Senior Software Engineering Manager: Java, AWS & DevOps

Testing Site - JPMC; Plano (TX); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase is seeking a Manager of Software Engineering within the Asset and Wealth Management Technology & Operations team. You will lead an agile group delivering trusted market-leading technology in a secure, scalable way.

Responsibilities include collaborating with engineers, building Java-based microservices, utilizing Kafka and Kubernetes, and driving architecture discussions. Strong coaching, real-time data, and cloud experience are essential.

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience.
• 8+ years of software development experience.
• 5+ years of software engineering experience building distributed systems with large data volumes and real-time distribution.
• Solid Java proficiency with a strong willingness to code hands-on.
• Practical understanding of CI/CD, DevOps toolchains, and agile, test-driven delivery.
• Hands-on experience with reactive, non-blocking, streaming Java; microservices; domain-driven design; and cloud technologies.
• Experience with Redis, Kafka; IBM MQ; and related messaging systems.
• Working knowledge of microservices, REST APIs, SQL and NoSQL databases, and event-driven architectures.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with engineers to design, build, and deploy applications aligned with business and functional requirements.
• Contribute to Java-based microservices using streaming, non-blocking, and reactive programming paradigms; write production-quality code.
• Work with Kafka, IBM MQ, Kubernetes (K8s), Redis, Amazon MSK, and AWS services to deliver scalable, efficient systems.
• Support domain-driven design adoption and participate in architectural discussions.
• Contribute to technical documentation and service APIs (Swagger/OpenAPI), ensuring strong logging, auditability, security, and monitoring.
• Participate in API design sessions and help select appropriate design patterns and integration approaches.
• Engage in code reviews; promote TDD/BDD practices to ensure maintainability and quality.
• Assist in demonstrating service scalability and resilience using mock frameworks, performance testing and related tools.
• Lead communities of practice across Software Engineering to promote awareness and use of new and leading-edge technologies
• Add to team culture of diversity, opportunity, inclusion, and respect.

Skills

Java

Distributed systems

Microservices

CI/CD

Reactive Java

Cloud technologies

Kafka

Kubernetes

Redis

SQL/NoSQL

REST APIs

TDD/BDD

Code reviews

Tools

Swagger/OpenAPI

Job description

JPMorgan Chase is seeking a Manager of Software Engineering within the Asset and Wealth Management Technology & Operations team. You will lead an agile group delivering trusted market-leading technology in a secure, scalable way.

Responsibilities include collaborating with engineers, building Java-based microservices, utilizing Kafka and Kubernetes, and driving architecture discussions. Strong coaching, real-time data, and cloud experience are essential.