SRE - Lead Software Engineer

J.P. MORGAN; London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services firm seeks a Lead Site Reliability Engineer to enhance and deliver market-leading technology products. You will drive significant business impact by applying technical expertise and problem-solving methodologies in a dynamic team environment.

Qualifications

• Strong background in Python, Golang, or Java with significant project experience.
• Extensive experience with Kubernetes and Cloud Platforms.

Responsibilities

• Execute software solutions, design, and development.
• Automate the management of Kubernetes clusters.
• Implement DR strategies for resilience.

Skills

Python

Golang

Java

Debugging

Problem Solving

Education

Certification in Cloud Platforms

Certification in Kubernetes

Tools

Kubernetes

AWS

GCP

Azure

Observability Tools

Job description

We have an exciting and rewarding opportunity for you to take your software engineering career to the next level.

As a Lead Site Reliability Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within CCB, 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. Drive significant business impact through your capabilities and contributions and apply deep technical expertise and problem-solving methodologies to tackle a diverse array of challenges that span multiple technologies and applications.

Job responsibilities

1. Execute software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting with ability to think beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions or break down technical problems.
2. Support the engineering teams in building fault-tolerant, scalable applications by engaging in design discussions, RFCs and code reviews.
3. Drive decisions that influence the product design, application functionality, and technical operations and processes.
4. Implement and regularly test DR strategies to ensure the highest level of resilience and fault tolerance of the platform.
5. Automate the installation, upgrade, scaling, and management of a large and rapidly growing fleet of Kubernetes clusters. Develop custom platform control plane webhooks, CRDs, and operators to provide a secure, opinionated platform.
6. Maintain and promote high-quality written documentation of assets, processes, and runbooks used by the team in their day-to-day operations.
7. Add to the team culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and respect.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

1. Possess an up-to-date understanding of design patterns relevant to hosting and networking architectures.
2. Proactively champion product development, driven by a desire to build truly exceptional products, not just solve immediate challenges.
3. A strong background working in either Python, Golang, or Java, having used one of these programming languages to execute a significantly sized project or initiative.
4. Extensive experience working with Kubernetes and Cloud Platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure).
5. Expertise in one or more of the following areas: Database Administration, Networking, Observability Tools, or automation of infrastructure.
6. Ability to tackle design and functionality problems independently with little to no oversight.
7. Excellent debugging and troubleshooting skills.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

1. Experience in Infrastructure Architecture designs.
2. Certification in Cloud Platforms (AWS, GCP preferred).
3. Certification in Kubernetes.

About Us

J.P. Morgan is a global leader in financial services, providing strategic advice and products to the world’s most prominent corporations, governments, wealthy individuals, and institutional investors. Our first-class business in a first-class way approach to serving clients drives everything we do. We strive to build trusted, long-term partnerships to help our clients achieve their business objectives.

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.

About The Team

Our Consumer & Community Banking Group depends on innovators like you to serve consumers, small businesses, municipalities, and non-profits. You’ll support the delivery of award-winning tools and services that cover everything from personal and small business banking as well as lending, mortgages, credit cards, payments, auto finance, and investment advice. This group is also focused on developing and delivering cutting-edge mobile applications, digital experiences, and next-generation banking technology solutions to better serve our clients and customers.