Lead Software Engineer - SRE Cloud Engineer

As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within the Corporate Technology Finance and Risk Warehouse SRE Team, you will solve complex and broad business problems with simple and straightforward solutions. Through code and cloud infrastructure, you will configure, maintain, monitor, and optimize applications and their associated infrastructure to independently decompose and iteratively improve on existing solutions.

• Guides and assists others in the areas of building appropriate level designs

and gaining consensus from peers where appropriate.

• Collaborates with other software engineers and teams to design and implement

deployment approaches using automated continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines.

• Collaborates with other software engineers and teams to design, develop,

test, and implement availability, reliability, scalability, and solutions in their applications.

• Implements infrastructure, configuration, and network as code for the

applications and platforms in your remit.

• Collaborates with technical experts, key stakeholders, and team members to

resolve complex problems.

• Understands service level indicators and utilizes service level objectives to

proactively resolve issues before they impact customers.

• Supports the adoption of site reliability engineering best practices within

the team.

• Monitors and responds to production alerts, providing L1 and L2 support to

minimize customer impact.

• Provides weekend and on-call production support as part of the team rotation.
• Drives team adoption of enterprise-authorized AI-assisted engineering

practices within the work environment to improve code quality, delivery speed, and operational outcomes (e.g., AI-assisted code review/refactoring, test strategy acceleration, incident/root-cause analysis support), while establishing consistent validation standards. (secure coding, peer review, automated testing) and promoting reuse of effective patterns across the team.

• Applies knowledge of tools within the Software Development Life Cycle

toolchain, including enterprise-authorized AI-assisted development and automation capabilities, to improve the value realized by automation.

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+

years applied experience.

• Strong analysis, research, investigation, and evaluation skills, with a

structured approach to problem solving.

• Proficient in at least one programming language such as Python, Java/Spring

Boot, Scala, and/or .Net.

• Hands-on with infrastructure as code (IaC) using tools such as Terraform and

AWS CDK.

• Experience developing and running data pipelines using PySpark and good

debugging skills.

• Experience managing and developing/deploying on Cloud (private cloud or

public cloud).

• Working knowledge of Kubernetes, Docker, and other container technologies.
• Experience with monitoring and observability tools, including Dynatrace, Open

Telemetry (OTEL), Prometheus, Datadog, and Grafana, particularly in dashboard development.

• Knowledge of GIT, Bitbucket, Jenkins, SONAR, SPLUNK, Maven, AIM and

Continuous Delivery tools.

• Demonstrated experience using and leading effective use of

enterprise-authorized, AI-assisted software development tools (e.g., for coding, code review, test acceleration, troubleshooting) to support SRE workflows — with strong validation habits and the ability to set team expectations for validating AI outputs for correctness, performance, and security.

• Strong understanding of responsible AI use in engineering workflows,

including data sensitivity considerations, secure handling of inputs/outputs, and adherence to resiliency and security expectations; experience coaching engineers on safe, compliant adoption within delivery practices.

• Production working knowledge of Databricks and Apache Airflow on AWS.
• AWS, Databricks, and/or Terraform certification.
• Working knowledge of Control-M/Autosys, Airflow scheduling package.
• UNIX file management & administration and good shell scripting experience.
• Oracle (v9i/10/11/19c) running on Exadata, Ansi SQL, PL/SQL Stored Procedures

support/development.

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.

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.

Our professionals in our Corporate Functions cover a diverse range of areas from finance and risk to human resources and marketing. Our corporate teams are an essential part of our company, ensuring that we’re setting our businesses, clients, customers and employees up for success.

We have an exciting and rewarding opportunity for you to take your software engineering career to the next level.