Lead Software Engineer - Java / Python - Public Cloud Engineering

We have an opportunity to impact your career and provide an adventure where you can push the limits of what’s possible.

The Cloud Engineering Acceleration team accelerates delivery of strategic public cloud platform solutions by providing agile, cross-functional engineering capability across Public Cloud Engineering. Our engineers partner with multiple platform component teams to help customers deliver reliably and securely.

We foster a culture of continuous improvement, growth, and talent development by investing in strong engineering practices through hands-on delivery, coaching, and collaboration across teams.

As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorganChase within Public Cloud Engineering, you are an integral part of an agile team that works to enhance, build, and deliver trusted technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable way. As a core technical contributor, you help set architecture direction, guide systems-level design, and drive engineering excellence as tools evolve and standards remain high.

Job Responsibilities

• Contribute to the design and implementation of platform services and infrastructure with an emphasis on architecture, integration patterns, and system reliability
• Develop, review, debug, and maintain secure, high-quality production code, applying engineering judgment to ensure it meets our standards regardless of whether it originates from you, a teammate, or an approved artificial intelligence tool.
• Identify opportunities to eliminate or automate remediation of recurring issues to improve operational stability across applications and systems
• Lead design reviews and architecture discussions to evaluate solutions, strengthen technical quality, and support scalable delivery
• Collaborate with teammates and partner teams to evaluate and adopt tools and frameworks that improve developer experience and platform quality
• Lead communities of practice across Software Engineering to increase awareness and adoption of new and leading-edge technologies
• Foster a team culture of diversity, opportunity, inclusion, respect, continuous improvement, and shared learning

Required Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and advanced applied experience
• Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
• Advanced proficiency in one or more programming languages, frameworks, or platforms such as Java, Spring, Go, Python, Terraform, or Kubernetes
• Practical cloud-native experience building and operating services on at least one public cloud provider, such as Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud Platform
• Proficiency in automation and continuous delivery methods
• Advanced understanding of agile methodologies such as continuous integration and continuous delivery, application resiliency, and security
• Ability to evaluate technical solutions with a customer-focused mindset and understand how engineering decisions impact users and business outcomes
• Strong communication skills with the ability to adapt messages for technical and non-technical audiences
• Willingness to use approved artificial intelligence tooling responsibly as part of the engineering workflow while applying critical judgment to validate quality, correctness, security, and performance

Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills

• Experience working in financial services or another highly regulated technology environment
• Experience contributing to public cloud platform services, developer platforms, or shared engineering capabilities
• Experience coaching engineers or influencing technical practices across teams
• Familiarity with responsible artificial intelligence use in engineering workflows, including secure handling of inputs and outputs
• Experience improving developer experience, platform reliability, or operational efficiency at scale