Lead Software Engineer, Cloud

J.P. Morgan is a global leader in financial services, providing strategic advice and products to the world's most prominent corporations, governments, wealthy individuals and institutional investors.
Cloud
Staff Software Engineer
In-Person
5,000+ Employees
5+ years of experience
Finance · Enterprise SaaS

Description For Lead Software Engineer, Cloud

As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within the Commercial & Investment Banking - Markets Technology, you are 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. This role offers an opportunity to impact your career and push the limits of what's possible.

You will be working in the Commercial & Investment Bank, a global leader across banking, markets, securities services and payments. The team serves corporations, governments and institutions throughout the world, providing strategic advice, raising capital, managing risk and extending liquidity in markets across 100+ countries.

As a core technical contributor, you will be responsible for conducting critical technology solutions across multiple technical areas within various business functions. You'll work with cloud technologies, particularly focusing on transforming the Athena Core Platform to a resilient and scalable cloud-based architecture.

Key technical aspects include working with:

  • Cloud-native technologies and Kubernetes (AWS EKS)
  • Infrastructure as Code (Terraform)
  • Load balancing and service orchestration
  • Python and Java development
  • CI/CD pipelines and application resiliency

The role requires strong leadership skills to guide communities of practice and drive adoption of new technologies, while maintaining a focus on operational stability and security. You'll be part of a diverse, global team that values inclusion and respect, working on cutting-edge financial technology solutions.

This position offers the chance to work with enterprise-scale systems in a leading financial institution, combining technical expertise with business impact. You'll be at the forefront of cloud transformation initiatives, working with modern technologies while ensuring the highest standards of security and reliability required in financial services.

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Responsibilities For Lead Software Engineer, Cloud

  • Aligning technical strategy with other partner teams across the bank
  • Execute creative software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting
  • Partner with a global team of engineers through transformation of the Athena Core Platform
  • Identify opportunities to eliminate or automate remediation of recurring issues
  • Lead communities of practice across Software Engineering
  • Add to team culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and respect

Requirements For Lead Software Engineer, Cloud

Python
Java
Kubernetes
  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related disciplines
  • Minimum 5 years of experience in software engineering
  • Working knowledge of load balancing and service orchestration
  • Proficient in Python, Java
  • Advanced understanding of agile methodologies
  • Practical Cloud-native and Kubernetes experience
  • In-depth knowledge of Infrastructure as Code such as Terraform

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