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**Lead Software Engineer - Full Stack - Seattle, WA** - Lead senior-level team in designing, building, and managing secure, scalable, backend services & APIs using Python (Django/FastAPI) - Drive system design decisions and establish engineering standards, influencing tech choices through code reviews and mentoring - Conduct independent, responsible AI-assisted development and automate network service infrastructure - Enhance operational stability through automation, observability, and resilience across cloud services (AWS) - Collaborate with stakeholders, evaluate vendors, and contribute to an inclusive team culture valuing collaboration and continuous improvement - Requires 5+ years of software engineering experience, Python proficiency, and system design expertise. AWS, Django/FastAPI, CI/CD, and operational excellence skills a must.

Compensation: Not specified
City: Seattle
Country: United States

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Location: Seattle, WA, United States

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 team, you will take technical ownership of core services in a multi-vendor CDN control plane, partnering with stakeholders to deliver capabilities that improve performance, reliability, and safety. Youll design, build, and run production services, drive system design decisions, and strengthen engineering standards across the team. Youll contribute to an inclusive culture grounded in respect, ownership, and continuous improvement.

Job responsibilities

Design, build, and run secure, scalable backend services and APIs using Python with Django and/or FastAPI

Apply responsible AI-assisted development workflows to accelerate delivery while maintaining strong engineering discipline

Automate network services infrastructure and network provisioning workflows, including API integrations and (where needed) React-based user interface components

Lead system design efforts and produce clear architecture and design artifacts to support high-quality technical decisions

Improve operational stability by eliminating recurring issues through automation, enhanced observability, and resilient design

Review code, coach engineers, and raise standards across testing, continuous integration/continuous delivery, security, and reliability

Build and maintain high-quality delivery pipelines with automated tests, meaningful coverage, and pragmatic quality gates

Partner with internal teams and evaluate external vendors when it accelerates outcomes and aligns to the target architecture

Contribute to an inclusive team culture that values collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience

5+ years of hands-on software engineering experience with ownership of production systems

Strong Python development skills, including writing well-tested, maintainable code

Experience building and maintaining APIs using Django and/or FastAPI (or similar frameworks)

Strong system design skills across distributed services, data stores (relational and NoSQL), and messaging systems (for example, RabbitMQ)

Practical experience running services in the cloud, including Amazon Web Services patterns and services

Solid understanding of secure software development lifecycle practices, continuous integration/continuous delivery, and operational excellence (monitoring, alerting, incident response, resiliency)

Demonstrated ability to lead through influence via code reviews, technical decision-making, and mentoring within a team

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

Infrastructure as Code experience (Terraform preferred)

Experience with content delivery network, web application firewall, and edge security providers (for example, Cloudflare or Akamai)

Familiarity with modern front-end development using React

Experience using AI-assisted coding and design tools in production environments with appropriate security and quality controls

Experience building in regulated environments and delivering to strong risk and security controls

Carry out critical tech solutions across multiple technical areas as an integral part of an agile team

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