Lead Software Engineer - Java, AWS, AI

JOB DESCRIPTION

Join us to build innovative platforms that empower research teams to deliver impactful insights. You'll lead technical direction, collaborate across product and engineering, and help advance our agentic software development lifecycle. This is your opportunity to influence strategy, foster a culture of excellence, and grow your career in a dynamic environment.

Job Summary

As a Lead Software Engineer in the Research Platform team, you will own end-to-end deliverables and architect platform-first solutions that address diverse stakeholder needs. You'll partner with product managers and engineering teams to translate complex business requirements into technical solutions. You'll champion best practices, mentor junior engineers, and contribute to the evolution of our technology strategy.

Job Responsibilities

• Lead and own end-to-end deliverables across the Research Platform
• Architect and design platform-first solutions that balance multiple stakeholder needs
• Collaborate with product managers and cross-functional engineering teams to translate complex business requirements into technical solutions
• Champion engineering best practices and help us evolve our fast-moving agentic SDLC
• Mentor and guide junior engineers, fostering a culture of technical excellence, continuous learning, and innovation
• Operate with a product-first mindset to execute effectively and efficiently
• Contribute to the evolution of the team's technology strategy by evaluating emerging tools and frameworks
• 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

• Proven ability to autonomously own complex engineering deliverables involving multiple teams and stakeholders
• Hands-on experience across the full stack and willingness to learn new technologies
• Demonstrated experience designing and deploying cloud-native applications on AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud
• Experience architecting scalable and resilient applications
• Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to manage and resolve complex technical challenges independently
• Hands-on experience using enterprise-authorized AI-assisted software development tools within the work environment (e.g., for coding, test creation, troubleshooting, or documentation) with demonstrated ability to critically evaluate, validate, and refine AI-generated outputs for correctness, performance, and security
• Understanding of responsible AI use in engineering workflows, including data sensitivity considerations, secure handling of inputs/outputs, and adherence to resiliency and security expectations; ability to guide peers on safe and effective usage within team practices

Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills

• Experience working within financial services or regulated technology environments
• Understanding of financial research
• Experience delivering engineering outcomes using an agentic SDLC
• Ability to manage risk and controls across a technology portfolio

ABOUT US

J.P. Morgan is a global leader in financial services, providing strategic advice and products to the world's most prominent corporations, governments, wealthy individuals and institutional investors. Our first-class business in a first-class way approach to serving clients drives everything we do. We strive to build trusted, long-term partnerships to help our clients achieve their business objectives.

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.

ABOUT THE TEAM

J.P. Morgan's Commercial \& Investment Bank is a global leader across banking, markets, securities services and payments. Corporations, governments and institutions throughout the world entrust us with their business in more than 100 countries. The Commercial \& Investment Bank provides strategic advice, raises capital, manages risk and extends liquidity in markets around the world.