Lead Software Engineer - Java/Python/React/AI
JP Morgan
5 - 10 years
Jersey City
Posted: 05/06/2026
Job Description
We have an opportunity to impact your career and provide an adventure where you can push the limits of what's possible.
As a Lead Software Engineer - Java/Python/React/AI at JPMorgan Chase within the Corporate Technology Digital Document Management Team, you are an integral part of an agile team that works to enhance, build, and deliver trusted market-leading technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable way. As a core technical contributor, you are responsible for conducting critical technology solutions across multiple technical areas within various business functions in support of the firm’s business objectives.
Job responsibilities
- Executes creative software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting with ability to think beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions or break down technical problems
- Develops secure high-quality production code, and reviews and debugs code written by others
- Identifies opportunities to eliminate or automate remediation of recurring issues to improve overall operational stability of software applications and systems
- Leads evaluation sessions with external vendors, startups, and internal teams to drive outcomes-oriented probing of architectural designs, technical credentials, and applicability for use within existing systems and information architecture
- Leads communities of practice across Software Engineering to drive awareness and use of new and leading-edge technologies
- Adds to team culture of diversity, opportunity, inclusion, and respect
Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience
- Experience leading development effort, developers and providing full end to end solutions
- Experience with ReactJS/AngularJS or similar UI technologies
- Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
- Advanced in one or more programming language(s) - Java/J2EE, Python
- Hands on experience AI/ML based tools Open AI, Claude, Gemini, Copilot etc.
- Proficiency in automation and continuous delivery methods e.g. Jenkins
- Hands on with relational databases e.g. Oracle or PostGreSQL & No-SQL DBs - MongoDB
- Agile based software development experience
- Demonstrated proficiency in software development using cloud (AWS, Kubernetes or Azure), artificial intelligence, machine learning, etc.)
- A thinker of good architecture, design, resiliency and stability in the software
Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- Experience in financial services, especially investment banking or credit risk operations
- Expertise in agentic AI frameworks, prompt optimization, and fine-tuning SLMs
- Familiarity with distributed computing, data sharing, and DDP training
- Experience in design/code reviews and mentoring teams
About Company
JP Morgan Chase & Co. is one of the world's largest and most prestigious financial institutions, headquartered in New York City. It operates in over 100 countries, providing a wide range of financial services including investment banking, asset management, commercial banking, and wealth management.The company serves corporations, governments, institutions, and individual clients, offering expertise in areas such as mergers and acquisitions (M&A), securities trading, and credit management. Known for its global reach and financial strength, JP Morgan is a leader in innovation and sustainability within the banking industry.
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