Lead Software Engineer - Python, AI/ML

JPMorgan Chase
Plano, TX, United States2026-04-28

About the job

Be an integral part of an agile team that's constantly pushing the envelope to enhance, build, and deliver top-notch technology products. As a Senior Lead Software Engineer at JPMorganChase within the Consumer and Community Bank, you drive significant business impact through your capabilities and contributions, and apply deep technical expertise and problem-solving methodologies to tackle a diverse array of challenges that span multiple technologies and applications.

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

Qualifications

Minimum

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

Familiarity with agentic workflows and frameworks (e.g., LangChain, LangGraph, Auto-GPT)

Experience integrating AI/ML techniques into software systems, including familiarity with LLMs, Generative AI, NLP, RAG, AI evals and coding assistants

Managing and mentoring software engineering or AI/ML teams, with experience as a hands-on practitioner delivering production-grade solutions

Good understanding of data structures, algorithms, and practical machine learning frameworks (e.g., TensorFlow, PyTorch, Scikit-Learn)

Advanced proficiency in Java or Python for software system development; strong grasp of software engineering best practices, system design, application development, testing, and operational stability

Proficiency in automation, continuous delivery (CI/CD), and cloud-native development (preferably AWS)

Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability

Advanced understanding of agile methodologies such as CI/CD, Application Resiliency, and Security

Demonstrated proficiency in software applications and technical processes within a technical discipline (e.g., cloud, artificial intelligence, machine learning, mobile, etc.)

Preferred

Experience working at code level with advanced AI/ML business applications (e.g., LLMs, Generative AI, NLP)

AWS Certifications (Solution Architect Associate or Professional) are advantageous

In-depth knowledge of the financial services industry and their IT systems

Practical cloud native experience