Lead Software Engineer, Python, Observability

JPMorgan Chase

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Houston, TX
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49 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, Python, Observability

Lead Software Engineer - Python, Observability joins the Risk Corporate Technology team as a core technical contributor in an agile environment. This role involves designing, developing, and troubleshooting creative software solutions while building and maintaining Python services, scripts, and pipelines for data and AI use cases. The engineer will develop LLM-powered workflows, agentic systems with orchestration and guardrails, and implement comprehensive monitoring through logging, metrics, traces, and alerting. Key responsibilities include triaging incidents, writing efficient SQL for performance tuning, and driving the adoption of enterprise-authorized AI-assisted engineering practices to improve code quality and delivery speed. Required skills include Python, SQL, CI/CD, and security, alongside proficiency in observability tools like OTEL, Grafana, Splunk, and Dynatrace. The role focuses on building stable, scalable technology products while ensuring responsible AI usage and secure coding standards.

What you'll do

  • Build and maintain Python services, scripts, and pipelines for data and AI use cases.
  • Write efficient SQL for data analysis, validation, debugging, and performance tuning.
  • Develop and iterate on AI applications including LLM-powered workflows and agentic systems.
  • Triage incidents by reproducing issues, isolating root causes, and implementing technical fixes.
  • Create monitoring and observability infrastructure including logging, metrics, and alerting for services.
  • Drive team adoption of enterprise-authorized AI-assisted engineering practices to improve code quality and delivery speed.
  • Ensure responsible AI usage by enforcing security standards and data sensitivity protocols in engineering workflows.
  • Document system behavior, known failure modes, and standard support procedures.

What we're looking for

  • Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years of applied experience.
  • Minimum of 8 years of industry experience.
  • Strong Python engineering skills including data handling, APIs, concurrency basics, and packaging.
  • Advanced understanding of agile methodologies, CI/CD, application resiliency, and security.
  • Working knowledge of observability tools such as OTEL, Grafana, Splunk, and Dynatrace.
  • Strong SQL skills for analysis, validation, and performance tuning.
  • Demonstrated experience leading the use of approved AI-assisted software development tools and coaching engineers on responsible AI practices.
  • Experience building LLM solutions, agent frameworks, data pipelines (Airflow), or cloud/container technologies (preferred).

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