Software Engineer III - AWS Architecture

TwinThread; Plano (TX); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive health care coverage

Retirement savings plan

Tuition reimbursement

Backup childcare

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase is seeking a Software Engineer III in Plano, Texas to design and deliver market-leading technology products using AWS architectures. Candidates should have over 5 years of experience in AWS, focusing on event-driven systems and operational stability.

The role involves working within an agile team to ensure software solutions are secure, scalable, and effective in meeting business objectives. The company offers a competitive salary, benefits, and values diversity and inclusion.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on experience in large-scale AWS architectures.
• Experience with serverless systems and messaging patterns.
• Solid understanding of CI/CD and application security.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop AWS-based technology solutions.
• Execute software solutions and troubleshoot complex issues.
• Identify and solve hidden problems through data insights.

Skills

AWS Lambda

Kubernetes/EKS

Serverless systems

RDS/PostgreSQL tuning

Event-driven architecture

Agile methodologies

Data visualization

Performance tuning

Job description

We have an exciting and rewarding opportunity for you to take your software engineering career to the next level.

As a Software Engineer III at JPMorgan Chase within the AWM LOB, you serve as a seasoned member of an agile team to design and deliver large‑scale trusted market‑leading technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable way on AWS Cloud. You are responsible for designing, developing and deploying critical AWS based technology solutions across multiple technical areas in support of the firm’s business objectives.

Job responsibilities

• Distributed data processing (Spark), schema governance, and data quality controls
• Design and develop messaging patterns with SQS/SNS, DLQs, idempotency, and exactly‑once/effective‑once processing
• RDS/PostgreSQL performance tuning, partitioning, and high availability
• OpenSearch operations, indexing strategy, and cost/performance optimization
• End‑to‑end observability (metrics, logs, traces), on‑call readiness, and incident response
• 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
• Creates secure and high‑quality production code and maintains algorithms that run synchronously with appropriate systems
• Produces architecture and design artifacts for complex applications while being accountable for ensuring design constraints are met by software code development
• Gathers, analyzes, synthesizes, and develops visualizations and reporting from large, diverse data sets in service of continuous improvement of software applications and systems
• Proactively identifies hidden problems and patterns in data and uses these insights to drive improvements to coding hygiene and system architecture
• Contributes to software engineering communities of practice and events that explore new and emerging technologies

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• 5+ years hands‑on practical experience in system design, application development, testing, and operational stability for large‑scale, event‑driven AWS architectures using AWS Lambda, Kubernetes/EKS and ECS workload orchestration, scaling, and resiliency
• Design and develop serverless systems (Lambda), cold start mitigation, and observability
• Designing, implementing and operating large‑scale, event‑driven AWS architectures
• AWS Lambda, Kubernetes/EKS and ECS workload orchestration, scaling, and resiliency
• Proficient in serverless systems like AWS Lambda using messaging patterns such as SQS/SNS and DLQs
• Experience in developing, debugging, and maintaining code in large corporate environments with modern programming languages and database querying languages
• Hands‑on experience with RDS/PostgreSQL performance tuning, partitioning, and high availability
• Solid understanding of agile methodologies such as CI/CD, application resiliency, and security
• Demonstrated knowledge of software applications and technical processes within a technical discipline (e.g., cloud, artificial intelligence, machine learning, mobile, etc.)

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Deep experience in cloud technologies and artificial intelligence models

We offer a competitive total rewards package including base salary determined based on the role, experience, skill set and location. Eligible roles may receive commission‑based pay and/or discretionary incentive compensation, paid in the form of cash and/or forfeitable equity. We also offer benefits such as 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.

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.

Design and deliver market‑leading technology products using large‑scale, event‑driven AWS architectures in a secure and scalable way as a seasoned member of an agile team.