Lead Cloud Engineer — Athena Platform

Testing Site - JPMC; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorganChase is seeking a Lead Software Engineer within Merkets Technology to advance, build and deliver trusted market-leading technology products securely and at scale. You will contribute technically across multiple domains and collaborate with partner teams to align strategy and execution.

The role emphasizes cloud-native design, Kubernetes-based orchestration, and infrastructure-as-code practices to improve resilience and automation across the Athena Core Platform.

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience.
• Working knowledge of load balancing and service orchestration, both on-prem and in public cloud environments.
• Proficient in one or more general-purpose programming languages such as Python, Java.
• Advanced understanding of agile methodologies such as CI/CD, Application Resiliency, and Security.
• Practical Cloud-native and Kubernetes experience.
• In-depth knowledge of Infrastructure as Code such as Terraform.
• Add to team culture of diversity, opportunity, inclusion, and respect

Responsibilities

• Aligning technical strategy with other partner teams across the bank to deliver a complete and coherent experience for Athena Developers
• Execute 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
• Partner with a global team of engineers through a transformation of the Athena Core Platform to a resilient and scalable cloud based architecture
• Identify opportunities to eliminate or automate remediation of recurring issues to improve overall operational stability of software applications and systems
• Lead communities of practice across Software Engineering to drive awareness and use of new and leading-edge technologies

Skills

Software engineering fundamentals

Python

Java

CI/CD

Application resiliency

Security

Cloud-native

Kubernetes

Load balancing

Tools

Terraform

AWS

Job description

JPMorganChase is seeking a Lead Software Engineer within Merkets Technology to advance, build and deliver trusted market-leading technology products securely and at scale. You will contribute technically across multiple domains and collaborate with partner teams to align strategy and execution.

The role emphasizes cloud-native design, Kubernetes-based orchestration, and infrastructure-as-code practices to improve resilience and automation across the Athena Core Platform.