Senior Lead Software Engineer

JPMorgan Chase; Jersey City (NJ); On-site; USD 171,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking financial institution as a Lead Software Engineer, where you will drive innovation and technical excellence. You will play a pivotal role in developing and delivering cutting-edge technology solutions that enhance operational stability and performance. Collaborate with agile teams to automate processes, improve reliability, and leverage cloud-native technologies. This position offers a unique opportunity to make a significant impact within the organization while enjoying a competitive compensation package and comprehensive benefits. If you are passionate about technology and eager to contribute to a dynamic environment, this role is perfect for you.

Benefits

Comprehensive health care coverage

On-site health and wellness centers

Retirement savings plan

Backup childcare

Tuition reimbursement

Mental health support

Financial coaching

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in software engineering and system design.
• Proficiency in Python and cloud-native application development.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and development of reliable software solutions.
• Implement best practices for scalability and performance.

Skills

Python

Unix Scripting

AWS

Terraform

Kubernetes

Data Analytics

Spark/Glue

CI/CD

Observability Tools

Software Development Life Cycle

Education

Formal training in software design

5+ years applied experience

Tools

Terraform

Jenkins

GitLab

Dynatrace

Datadog

New Relic

CloudWatch

AppDynamics

Splunk

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 the agile team, you play a crucial role in improving, developing, and delivering top-tier technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable manner. Your core technical contributions involve devising vital technology solutions across diverse technical areas within numerous business functions, all in support of the firm's business goals.

**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

+ Demonstrate deep proficiency in reliability, scalability, performance, security, enterprise system architecture, toil reduction, and other site reliability best practices with the ability to implement these practices within an application or platform

+ 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

+ Promotes continuous improvement of reliability, monitoring and alerting for our mission-critical microservices.

+ Reduce toil by automation, creating reliable infrastructure and tooling to expedite feature development.

+ Develop and add metrics to microservices, define user-journeys, SLOs and error budgets, and configure dashboards and alerts based on these.

+ Facilitate blameless post-mortems and ensure permanent closure of incidents

+ Engage with development team throughout the life cycle to help develop software for reliability and scale, ensuring minimal refactoring or changes; Design self-healing and resiliency patterns

**Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills**

+ Formal training or certification on software design concepts and 5+ years applied experience

+ Proficient in at least one programming language such as **Python** , and scripting language such as Unix Scripting

+ Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability

+ Experience developing cloud native applications on platforms like Terraform, Kubernetes, AWS, GCP

+ Experience in AWS Data Analytics platform and related services - S3, AWS Glue, RedShift, Athena, Lake Formation, Lambda etc

+ Experience in building data pipelines using Spark/Glue

+ Experience with continuous integration and continuous delivery tools like Jenkins, GitLab, **Terraform**

+ Experience in at least one observability tool such as Dynatrace, Datadog, New Relic, CloudWatch, AppDynamics, Splunk.,

+ Proficient in all aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle

+ Advanced understanding of agile methodologies such as CI/CD, Application Resiliency, and Security

+ Demonstrated proficiency in software applications and technical processes within a technical discipline (e.g., cloud, artificial intelligence, machine learning, mobile, etc.)

JPMorganChase, one of the oldest financial institutions, offers innovative financial solutions to millions of consumers, small businesses and many of the world's most prominent corporate, institutional and government clients under the J.P. Morgan and Chase brands. Our history spans over 200 years and today we are a leader in investment banking, consumer and small business banking, commercial banking, financial transaction processing and asset management.

We offer a competitive total rewards package including base salary determined based on the role, experience, skill set and location. Those in eligible roles may receive commission-based pay and/or discretionary incentive compensation, paid in the form of cash and/or forfeitable equity, awarded in recognition of individual achievements and contributions. We also offer a range of benefits and programs to meet employee needs, based on eligibility. These benefits include comprehensive health care coverage, on-site health and wellness centers, a retirement savings plan, backup childcare, tuition reimbursement, mental health support, financial coaching and more. Additional details about total compensation and benefits will be provided during the hiring process.

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.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Veterans

**Base Pay/Salary**

Jersey City,NJ $171,000.00 - $260,000.00 / year