Sr Lead Software Engineer

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture, system design, component design, integration patterns, and end-to-end implementation of complex software solutions.
• Deliver production AI and agentic applications using ADK and LangGraph, including orchestration workflows, tool or function calling, and multi-step stateful graphs.
• Define and enforce REST and contract-first API standards, including versioning, backward compatibility, usability, and reliability.
• Lead UI engineering for scalable, performant, accessible, and consistent user experiences.
• Write secure, high-quality production code and establish standards through design reviews, code reviews, and reference implementations.
• Drive resiliency and operational readiness through performance tuning, observability, incident response, and remediation of recurring issues.
• Build AI application quality controls and production guardrails.
• Partner with Product, Design, Security, SRE, and engineering teams to translate requirements into reliable APIs and user experiences.
• Improve CI/CD, test automation, security scanning, and dependency management practices.

Requirements

• Formal training or certification in software engineering concepts and 5+ years of applied experience.
• Expert-level Python proficiency and strong experience building enterprise backend services.
• Strong hands-on UI engineering experience with modern web applications such as React.
• Production experience building, operating, and maintaining AI applications using ADK and LangGraph.
• Strong experience in system design, application development, testing, and operational stability for production services.
• Experience designing and implementing APIs with FastAPI or an equivalent technology, including REST services and microservices.
• Deep understanding of software design principles and patterns for large-scale systems.
• Experience with relational databases such as Postgres and strong SQL fundamentals.
• Experience developing, debugging, and maintaining software in a large corporate environment.
• Understanding of CI/CD, application resiliency, performance engineering, and security-by-design.
• Ability to lead technical discussions, drive stakeholder alignment, and guide delivery plans and risk management.
• Ability to code in additional languages, learn technologies quickly, and guide others in adopting standards and best practices.
• Hands-on experience building and operating cloud applications on AWS.
• Hands-on experience with containers and CI/CD in production environments.

Benefits

• Competitive total rewards and role-based benefits eligibility; compensation details are provided during the hiring process.
• Health care coverage, on-site health and wellness centers, retirement savings plan, backup childcare, tuition reimbursement, mental health support, and financial coaching.
• Eligible roles may receive commission-based pay or discretionary incentive compensation in cash or forfeitable equity.
• JPMorganChase is an equal opportunity employer and provides reasonable accommodations.
• Work arrangement and contract duration are not specified.