JPMorgan Manager Software Engineering - Backend Java 

United States, Illinois, Chicago 

160383555

Job responsibilities

• Provides guidance to immediate team of software engineers on daily tasks and activities
• Sets the overall guidance and expectations for team output, practices, and collaboration
• Anticipates dependencies with other teams to deliver products and applications in line with business requirements
• Manages stakeholder relationships and the team’s work in accordance with compliance standards, service level agreements, and business requirements

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience. In addition, demonstrated coaching and mentoring experience
• Strong experience with technologies like Cassandra, Apache Flink, Apache Kafka, Resful API, GraphQL
• Extensive practical experience with AWS cloud services, including EKS, EMR, ECS.
• Enthusiasm for learning new technologies, with a focus on public cloud platforms like AWS, GCP, or Azure.
• Proficient in all aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle
• Advanced understanding of agile methodologies such as CI/CD, Application Resiliency, and Security and Practical cloud native experience
• In-depth knowledge of the financial services industry and their IT systems
• Experience in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field and expertise in technology disciplines
• Very good exposure of software engineering principles, design patterns, and best practices.
• Hands on experience working with high throughput, low latency distributed systems ensuring efficient communication and integration between different systems.
• Proven record of providing end-user support with excellent problem-solving abilities.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Ideally 10+ years of development experience with 7+ years of recent experience in Java development
• Ideally 2+ years of experience leading and managing software engineering teams, with a focus on individual growth and overall team performance