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.

• Design and deliver software solutions that automate virtualized cluster

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+

distributed environments, with strong troubleshooting skills

• Experience with workflow orchestration at scale (any comparable orchestration

platform)

• Experience with Temporal or similar workflow orchestration frameworks used

• Automate configuration, patching, compliance enforcement, and operational

• Lead production-grade deployments by owning technical solutions, establishing

• Diagnose complex issues using structured troubleshooting methods, root-cause

• Identify recurring operational problems and implement durable automation to

• Establish effective, validated AI-assisted engineering practices to improve

• Define and improve engineering standards across system design, testing

• Document architecture and design decisions to improve auditability,

• Collaborate with global engineering partners to align on priorities,

influence technical direction, and deliver outcomes across teams

• Strong system design fundamentals, including API design, data modeling,

• Proficiency in Go, Java, or Python to build scalable, reliable server-side

• Experience using AI-assisted development tools responsibly, including setting

• Strong understanding of data sensitivity and secure handling practices when

• 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

• Experience developing and maintaining automated workflows in complex

• Familiarity with hypervisor environments such as VMware ESXi, Red Hat

• Experience building cloud-native services, including containerization,

• Demonstrated track record mentoring engineers and raising engineering

• Strong interest in innovation and continuous improvement, including practical

applications of AI to accelerate engineering outcomes

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.

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.