JPMorgan Backend Lead Software Engineer 

United States, Delaware, Wilmington 

416315600

Job Responsibilities

• Execute creative software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting, with the ability to think beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions or resolve technical problems.
• Develop secure, high-quality production code, and review and debug code written by others.
• Identify opportunities to eliminate or automate the remediation of recurring issues to improve the overall operational stability of software applications and systems.
• Lead 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.
• Lead communities of practice across Software Engineering to drive awareness and use of new and leading-edge technologies.
• Contribute to a team culture of diversity, opportunity, inclusion, and respect.

Required Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills

• Formal training or certification in software engineering concepts with 5+ years of applied experience.
• Proficiency in PySpark or Java Spark, and any ETL framework, with awareness of data engineering practices.
• Proficiency in cloud technologies like AWS.
• Hands-on practical experience in delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability.
• Advanced skills in one or more programming languages such as Python/Java.
• Proficiency in automation and continuous delivery methods.
• Experience in mentoring junior team members.
• Advanced understanding of agile methodologies, including CI/CD, Application Resiliency, and Security.
• Demonstrated proficiency in software applications and technical processes within a technical discipline (e.g., cloud, artificial intelligence, machine learning, etc.).
• Practical cloud-native experience.

Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills

• Familiarity with DBT.
• Exposure to message streaming technologies like Kafka.
• Knowledge of the financial services industry and their IT systems.