Lead Software Engineer - Security & Privileged Access

About This Role

As a Lead Software Engineer - Security and Privileged Access at JPMorgan Chase within Corporate Technology's Identity and Access Management team, you will be an integral part of an agile team that enhances, builds, and delivers trusted market-leading technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable manner. You will be responsible for conducting critical technology solutions across multiple technical areas within various business functions in support of the firm’s objectives.

Responsibilities

• Execute creative software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting with the ability to think beyond routine approaches to build solutions or break down technical problems
• Develop secure high-quality production code, and review and debug code written by others
• Identify opportunities to eliminate or automate remediation of recurring issues to improve overall operational stability of software applications and systems
• Lead 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
• Lead communities of practice across Software Engineering to drive awareness and use of new and leading-edge technologies
• Drive team adoption of enterprise-authorized AI-assisted engineering practices to improve code quality, delivery speed, and operational outcomes while establishing consistent validation standards and promoting reuse of effective patterns across the team
• Apply 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
• Contribute to a culture of diversity, opportunity, inclusion, and respect

Requirements

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years of applied experience
• Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
• Advanced knowledge in Java and Shell Scripting programming languages; strong design and Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) skills
• Experience working on Linux-based systems; demonstrate proficiency in automation and continuous delivery methods
• Experience in authentication, authorization, encryption, and role and attribute-based access controls (RBAC and ABAC)
• Advanced understanding of agile methodologies, including CI/CD, application resiliency, and security
• Practical experience with cloud-native technologies and real-time messaging
• Experience working with SQL and NoSQL databases within disciplines such as cloud, artificial intelligence, machine learning, or mobile