Lead Software Engineer - AWS / Python / AI

JPMorganChase is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to join the Commercial & Investment Bank - Applied AL/ML team in Houston. This onsite role centers on delivering secure, scalable technology while acting as a core technical contributor and championing AI-assisted engineering practices across the team to enhance code quality, delivery velocity, and operational resilience.

Responsibilities

• Designs and implements inventive software solutions, handling development and troubleshooting with the ability to tackle problems beyond routine approaches.
• Produces secure, production-grade code and reviews or debugs code written by peers.
• Drives adoption of enterprise approved AI-assisted engineering practices to improve code quality, delivery speed, and operational outcomes, including AI-assisted code review, refactoring, faster test strategies, and incident/root-cause analysis support; establishes consistent validation standards and promotes reusable patterns across the team.
• Utilizes the Software Development Life Cycle toolchain, including enterprise AI-enabled development and automation capabilities, to maximize automation value.
• Identifies opportunities to automate recurring remediation tasks to improve overall software stability.
• Leads evaluation sessions with external vendors, startups, and internal teams to probe architectural designs and applicability within existing systems and information architecture.
• Leads communities of practice across Software Engineering to drive awareness and use of new and leading-edge technologies.
• Contributes to a team culture that emphasizes diversity, opportunity, inclusion, and respect.

Requirements

• Formal training or certification in software engineering concepts with five or more years of applied experience.
• Hands-on experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability.
• Advanced proficiency in Python.
• Proven experience leading effective use of approved AI-assisted development tools, with the ability to set team expectations for validating AI outputs for correctness, performance, and security.
• Strong understanding of responsible AI use in engineering workflows, including data sensitivity, secure input/output handling, and adherence to resiliency and security standards; ability to coach engineers on safe, compliant adoption within delivery practices.
• Extensive experience building and operating AWS public cloud based applications.
• Proficiency in automation and continuous delivery methods across all aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle.
• Experience with pipelines and DAGs for data processing and machine learning.
• Demonstrated proficiency in software applications and technical processes within a technical discipline such as cloud, AI, and machine learning.
• In-depth knowledge of the financial services industry and its IT systems.

Technologies

• Python
• AWS

Benefits

• Comprehensive health care coverage
• On-site health and wellness centers
• Retirement savings plan
• Backup childcare
• Tuition reimbursement
• Mental health support
• Financial coaching

Job Description

This role offers a path to advance your career within a team focused on building trusted, market-leading technology products that are secure, stable, and scalable. As a Lead Software Engineer in the Applied AL/ML group, you will be a key contributor responsible for delivering critical technology solutions across multiple domains to support the firm’s business objectives in an agile environment.