Lead Software Engineer - Azure Cloud

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

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase, Houston, seeks a Lead Software Engineer within Corporate Technology. You will be an integral part of an agile team that enhances, builds, and delivers trusted market-leading technology products in a secure, scalable environment.

As a core technical contributor, you will drive solutions across multiple domains to support the firm’s objectives. Responsibilities include designing and delivering secure production code, leading vendor evaluations, advancing communities of practice,

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification in software engineering with 5+ years of experience.
• Experience leading technologists while coding in Python, Azure SDK, and SDLC.
• Experience with Azure & Google Services (Storage, Compute, IAM, Network).
• Terraform for IaC and Azure cloud-native experience.
• Proficiency with CI/CD, Jenkins, Spinnaker.
• Git version control experience.
• Azure policy and governance knowledge; security best practices.
• Design, development, testing, and operational stability delivery.
• Leading teams to solve complex technical items in your domain.
• Ability to coach teams toward strategic goals.
• Experience with hiring and developing talent.

Responsibilities

• Executes creative software solutions and analyzes complex problems.
• Develops secure production code and reviews others' code.
• Automates remediation to improve operational stability.
• Leads evaluation sessions with vendors and internal teams on architecture.
• Leads communities of practice to promote new technologies.
• Contributes to an inclusive team culture.

Skills

Python

SDLC expertise

Team leadership

Cloud fundamentals

Automation & CI/CD

Tools

Terraform

Jenkins

Spinnaker

Git

Azure SDK

Azure & Google Cloud Services

Docker & Kubernetes

Job description

We have an opportunity to impact your career and provide an adventure where you can push the limits of what's possible.

As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within Corporate Technology, 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
• Develops secure high-quality production code, and reviews and debugs code written by others
• 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, opportunity, inclusion, and respect

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification on software engineeringconcepts and 5+ years applied experience .
• Experience leading teams of technologists while working at code-level in Python, Azure SDK, and proficient in all aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle
• Experience with Azure & Google Services (Storage, Compute, Integration, IAM, Network)
• Terraform for Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and practical Azure cloud-native experience
• Proficiency in automation and continuous delivery methods, including CI/CD pipelines and tools such as Jenkins and Spinnaker
• Experience with version control systems such as Git
• Experience with Azure policy writing, testing , knowledge of security best practices in cloud environments, and a strong understanding of Azure policies and governance
• Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
• Experience leading technologists to manage and solve complex technical items within your domain of expertise
• Ability to guide and coach teams on approach to achieve goals aligned against a set of strategic initiatives
• Experience with hiring, developing, and recognizing talent

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Understanding of Azure AI services is a plus
• Azure and Google Cloud Certifications is a plus
• In-depth knowledge of the services industry and their IT systems
• Familiarity with containerization technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes