Sr Lead Software Engineer, Architecture Lead

Company: JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Location: Columbus
Posted on: April 2, 2026

Job Description:

Description Be an integral part of an agile team that's constantly pushing the envelope to enhance, build, and deliver top-notch technology products. As a Senior Lead Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within the Corporate Technology, 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. Drive significant business impact through your capabilities and contributions, and apply deep technical expertise and problem-solving methodologies to tackle a diverse array of challenges that span multiple technologies and applications. Job Responsibilities: Provide software architectural guidance and direction to business and technical teams, contractors, and vendors, ensuring alignment with strategic goals. Design and develop secure, high-quality production code, while reviewing and refining code written by others to meet architectural standards. Lead architectural decisions that shape product design, application functionality, and technical operations, ensuring scalability and resilience. Serve as a subject matter expert in architectural design and contribute to the engineering community by promoting firm wide frameworks, tools, and best practices. Influence peers and project decision-makers to adopt innovative architectural solutions and foster a team culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and respect. Required Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills: Formal training or certification in software architecture concepts with 5 years of applied experience in architectural design. Hands-on experience in system architecture, application development, testing, and ensuring operational stability. Advanced proficiency in one or more programming languages and deep knowledge of architectural patterns and technical processes. Ability to independently tackle architectural design challenges with minimal oversight. Practical cloud-native architectural experience and a background in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Mathematics, or a related technical field. Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills: Experience with microservices architecture and containerization technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes. Familiarity with DevOps practices and tools, including CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure as code. Expertise in designing and implementing distributed systems and cloud-based architectures. Knowledge of security best practices and experience in implementing secure design principles. Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to articulate complex architectural concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders. Experience in leading cross-functional teams and driving architectural initiatives across an organization

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