Lead Software Engineer - Python/React, Ansible, RHEL

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 Network Services Common Tooling 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.

We are seeking a Vice President, Software Engineering to lead the design, development, and support of automation-enabled software solutions.

This role requires deep Python expertise, strong React experience, hands-on knowledge of Ansible Automation Platform, and operational familiarity with RedHat Enterprise Linux (RHEL).

The VP will partner closely with internal customers/users, own production outcomes, and drive improvements in reliability, usability, and delivery practices.

Basic networking knowledge is preferred (e.g., DNS, TLS/certificates, connectivity troubleshooting).

Job responsibilities


* Own end-to-end delivery of software capabilities using Python (services, APIs, integrations, automation tooling) and React (UI workflows, API-driven front-ends).


* Drive design decisions and establish engineering standards (code quality, testing strategy, CI/CD patterns, release discipline).


* Build and scale automation and tooling capabilities to improve operational efficiency and user experience.


* Diagnose common integration and connectivity issues using basic networking fundamentals (e.g., DNS, TCP connectivity concepts, TLS/certificates), escalating to specialist teams when needed.


* 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.


* Develop and maintain automation solutions using Ansible Automation Platform (playbooks/roles, inventories, credential patterns, operational runbooks).


* Lead effective customer support practices: incident/ticket triage, prioritization, clear communications, root-cause analysis, and prevention plans.


* Troubleshoot issues on RHEL (service health, logs, permissions, performance basics) and coordinate resolution across partner teams.


* Partner with product, infrastructure/platform, security, and operat...