Lead Software Engineer - Enterprise Technology

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As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within the Corporate Sector's Chief Administrative Office Technology group, 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.

Job responsibilities

• Executes creative software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting with ability to think beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions or break down technical problems and to deliver reliable and high-performance services for storing and accessing large amount of data on cloud, e.g., AWS S3, and Databricks platform. 
• Develops secure high-quality production code, and reviews and debugs code written by others to build the next generation optimized queries and execution engine that is fast, scalable, secure and robust.
• Identifies opportunities to eliminate or automate remediation of recurring issues to improve overall operational stability of software applications and systems
• Leads evaluation sessions with external vendors, startups, and internal teams to drive outcomes-oriented probing of architectural designs, technical credentials, and applicability for use within existing systems and information architecture
• Leads communities of practice across Software Engineering to drive awareness and use of new and leading-edge technologies
• Adds to team culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and respect
• Deploy, orchestrate and operate hundreds of data pipelines that provides a higher-level abstraction, eliminates operational burdens and simplifies the complexity of real-world data engineering architecture.
• Automate and streamline Cloud infrastructure processes and DevOps tasks while improving self-service capabilities using public cloud platform (AWS) and open source technologies.
• Strategize and build automated deployment pipelines (CI/CD) using Shell/Python scripts or tools like Jenkins, Terraform and Spinnaker 
• Configure observability dashboards with automated alerts and monitoring and act quickly on any incidents.
• Promote security best practices and principles to ensure that the infrastructure and data is secured all time and contributes to software engineering communities of practice and events that explore new and emerging technologies.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience in software engineering and development
• Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability including deep understanding of data products and the ability to translate requirements technically.
• Advanced in one or more programming language(s) including full-stack capabilities, indicating a strong understanding of back-end services and Java / Python development as well.  
• Proficiency in automation and continuous delivery methods
• Proficient in all aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle
• Advanced understanding of agile methodologies such as CI/CD, Application Resiliency, and Security
• Demonstrated proficiency in software applications and technical processes within a technical discipline (e.g., cloud, artificial intelligence, machine learning, mobile, etc.)
• Practical cloud native experience
• Strong experience with the legacy ETL toolset used in GSS (Informatica).
• Proficiency in developing REST APIs, microservices, in the distributed environment. 
• In-depth knowledge of the financial services industry and their IT systems.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• 10+ years industry experience building and supporting large-scale distributed systems.
• 3+ years of direct experience with Databricks on AWS

JPMorganChase, one of the oldest financial institutions, offers innovative financial solutions to millions of consumers, small businesses and many of the world’s most prominent corporate, institutional and government clients under the J.P. Morgan and Chase brands. Our history spans over 200 years and today we are a leader in investment banking, consumer and small business banking, commercial banking, financial transaction processing and asset management.

We offer a competitive total rewards package including base salary determined based on the role, experience, skill set, and location. For those in eligible roles, we offer discretionary incentive compensation which may be awarded in recognition of firm performance and individual achievements and contributions. We also offer a range of benefits and programs to meet employee needs, based on eligibility. These benefits include comprehensive health care coverage, on-site health and wellness centers, a retirement savings plan, backup childcare, tuition reimbursement, mental health support, financial coaching and more. Additional details about total compensation and benefits will be provided during the hiring process.

We recognize that our people are our strength and the diverse talents they bring to our global workforce are directly linked to our success. We are an equal opportunity employer and place a high value on diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute, including race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital or veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. We also make reasonable accommodations for applicants’ and employees’ religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs. Visit our FAQs for more information about requesting an accommodation.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Veterans