Lead Software Engineer - Python / Full Stack / Algorithm

Company: JPMorganChase
Location: Jersey City
Posted on: April 4, 2026

Job Description:

Description We have an opportunity to impact your career and provide an adventure where you can push the limits of what's possible. As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase, within the Asset & Wealth Management - GPB Technology team, you are an integral part of an agile team that works to enhance, build, and deliver trusted market-leading technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable way. As a core technical contributor, you are responsible for conducting critical technology solutions across multiple technical areas within various business functions in support of 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 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 to coding hygiene 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 Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5 years applied experience. Strong understanding of computer science fundamentals, algorithms, and data structures. Strong knowledge and practical experience with Python (Numpy, Pandas, etc.), Java, RESTful APIs, and Microservices architectures. Practical knowledge of CI/CD, Jenkins, and source code management tools such as Git and Bitbucket. Primary on server side programming with Java 17 and Python 3.12 Familiar with database SQL programming especially on composing complex SQL queries Experience working on Cloud platform (AWS/GCP or Azure). Experience working in an Agile/Scrum development environment. Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills Familiarity with modern front-end technologies. Practical experience with JavaScript technologies such as ReactJS or Angular, Vue.js. Strong understanding of component based architecture using React JS, enhancing code quality with TypeScript, closures and asynchronous programming using JavaScript, and building scalable, server-side applications using NodeJS. Hands-on professional experience in managing state within React applications, utilizing tools such as Redux and Context API to handle complex state logic and ensure seamless data flow across components. Exposure to cloud technologies - AWS, S3, EKS, IAM, Aurora Postgres, Lambda.

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