Lead Software Engineer - Agentic

The Lead Software Engineer - Agentic role at JPMorganChase, within the Corporate Sector, focuses on delivering secure, production-grade code and guiding architectural decisions across agentic and related domains to support the firm’s strategic objectives.

Responsibilities

• Develops innovative software solutions, participates in design, implementation, and debugging, and applies approaches that go beyond routine methods to resolve complex technical challenges
• Writes secure, production-ready code and conducts reviews and debugging of colleagues' work to maintain quality
• Identifies opportunities to automate repetitive remediation tasks to improve overall stability of software applications and systems
• Leads evaluation sessions with external vendors, startups, and internal teams to rigorously assess architectural designs, technical credentials, and suitability for integration with existing information architecture
• Champions communities of practice across Software Engineering to promote awareness and adoption of new and cutting-edge technologies
• Fosters an inclusive team culture that values diversity, opportunity, and respectful collaboration

Requirements

• Formal training or certification in Software Engineering and application development, plus 7+ years of hands-on experience
• Strong hands-on expertise in Python and/or Java with a track record of delivering secure, production-grade software
• Extensive experience building cloud-native solutions on AWS, including compute, storage, security/IAM, networking, and observability
• Solid background with LLMs and agentic systems, covering orchestration patterns, tool and function calling, retrieval, structured outputs, evaluations, and safety guardrails
• Experience developing data-intensive applications and workflows using Databricks (Spark, Delta, jobs/workflows)
• Proficiency in JavaScript/TypeScript and React for modern web application development
• Strong automation and continuous delivery expertise with disciplined SDLC practices (CI/CD, testing, code quality, release controls)
• Advanced understanding of agile delivery, application resiliency, and secure engineering practices
• Robust system design skills with the ability to make pragmatic trade-offs and secure stakeholder alignment

Technologies

• Python
• Java
• AWS (EC2, EKS, RDS, S3, Lambda, EMR, Glue)
• Databricks, Spark, Delta
• Snowflake
• PySpark, Hadoop, Airflow
• SQL
• JavaScript, TypeScript, React
• LLMs, agentic systems

Benefits

• Comprehensive health care coverage
• On-site health and wellness centers
• Retirement savings plan
• Backup childcare
• Tuition reimbursement
• Mental health support
• Financial coaching
• Commission-based pay and discretionary incentive compensation, paid in cash and/or forfeitable equity