Sr Lead Software Engineer - Java/Python, Data Engineering
This role focuses on designing and implementing high-performance data infrastructure for JPMorgan Chase’s KYC and risk assessment platforms, requiring expertise in both Java and Python to build secure, scalable solutions. The engineer will lead cross-functional teams to optimize data workflows while ensuring compliance and real-time analytics capabilities.
Skills required
About this role
Join a team where your advanced engineering skills drive impactful solutions for a global financial leader. Grow your career while shaping the future of data-driven risk assessment.
Job summary
As a Senior Lead Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within the Corporate Sector Data Engineering team, you will deliver secure and scalable solutions that support the firm’s Global Know Your Customer (KYC) and Risk Assessment Data Platform. You will collaborate with talented colleagues to drive best-in-class outcomes and set engineering standards. Your leadership will help define architecture and practices across multiple teams. Together, we create trusted platforms that power the firm’s critical risk management initiatives.
Job responsibilities
- Develop secure, high-quality production code for data-intensive applications and platforms, and mentor other engineers
- Create durable, reusable software frameworks and patterns leveraged across teams and functions
- Design and govern agentic AI systems, including multi-agent workflows, tool-use integrations, and human-in-the-loop controls for regulated environments
- Establish engineering standards for LLM-based applications, ensuring safety, observability, and reproducibility at scale
- Drive adoption of advanced technical methods and practices aligned with industry standards and product development methodologies
- Advise cross-functional teams on technological matters within your domain of expertise
- Apply knowledge of tools within the Software Development Life Cycle toolchain, including AI-assisted development and automation capabilities, to improve automation at scale
Required qualifications, capabilities and skills
- Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience
- Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability at enterprise scale
- Hands-on experience designing and deploying production AI/ML systems, including LLM-based applications and agentic architectures with tool use, memory, and multi-step reasoning in regulated environments
- Expert in one or more programming languages, particularly Python and/or Java
- Advanced knowledge of software application development and technical processes, with considerable depth in one or more disciplines (e.g., cloud, AI/ML, data engineering)
- Experience in large-scale data processing, microservices, API design, Kafka, Redis, MemCached, observability tools (Dynatrace, Splunk, Grafana), and orchestration frameworks (Airflow, Temporal)
- Advanced working knowledge of relational and NoSQL databases, vector stores, data lake architectures, and data governance
- Practical cloud-native experience (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
- Ability to present and effectively communicate with senior leaders and executives
Preferred qualifications, capabilities and skills
- Experience with modern data platforms such as Databricks or Snowflake
- Deep hands-on experience with Spark/PySpark and other big data processing technologies
- Expertise in open-source table formats and catalog services such as Apache Iceberg
- Experience with LLM orchestration frameworks and model serving infrastructure or managed endpoints (AWS Bedrock, Azure OpenAI)
