, guardrails, monitoring, and data-quality practices.
- Mentor engineers and uphold secure coding, reviews, testing, CI/CD, and production readiness; promote validated use of authorized AI tools.
What they ask for
- Formal training or certification in software engineering concepts and 5+ years of applied experience.
- Strong proficiency in Java and strong working experience with Python.
- Strong architecture, design, and engineering fundamentals, including OOD, design patterns, SOLID, and testing/TDD.
- Experience with SQL/PL-SQL and event messaging such as MQ/Kafka, and operating production services with CI/CD, observability, and reliability practices.
Nice to have
- ServiceNow experience, including familiarity with its data model.
- Experience with MCP operations, AI agent/RAG design, data privacy and security for agent workflows, or AWS/public cloud platforms.
Pay
USD 156,750.00-$215,000.00 base salary
Tools
Java, Python, SQL/PL-SQL, MQ/Kafka, MCP, ServiceNow, AWS
AI focus
Develops and operates AI assistant skills, MCP integrations, and agents; establishes evaluation, guardrails, monitoring, responsible-use practices, and team adoption of authorized AI-assisted engineering tools.
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