Principal Software Engineer-KYC Risk Assessment at JPMorgan Chase
Houston, TX
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Aug 1, 2026
Houston, TX
Sep 24, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A hands-on senior engineering role on JPMorgan Chase's KYC and Risk Assessment Data Platform team, responsible for architecting and delivering large-scale, data-intensive applications and AI/ML systems — including LLM-based and agentic AI workflows — in a regulated financial environment. The role spans platform architecture, data engineering, and AI governance, with significant cross-team influence over engineering standards and technical strategy.
Senior level · 7+ years · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA · Full-time
Advertised as Principal, but the requirements read as Senior.
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 230 people in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 170–300
Applicant volume Light — Few people clear these requirements, so an application that does clear them gets looked at. Worth applying to even if you miss a nice-to-have.
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $170,499 (middle half $133,523–$210,499).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Aug 4, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (8)
The title says 'Principal' but the requirements — 7+ years of experience, enterprise-scale delivery, and cross-team influence — are consistent with a Senior engineer at a large institution. The role does not describe org-wide technical authority or a top-of-ladder position, so seniority is assessed as Senior despite the advertised title.
Python and Java are listed as a paired 'or' requirement ('Python and/or Java'); both are captured as required with each as the other's alternative.
Dynatrace, Splunk, and Grafana are listed together as observability tools in the required qualifications; each is captured separately as required.
Airflow and Temporal are listed together as orchestration frameworks in the required qualifications; each is captured separately as required, with the other as an alternative since they serve the same orchestration function.
Cloud platform requirement is 'AWS, Azure, or GCP' — captured as required with Azure and GCP as alternatives.
Databricks/Snowflake, Spark/PySpark, Apache Iceberg, and AWS Bedrock/Azure OpenAI all appear under Preferred qualifications.
No specific compensation figures are disclosed; the posting references a competitive total rewards package determined during the hiring process.
Location is not explicitly stated in the posting; JPMorgan Chase's Corporate Sector KYC roles are predominantly based in New York. The CBSA reflects that assumption.
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