Senior Lead Engineer – Payment Data Platform Infra

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Jersey City (NJ)

On-site

USD 180,000 - 240,000

Full time

14 days+

Application generator

Stand out for this role — generate a tailored resume and cover letter in about a minute.

Get past ATS filters

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase & Co. in Jersey City invites a Senior Lead of Software Engineering – Payment Data Platform Infrastructure to join an agile team focused on delivering trusted, scalable data products for payments.

You will lead design, development, and operational excellence across ClickHouse, AWS, and data-lake technologies. You will mentor engineers, drive infrastructure as code, ensure security, reliability, and cost optimization, and partner with analytics and product teams to solve complex

Qualifications

Formal training or certification in software engineering concepts and 8+ years applied experience.
Hands-on experience deploying and supporting ClickHouse in production (multi-node clusters).
Strong knowledge of ClickHouse internals and performance levers: MergeTree, parts/merges, partitions, primary key vs ordering key, compression, TTLs, sampling, distributed query execution.
Experience with ClickHouse Keeper / ZooKeeper coordination and cluster topology design.
Experience with Linux systems engineering and troubleshooting (CPU, memory, disk, networking).
Expertise in AWS cloud platform (S3, Lambda, EKS, DynamoDB, EventBridge, Kafka, Opensearch), big data technologies (Apache Spark, Glue, Redshift), and data lake/lakehouse architectures (Iceberg).
Experience with containerization/orchestration and automation (Kubernetes and Terraform).
Stays up-to-date with the latest AWS services, features, and best practices.
Contributes to software engineering communities of practice and events that explore new and emerging technologies
Experience leading adoption of agentic AI-enabled engineering practices (using enterprise-authorized tools within the work environment) across teams, including defining operating expectations (human-in-the-loop validation, quality gates), measuring outcomes, and ensuring secure handling of sensitive inputs/outputs.

Responsibilities

Executes software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting with ability to think beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions or break down technical problems
Produces architecture and design artifacts for complex applications while being accountable for ensuring design constraints are met by software code development
Deploy and operate ClickHouse clusters across environments (on-prem and/or cloud), including upgrades, scaling, backups, and disaster recovery.
Designs and implements scalable, secure, and cost-effective AWS infrastructure solutions.
Develops and maintains infrastructure as code (IaC) using tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, or AWS CDK.
Monitors and optimizes the performance, availability, and scalability of AWS infrastructure.
Implements and manages security best practices, including identity and access management (IAM), encryption, and network security.
Automates infrastructure provisioning, configuration, and deployment processes.
Identifies opportunities for cost optimization and implement strategies to reduce AWS spending.
Develops and maintain scripts and tools to enhance operational efficiency.
Stays up-to-date with the latest AWS services, features, and best practices.