Platform Engineer - US

As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within the Corporate and Investment Bank's Application Infrastructure Modernization team , 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. As a core technical contributor, you are responsible for conducting critical technology solutions across multiple technical areas within various business functions in support of the firm’s business objectives. 

Job responsibilities 

Executes creative software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting with ability to think beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions or break down technical problems 

Develops secure high-quality production code, and reviews and debugs code written by others 

Identifies opportunities to eliminate or automate remediation of recurring issues to improve overall operational stability of software applications and systems 

Leads evaluation sessions with external vendors, startups, and internal teams to drive outcomes-oriented probing of architectural designs, technical credentials, and applicability for use within existing systems and information architecture 

Leads communities of practice across Software Engineering to drive awareness and use of new and leading-edge technologies 

Adds to team culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and respect 

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills 

Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience 

Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability 

Experience in designing, developing, and maintaining a high-performance messaging platform using Kafka, Flink, Amazon Kinesis or similar technologies  

Design, implement, and maintain infrastructure as code (IaC) solutions using Terraform for AWS environments. 

Proficiency in Java) 

Proficiency in automation and continuous delivery methods 

Proficient in all aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle 

Advanced understanding of agile methodologies such as CI/CD, Application Resiliency, and Security 

Demonstrated proficiency in software applications and technical processes within a technical discipline (e.g., cloud, artificial intelligence, machine learning, mobile, etc.) 

In-depth knowledge of the financial services industry and their IT systems 

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills 

Familiarity in provisioning and public cloud native components 

Platforming solutions for general purpose consumption within the enterprise is a plus