Lead Software Engineer

Join the Athena Core Data & Storage Team at JPMorgan Chase, a dynamic group that handles millions of transactions per day. We are seeking a talented software engineer to contribute to the development and modernization of our globally distributed NoSQL database. This is a unique opportunity to grow your career, enhance your skills, and be part of a team that values innovation and collaboration.

As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within the Investment Banking and Athena Core, you will be a seasoned member of our team, tasked with designing and delivering trusted, market-leading technology products in a secure and scalable manner. Your role will involve implementing critical technology solutions across multiple technical areas within various business functions, all in support of the firm's business objectives.

Job Responsibilities

• 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
• Contributes to software engineering communities of practice and events that explore new and emerging technologies
• Collaborate with global international team of technical engineers and product owners
• Adds to team culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and respect
  
  

• Strong system design and algorithm optimization skills.
• Commercial development in imperative programming languages. Strong C++.
• Working knowledge of operating systems, including performance considerations and multithreading.
• Experience with debuggers and profilers and revision control tools.
• Strong system troubleshooting skills, solid understanding of Computer Science fundamentals.
• Creative, quick-thinking, pragmatic, with an aptitude for solving problems with technology and an ability to quickly translate requirements into a sound technical design and implementation.
• Solid understanding of NoSQL database principles and distributed systems
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills
  
  

• Hands-on experience with cloud-native database technologies such as MongoDB is an advantage
• Exposure to cloud technologies ideally AWS
• Python experience is a plus
• Experience with SQL or NoSQL query languages
• Familiarity with data modelling