Lead Software Engineer, Athena Core Risk Team

We have an exciting and rewarding opportunity for you to take your software engineering career to the next level.

As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within the Athena Core Risk Team, you will be a seasoned member of an agile team, tasked with designing and delivering trusted, market-leading technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable manner. You will be responsible for implementing critical technology solutions across multiple technical domains, supporting various business functions to achieve the firm's business objectives.

Job responsibilities • Executes software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting with ability to think beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions or break down technical problems • Uses AI tools to accelerate design and development, and advance stability • Creates secure and high-quality production code and maintains algorithms that run synchronously with appropriate systems • Produces architecture and design artifacts for complex applications while being accountable for ensuring design constraints are met by software code development • Gathers, analyzes, synthesizes, and develops visualizations and reporting from large, diverse data sets in service of continuous improvement of software applications and systems • Proactively identifies hidden problems and patterns in data and uses these insights to drive improvements and optimizations in code and system architecture • Contributes to software engineering communities of practice and events that explore new and emerging technologies • Adds to team culture of diversity, opportunity, inclusion, and respect • Drives team adoption of enterprise-authorized AI-assisted engineering practices within the work environment to improve code quality, delivery speed, and operational outcomes (e.g., AI-assisted code review/refactoring, test strategy acceleration, incident/root-cause analysis support), while establishing consistent validation standards (secure coding, peer review, automated testing) and promoting reuse of effective patterns across the team. • Applies knowledge of tools within the Software Development Life Cycle toolchain, including enterprise-authorized AI-assisted development and automation capabilities, to improve the value realized by automation.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills • Formal training or certification on Computer Science concepts and 5+ years applied experience • Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or equivalent • Hands-on practical experience in system design, application development, testing, and operational stability • Proficient in coding in one or more languages - Python, Java • Need familiarity with cross-asset/cross-business platforms • Experience in developing, debugging, and maintaining code in a large corporate environment with one or more modern programming languages and database querying languages • Overall knowledge of the Software Development Life Cycle • Solid understanding of agile methodologies such as CI/CD, Application Resiliency, and Security • Demonstrated knowledge of software applications and technical processes within a technical discipline (e.g., cloud, artificial intelligence, machine learning, mobile, etc.) • Demonstrated experience leading effective use of approved AI-assisted software development tools (e.g., for coding, code review, test acceleration, troubleshooting) with the ability to set team expectations for validating AI outputs for correctness, performance, and security. • Strong understanding of responsible AI use in engineering workflows, including data sensitivity considerations, secure handling of inputs/outputs, and adherence to resiliency and security expectations; experience coaching engineers on safe, compliant adoption within delivery practices

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills • Overall knowledge of the financial services industry and their IT systems • Intermediate to advanced Python coding experience • Practical experience with AI development tooling • Exposure to cloud technologies

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