JPMorgan Lead Software Engineer 

United States, California, Palo Alto 

742208163

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.
• 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.
• Mentor and guide new members of the team, providing technical leadership, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement.
• Ensure scalability, performance, and consistency of software systems using standard software development practices.
• 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 of applied experience
• Hands-on practical experience in architecture, design, development, testing, and troubleshooting of large-scale distributed systems.
• Excellent skills in complex technical problem solving.
• Proficient in Java, Springboot, kafka, SQL
• Proficient in multiple programming languages, and scripting languages
• Proficient in agile methodologies, devops practices and tools including CI/CD pipelines, and Application Resiliency
• Experience in all aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle
• Deep understanding of object-oriented programming, design patterns, data structures, and algorithms
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with team members and stakeholders

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Knowledge in cloud native experience preferred
• Knowledge of the financial services industry and its software systems
• Ability to present technical problems and solutions to non-technical stakeholders
• Familiarity with containerization technologies such as docker and Kubernetes