Lead Software Engineer

Job Description

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
  
  

Required Qualifications, Capabilities And Skills

• 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
  
  

Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities And 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
  
  

About Us

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. Our first-class business in a first-class way approach to serving clients drives everything we do. We strive to build trusted, long-term partnerships to help our clients achieve their business objectives.

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.

About The Team

Our Corporate & Investment Bank relies on innovators like you to build and maintain the technology that helps us safely service the world’s important corporations, governments and institutions. You'll develop solutions that help the bank provide strategic advice, raise capital, manage risk, and extend liquidity in markets spanning over 100 countries around the world.