JPMorgan Chase
Lead Software Engineer - Python/Django
Plano, TX · Full-time · Posted Oct 9, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years of applied experience.
- Education
- Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts.
About the job
Leads development and operation of secure, scalable software and infrastructure, while advancing AI-assisted engineering practices across the team.
What you'll do
- Designs, develops, reviews, and troubleshoots production software; improves operational stability through automation.
- Promotes validated AI-assisted engineering practices and SDLC automation to improve code quality, delivery speed, and operational outcomes.
- Leads technical evaluations and engineering communities of practice to assess and share emerging technologies.
What they ask for
- Formal training or certification in software engineering concepts and 5+ years of applied experience.
- Advanced skills in one or more programming languages and frameworks, such as Python and Django; experience across design, development, testing, and operations.
- Proficiency in automation, continuous delivery, the SDLC, and agile methods including CI/CD, application resiliency, and security.
- Experience with containerized distributed applications, AWS infrastructure and Terraform, control-plane architecture, and financial-services IT systems.
Nice to have
- Experience with relational databases, particularly CockroachDB or similar distributed databases.
- Practical cloud-native experience.
Tools
Python, Django, AWS Cloud, Terraform, CockroachDB, CI/CD
AI focus
Drives adoption of enterprise-authorized AI-assisted code review and refactoring, test strategy acceleration, incident and root-cause analysis, and development automation, with validation standards including secure coding, peer review, and automated testing.
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