Lead Software Engineer-Java with Agentic AI

Lead Software Engineer-Java with Agentic AI

Chicago, IL, United States and 1 more

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Job Information

Job Identification

210803690

Job Category

Software Engineering

Business Unit

Consumer & Community Banking

Posting Date

11/04/2026, 02:29 PM

Locations

10 S Dearborn St, Chicago, IL, 60603, US

8181 Communications Pkwy Bldg F, Plano, TX, 75024, US

Job Schedule

Full time

Job Shift

Day

Base Pay/Salary

Chicago,IL $137,750.00-$185,000.00

Job 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 JPMorganChase within the Consumer & Community Banking, 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 creative software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting with ability to think beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions or breakdown technical problems

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.

Lead the rollout of BDD and SDD practices across product and engineering teams

Build SDD tooling that derives contract checks, mocks, and validation from machine-readable specs (OpenAPI/Swagger, JSON Schema, AsyncAPI for Kafka) as the source of truth.

Develops secure and high-quality production code, and reviews and debugs code written by others

Identifies opportunities to eliminate or automate remediation of recurring issues to improve overall operational stability of software applications and systems

Leads evaluation sessions with external vendors, startups, and internal teams to drive outcomes-oriented probing of architectural designs, technical credentials, and applicability for use within existing systems and information architecture

Leads communities of practice across Software Engineering to drive awareness and use of new and leading-edge technologies

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 8+ years applied experience

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

Strong software engineer with hands-on experience using AI coding assistants/agents to design, implement, test, and debug production code

Proficient in Core Java, J2EE, and Spring Boot with strong coding skills.

Experienced in build and deployment processes

Knowledgeable in EKS, Kafka, and message parsers

Proficient in all aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle

Advanced understanding of agile methodologies such as CI/CD, Application Resiliency, and Security

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

Experience using AWS - EKS and Bedrock

AI-Agentic approach in automation

Experience in performance engineering is a plus