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Grow your skills and make a difference with a collaborative team.\nAs a Senior Lead Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within the CORPORATE TECHNOLOGY team, you will design, develop, and deliver innovative software solutions. You will collaborate with an agile team to enhance technology products in a secure and scalable way. You will gain hands-on experience across the software development lifecycle. 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