Drimva

JPMorgan Chase

Lead Software Engineer - Python/ Java/ AWS

$157K–$215K

Jersey City, NJ · Full-time · Posted Aug 6, 2026

Experience
5+ years of applied software engineering experience.
Education
Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts.

About the job

Builds and operates critical software for Asset and Wealth Management, while leading engineering practices, reliability, security, and responsible use of AI-assisted development tools.

What you'll do

  • Design, develop, troubleshoot, review, and debug secure production software.
  • Lead team adoption of approved AI-assisted engineering practices, with validation standards for correctness, performance, and security.
  • Improve operational stability and evaluate technology designs and vendors for use within existing systems.

What they ask for

  • Formal training or certification in software engineering concepts and 5+ years of applied software engineering experience.
  • Knowledge of modern architectures and patterns, including microservices, REST APIs, event-driven design, and NoSQL data stores; experience building cloud-native applications and services and working with AWS or a comparable cloud platform.
  • Experience delivering at least two large, complex applications end-to-end, from initial build through production delivery.
  • Working knowledge of CI/CD and DevOps toolchains, observability and monitoring, test-driven development, and agile delivery; experience leading approved AI-tool use and responsible adoption.

Nice to have

  • Experience designing and building high-availability system architectures.
  • Ability to drive engineering process improvements and change adoption.

Pay

USD 156,750.00-$215,000.00 base salary

Tools

Python, Java, AWS, microservices, REST APIs, NoSQL, CI/CD, OpenAPI/Swagger

AI focus

Leads responsible adoption of approved AI-assisted engineering tools for coding, code review, test acceleration, troubleshooting, and incident/root-cause analysis, including validation and secure handling of sensitive data.

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