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JPMorganChase

Senior Lead Software Engineer - Java, AWS & AI Platform Services

jersey city, NJ

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JPMorganChase lists this Senior Lead Software Engineer - Java, AWS & AI Platform Services opportunity in jersey city, New Jersey. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.

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Job Description

Join JPMorganChase's Machine Learning Center of Excellence - where cutting-edge engineering meets real-world impact at global scale.

As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorganChase within the Corporate Sector - Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Data Platforms and Machine Learning Center of Excellence team, you serve as a seasoned member of an agile team to design and deliver trusted, market-leading technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable way. You are responsible for carrying out critical technology solutions across multiple technical areas within various business functions in support of the firm's business objectives. You will collaborate with a multi-disciplinary community of experts focused exclusively on machine learning, working with cutting-edge techniques in disciplines such as deep learning and reinforcement learning.

Job Responsibilities

Design, develop, and maintain production-grade Python services and APIs that power high-impact machine learning platforms at enterprise scale

Architect and implement high-throughput, low-latency distributed systems within Amazon Web Services (AWS) environments to support critical business workloads

Build and manage scalable cloud-native applications leveraging AWS technologies including Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS), Elastic Container Service (ECS), Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka (MSK), Simple Queue Service (SQS), and S3

Develop reusable service frameworks, shared libraries, and modular application components that accelerate engineering delivery across teams

Design and implement infrastructure-as-code solutions using Terraform and CloudFormation to enable repeatable, auditable, and scalable deployments

Create and maintain monitoring, alerting, and observability solutions utilizing platforms such as Datadog, Dynatrace, and Splunk to ensure operational excellence

Deploy and support applications in production environments while ensuring adherence to service-level objectives and service-level agreements

Implement secure-by-design engineering practices, automated testing, and deployment strategies including blue/green and canary releases

Review code, provide architectural guidance, and mentor engineers on software engineering best practices to elevate team capability

Collaborate with product managers, platform engineering teams, and site reliability engineers to deliver scalable, business-aligned solutions

Drive adoption of enterprise-approved AI-assisted engineering practices to improve code quality, operational excellence, troubleshooting, and delivery efficiency

Required Qualifications, Capabilities, And Skills

Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience

Advanced proficiency in Python programming, object-oriented design, and modular software architecture

Experience building and operating large-scale, high-performance cloud-native services within AWS environments

Hands-on experience with AWS technologies including EKS, ECS, MSK (Kafka), SQS, and S3

Strong experience implementing infrastructure-as-code solutions using Terraform and/or CloudFormation

Expertise in designing, deploying, and supporting distributed systems in production environments

Experience with observability, monitoring, logging, and alerting platforms such as Datadog, Dynatrace, and Splunk

Strong understanding of API design, microservices architecture, and scalable system design patterns

Experience implementing automated testing, CI/CD pipelines, deployment automation, and secure software engineering practices

Demonstrated experience utilizing approved AI-assisted software development tools for coding, code review, testing acceleration, troubleshooting, and operational support

Strong understanding of responsible AI usage, application security, resiliency requirements, compliance standards, and mentoring engineers on engineering best practices

Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities, And Skills

Strong knowledge of distributed systems reliability patterns, including resiliency engineering, self-healing architectures, backpressure management, and idempotency

Experience optimizing real-time and event-driven architectures at scale, particularly with Kafka-based messaging systems

Experience implementing end-to-end observability, automated operational runbooks, and proactive monitoring frameworks

Familiarity with CI/CD best practices, canary deployments, blue/green deployment strategies, and release automation within cloud environments

Familiarity with Generative AI and Large Language Model technologies and experience building engineering solutions that leverage AI/LLM platforms

About Us

JPMorganChase, one of the oldest financial institutions, offers innovative financial solutions to millions of consumers, small businesses and many of the world's most prominent corporate, institutional and government clients under the J.P. Morgan and Chase brands. Our history spans over 200 years and today we are a leader in investment banking, consumer and small business banking, commercial banking, financial transaction processing and asset management.

We offer a competitive total rewards package including base salary determined based on the role, experience, skill set and location. Those in eligible roles may receive commission-based pay and/or discretionary incentive compensation, paid in the form of cash and/or forfeitable equity, awarded in recognition of individual achievements and contributions. We also offer a range of benefits and programs to meet employee needs, based on eligibility. These benefits include comprehensive health care coverage, on-site health and wellness centers, a retirement savings plan, backup childcare, tuition reimbursement, mental health support, financial coaching and more. Additional details about total compensation and benefits will be provided during the hiring process.

We recognize that our people are our strength and the diverse talents they bring to our global workforce are directly linked to our success. We are an equal opportunity employer and place a high value on diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute, including race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital or veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. We also make reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs. Visit our FAQs for more information about requesting an accommodation.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Veterans.

About The Team

Our professionals in our Corporate Functions cover a diverse range of areas from finance and risk to human resources and marketing. Our corporate teams are an essential part of our company, ensuring that we're setting our businesses, clients, customers and employees up for success.

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