Lead Software Engineer - Python/Java Developer

About the role

Take on a crucial role where you'll be a key part of a high-performing team delivering secure software solutions.

As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorganChase within the Cybersecurity & Technology Controls team in Corporate Technology, you will be 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 will be responsible for conducting critical technology solutions across multiple technical areas within various business functions in support of the firm’s business objectives.

Job Responsibilities:

* Execute software solutions, design, development, and advanced technical troubleshooting, thinking beyond conventional approaches to solve complex problems. * Develop secure, high-quality production code, review and debug code, and automate remediation of recurring issues to improve operational stability. * Lead resiliency design reviews, deconstruct complex problems into actionable work for other engineers, and act as the main point of contact during major incidents. * Lead initiatives to improve reliability, stability, and performance of applications and platforms using data-driven analytics to enhance service levels. * Drive collaboration to identify comprehensive service level indicators, establish service level objectives and error budgets with stakeholders and customers. * Offer high-level technical expertise within one or more technical domains, proactively identifying and solving technology-related bottlenecks. * Document and share knowledge within the organization via internal forums and communities of practice, driving awareness and adoption of new technologies.

Required Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills:

* Formal training or certification in software engineering concepts and 5+ years’ applied experience. * Demonstrated proficiency in reliability, scalability, performance, security, enterprise system architecture, toil reduction, and site reliability best practices. * Advanced hands-on experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability. * Fluent in at least one modern programming language (Python, Java/Spring Boot,). * Advanced knowledge of software applications and technical processes, with emerging depth in one or more technical disciplines (e.g., cloud, distributed systems). * Proficient in automation and continuous delivery methods, including CI/CD pipelines. * Proficient with observability tools and service level objective alerting. * Proficient with container and orchestration technologies (ECS, Kubernetes, Docker). * Experience troubleshooting networking technologies and issues. * Practical cloud native experience. * Actively self-educates, evaluates new technology, and recommends suitable solutions.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills:

* Observability Tools (e.g. Splunk, Grafana) * Data Streaming Frameworks * AWS services * Kubernetes * Terraform