SRE - Lead Software Engineer

ZipRecruiter; England; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading financial services firm as a Lead Site Reliability Engineer. You'll enhance and deliver technology products while working with an agile team. Your expertise in Kubernetes and cloud platforms will be crucial in building scalable applications and driving innovation.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Execute software solutions and technical troubleshooting.
• Automate management of Kubernetes clusters.
• Drive decisions influencing product design and functionality.

Skills

Python

Golang

Java

Debugging

Troubleshooting

Education

Cloud Certifications

Kubernetes Certification

Tools

Kubernetes

AWS

GCP

Azure

Job description

Job DescriptionJob 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

• 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.
• Support the engineering teams in building fault-tolerant, scalable applications by engaging in design discussions, RFCs and code reviews.
• Drive decisions that influence the product design, application functionality, and technical operations and processes.
• Implement and regularly test DR strategies to ensure the highest level of resilience and fault tolerance of the platform.
• 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 that provide a secure, opinionated platform.
• Maintain and promote high-quality written documentation of assets, processes, and runbooks used by the team in their day-to-day operations.
• Contribute to a team culture of equity, respect, and collaboration.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Possess an up-to-date understanding of design patterns relevant to hosting and networking architectures.
• Proactively champion product development, driven by a desire to build truly exceptional products.
• Have a strong background working in Python, Golang, or Java, with experience leading significant projects or initiatives.
• Extensive experience working with Kubernetes and Cloud Platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure).
• Expertise in areas such as Database Administration, Networking, Observability Tools, or infrastructure automation.
• Ability to independently tackle design and functionality problems with minimal oversight.
• Excellent debugging and troubleshooting skills.

Additional qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Experience in Infrastructure Architecture design.
• Certifications in Cloud Platforms (AWS, GCP).
• Certified 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 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 value diversity and inclusion. We do not discriminate based on protected attributes, including race, gender, age, religion, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, or disability. We also make reasonable accommodations for applicants’ and employees’ practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical needs. Visit our FAQs for more information about requesting accommodations.

**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 covering personal and small business banking, 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 technologies to better serve our clients and customers.