Lead Software Engineer - Automation & Development

Join a team where your engineering decisions directly improve platform stability, delivery speed, and operational excellence. You will build automation that scales, reduces recurring issues, and helps teams ship with confidence. If you enjoy solving complex infrastructure challenges with modern engineering practices, this role offers the opportunity to make a measurable impact. As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorganChase within Infrastructure Platforms in the Corporate Sector, you drive the design and delivery of resilient automation that improves how virtualized and container platforms are provisioned, updated, and operated. You own end-to-end technical outcomes, partnering across teams to reduce risk, increase reliability, and accelerate delivery. You apply strong engineering fundamentals and a practical approach to AI-assisted development to solve complex problems while maintaining high standards for security, performance, and quality. Job responsibilities

• Design and deliver software solutions that automate virtualized cluster lifecycle management from provisioning through decommissioning
• Automate configuration, patching, compliance enforcement, and operational controls through platform and infrastructure APIs
• Lead production-grade deployments by owning technical solutions, establishing runbooks, and driving operational readiness
• Diagnose complex issues using structured troubleshooting methods, root-cause analysis, and data-driven decision-making
• Identify recurring operational problems and implement durable automation to eliminate manual remediation and improve stability
• Establish effective, validated AI-assisted engineering practices to improve code quality, testing effectiveness, and incident resolution
• Define and improve engineering standards across system design, testing strategy, and service reliability for distributed systems
• Document architecture and design decisions to improve auditability, maintainability, and long-term scalability
• Collaborate with global engineering partners to align on priorities, influence technical direction, and deliver outcomes across teams

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience
• Strong system design fundamentals, including API design, data modeling, testing strategy, and operational stability
• Proficiency in Go, Java, or Python to build scalable, reliable server-side services
• Experience using AI-assisted development tools responsibly, including setting team validation standards for correctness, performance, and security
• Strong understanding of data sensitivity and secure handling practices when using AI-assisted workflows and developer tooling
• Hands-on experience with virtualization and automation concepts, including virtual machine lifecycle and core resource domains (compute, memory, storage, networking)
• Experience automating Kubernetes or Red Hat OpenShift cluster lifecycle and day-two operations, including upgrades and configuration management
• Experience developing and maintaining automated workflows in complex distributed environments, with strong troubleshooting skills
• Experience with workflow orchestration at scale (any comparable orchestration platform)

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Experience with Temporal or similar workflow orchestration frameworks used for large-scale automation
• Familiarity with hypervisor environments such as VMware ESXi, Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization, or kernel-based virtual machine (KVM)
• Experience building cloud-native services, including containerization, continuous integration and continuous delivery, and observability practices
• Demonstrated track record mentoring engineers and raising engineering standards through coaching, reviews, and technical leadership
• Strong interest in innovation and continuous improvement, including practical applications of AI to accelerate engineering outcomes

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.

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