JPMorgan Lead Software Engineer - Infra Engineering 

United Kingdom, England, London 

646661075

Job Responsibilities

• Design, implement and develop scalable, performant microservices using software engineering best practices
• Write secure and high-quality production code, and reviews and debugs code written by others
• Write automated unit tests, integration tests, etc.
• Produce architecture and design artifacts for complex applications while being accountable for ensuring design constraints are met by software code development
• Identify opportunities to eliminate or automate remediation of recurring issues to improve overall operational stability of software applications and systems
• Manage and troubleshoot deployments from testing environments all the way to production.
• Interface with other engineering teams to ensure that features are added in a structured and coherent way.
• Translate generic product requirements into trackable tickets.
• Mentor other engineers in the team in software engineering best practices
• Identify process improvements and help the team to work more efficiently
• Lead communities of practice across software engineering to drive awareness and use of new and leading-edge technologies
• Add to team culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and respect

Required qualifications, capabilities and skills

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and applied experience
• Hands-on practical experience in system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
• Advanced knowledge in at least one major programming language: Go, Python and/or Java
• Experience with Kubernetes and Terraform
• Proficiency in automation and continuous delivery methods
• Proficient in all aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
• Experience in developing, debugging, and maintaining code in a large corporate environment with one or more modern programming languages and database querying languages
• Advanced understanding of agile methodologies such as CI/CD, Application Resiliency, and Security
• Practical experience in developing cloud native applications with any cloud provider.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities and skills

• Knowledge of banking / finance.
• Certification in AWS, Kubernetes (CKE) and Terraform
• Familiar with databases (SQL or NoSQL).
• Experience with client/server software architectures & networking, or microservice architectures.
• Experience with observability tools like Grafana, Prometheus, Open Telemetry and others.
• Experience with streaming architectures and tools (e.g. Kafka)