Lead Software Engineer - Java, Go

Join JPMorgan Chase as a Lead Software Engineer within Infrastructure Platforms, Enterprise Production Automation Services (EPAS), where you will help build the automation platforms that keep the firm running securely, reliably, and at scale. This role is ideal for an experienced Java and Go engineer who enjoys leading technical design, developing resilient backend services and APIs, and delivering enterprise automation capabilities across products such as AaaS, Ansible Automation Platform, AutoM8, event-driven automation, and AI-enabled service management. You will work with technologies including Java, Spring Boot, Go, Kubernetes, Terraform, Ansible, PostgreSQL, CockroachDB, Redis, CI/CD tooling, public cloud services, and observability platforms to solve complex engineering challenges and improve operational stability across critical infrastructure services. As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within Infrastructure Platforms, Enterprise Production Automation Services (EPAS), you are an integral part of an agile engineering team that enhances, builds, and delivers trusted technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable way. EPAS delivers Day 2 operational automation, workflow orchestration, event-driven automation, AI/ML-enabled service management, and platform tooling that support Incident, Change, Problem, Crisis, and Production Management processes across the firm. This role has a primary focus on Java and Go software engineering, building resilient backend services, APIs, distributed systems, automation capabilities, and platform tooling that enable enterprise-scale automation and operational stability. About EPAS / Infrastructure Platforms EPAS provides process and event-driven automation, user-driven run book automation, workflow orchestration, microservice APIs, and AI/ML capabilities as part of a wider Hyper Automation offering for Infrastructure Platforms. Key product areas include Automation as a Service (AaaS), Ansible Automation Platform (AAP), AutoM8, hybrid cloud automation, public cloud and mainframe enablement, SRE and observability capabilities, and AI-driven service management accelerators.

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 ensuring design constraints are met by software code development. Lead the design and development of Java and Go-based services, APIs, automation tooling, and distributed platform capabilities across EPAS products such as AaaS, AAP, AutoM8, event-driven automation, and AI/ML-enabled service management. Engineer capabilities that support key EPAS initiatives, including NextGen Automation migration to AAP, AutoM8 UI and AppStore enablement, hybrid public cloud automation, mainframe automation, RHEL lifecycle upgrades, Moneta boot upgrades, and AI-driven automation use cases such as AaaS MCP, VersionUp, IntelliPatch, and AaaS Utilities. Drives decisions that influence the product design, application functionality, and technical operations and processes. 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.