JPMorgan Lead Software Engineer - Full Stack Python 

United States, Texas, Houston 

505423432

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
• Acts as a Lead developer who will help set direction and best practice around automated testing, platform framework, SDLC as well as acting a point of contact for more junior developers to give them guidance on best practices.
• Collaborate with other backend developers to get involved with code reviews and building up our suite of microservices components to facilitate faster development.
• Leads communities of practice across Software Engineering to drive awareness and use of new and leading-edge technologies
• 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
• Advanced in one or more programming language(s)- Python with the ability to write clean, efficient, and maintainable code
• Experience with database management and optimization, ensuring robust and scalable data solutions
• Proficiency in automation and continuous delivery methods
• Strong experience in developing web applications using Django and Django REST Framework , with a focus on building scalable and maintainable RESTful APIs
• Practical cloud native experience- AWS and infrastructure as code .
• Experience in developing, debugging and automated testing (e.g. PyUnit) within a commercial setting.
• Experience in front end development (e.g. REACT, JavaScript)
• Proficient in all aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle

• Experience in designing, deploying, and managing containerized applications using Kubernetes, with a strong understanding of orchestration and scaling strategies.
• Ability to architect and manage infrastructure on AWS Cloud, utilizing Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Terraform to automate and optimize deployment processes.
• Hands-on experience with relational databases like Oracle, MSSQL, PostgreSQL or similar distributed databases, ensuring data consistency, reliability, and performance in distributed environments.
• Experience in designing and implementing control plane architectures for large-scale applications, focusing on efficient resource management, orchestration, and system reliability to support complex, distributed systems.