Lead Software Engineer - DevOps Specialist...

JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Jersey City, NJ, United States
about 2 months ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Experience required
5 years minimum
Compensation
$152,000.0 - $215,000.0
Working hours
Regular working hours
Job source

Tech stack

Algorithmic Trading Amazon Web Services Cloud Engineering Computer Programming Continuous Integration DevOps Distributed Systems Financial Information EXchange Github Python (Programming Language) OpenShift Reliability Engineering
+20 more
Ansible Prometheus Software Engineering Software Systems Datadog Spring Cloud System Availability Grafana Cloudformation Containerization Gitlab-ci Kubernetes Low Latency Production Code Enterprise Integration Terraform Splunk Atlassian Bamboo Docker Jenkins

Job description

  • 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

  • Develop Python-based automation, tooling, and platform integrations

  • Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines

  • Deploy and support cloud-native applications on AWS and Kubernetes

  • Implement Infrastructure-as-Code using Terraform, Ansible, or similar tools

  • Improve platform reliability, observability, scalability, and operational efficiency

  • Integrate trading applications, FIX platforms, and market-facing systems

  • Partner with engineering and trading technology teams to automate and modernize infrastructure

  • Drive DevOps best practices across development and operations teams

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

Requirements

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

  • Strong DevOps, Platform Engineering, SRE, Cloud Engineering, or Software Engineering experience

  • Advanced Python programming skills

  • Strong Linux/Unix administration and troubleshooting expertise. Strong Bash/Shell scripting experience

  • Hands-on CI/CD pipeline development (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Bamboo, etc.)

  • AWS cloud experience

  • Kubernetes, Docker, OpenShift, or similar container technologies. Infrastructure-as-Code experience (Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible)

  • Strong understanding of networking, distributed systems, and application resiliency

  • Experience supporting highly available production platforms

  • Electronic trading or front-office trading technology experience

  • Working knowledge of FIX Protocol, market connectivity, and order lifecycle workflows

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

  • OMS / EMS platforms. Exchange connectivity

  • Capital Markets

  • QuickFIX / QuickFIX-J

  • Low-latency or algorithmic trading systems

  • Splunk, Grafana, Prometheus, ELK, Datadog, Geneos

Benefits & conditions

We offer a competitive total rewards package including base salary determined based on the role, experience, skill set and location. Those in eligible roles may receive commission-based pay and/or discretionary incentive compensation, paid in the form of cash and/or forfeitable equity, awarded in recognition of individual achievements and contributions. We also offer a range of benefits and programs to meet employee needs, based on eligibility. These benefits include comprehensive health care coverage, on-site health and wellness centers, a retirement savings plan, backup childcare, tuition reimbursement, mental health support, financial coaching and more. Additional details about total compensation and benefits will be provided during the hiring process.

About the company

As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorganChase within the Commercial & Investment Bank - 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. 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., + Java or C+JPMorganChase, one of the oldest financial institutions, offers innovative financial solutions to millions of consumers, small businesses and many of the world’s most prominent corporate, institutional and government clients under the J.P. Morgan and Chase brands. Our history spans over 200 years and today we are a leader in investment banking, consumer and small business banking, commercial banking, financial transaction processing and asset management.

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