Lead Software Engineer, AI and Automation

JPMorgan Chase

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Jersey City, NJ
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23 days ago
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JPMorgan Chase & Co. is a global financial services firm and one of the largest banks in the world, offering investment banking, commercial banking, asset management, and consumer financial services.

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TL;DR · Lead Software Engineer, AI and Automation

As a Lead Software Engineer - AI and Automation within the Infrastructure Management AI and Automation Solutions Engineering team, you will serve as a core technical contributor in an agile environment. You will design, develop, and deliver secure, scalable technology products while managing the full software lifecycle for various automation and AI initiatives. Your daily responsibilities include creating high-quality production code, troubleshooting complex problems, and engineering agentic AI solutions that automate tasks through tool use and workflow execution. You will also lead technical evaluations with vendors and internal teams to improve operational stability. The role requires expertise in Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, Go, or SQL, along with experience in Kubernetes, CI/CD, and relational databases. You will drive the adoption of AI-assisted engineering practices while ensuring secure coding standards and robust observability across infrastructure platforms and operational tooling.

What you'll do

  • Develop high-quality, secure production code while reviewing and debugging code written by other team members.
  • Drive the adoption of enterprise-authorized AI-assisted engineering practices to improve code quality and delivery speed.
  • Engineer agentic AI solutions that safely automate tasks using tool execution, guardrails, and fallbacks.
  • Own the full software lifecycle for automation and AI initiatives from design and implementation to production support.
  • Develop services and workflows that integrate with infrastructure platforms, APIs, and operational tooling.
  • Identify and automate the remediation of recurring issues to improve the stability of software systems.
  • Lead evaluation sessions with vendors and internal teams to assess architectural designs and technical feasibility.
  • Define and implement observability metrics, SLOs, alerting, and incident playbooks for production systems.

What we're looking for

  • Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years of applied experience.
  • Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability.
  • Advanced proficiency in one or more programming languages: Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, Go, or SQL.
  • Demonstrated experience leading the use of approved AI-assisted software development tools and coaching others on safe, compliant adoption.
  • Strong proficiency in Python for building services and automation frameworks with working knowledge of JavaScript for tooling and integrations.
  • Strong SQL skills including designing data models and working with relational databases.
  • Hands-on experience deploying and operating workloads on Kubernetes.
  • Advanced understanding of agile methodologies, CI/CD, application resiliency, and security.
  • SRE and/or DevOps experience, including production operations and incident response (preferred).
  • Experience building automation for infrastructure/operations and agentic AI frameworks (preferred).
  • Familiarity with MCP, event-driven architectures, and working in regulated environments (preferred).

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