JPMorgan Trade & Working Capital - Global Senior Sales Associate 

United States, New Jersey, Jersey City 

90518205

As a Senior Manager of Software Engineering - Java / AWS / Kafka at JPMorgan Chase within the Asset and Wealth Management Technology Line of Business, you will take on a leadership role by offering technical guidance and mentorship to various technical teams. You will also proactively identify the needs and potential interdependencies of other functions within the organization.

Job responsibilities

• Provide overall direction, oversight, and coaching for a team of entry-level to mid-level software engineers that work on basic to moderately complex tasks
• Be accountable for decisions that influence teams’ resources, budget, tactical operations, and the execution and implementation of processes and procedures
• Ensure successful collaboration across teams and stakeholders
• Provide input to leadership regarding budget, approach, and technical considerations to improve operational efficiencies and functionality for the team
• Design and implement Microservices in Java, utilizing streaming, non-blocking, and Reactive Java Programming techniques, while contributing directly to the codebase.
• Work with technologies such as Kafka, IBM MQ, Kubernetes (K8s), Redis cache, MSK, and AWS to build scalable and efficient systems, providing hands-on support.
• Support the adoption of domain-driven design principles and contribute to architectural discussions.
• Contribute to the development of technical documentation, including service APIs using Swagger, ensuring robust logging, auditability, security, and monitoring features.
• Participate in API design sessions and contribute to the selection of design patterns for the team.
• Engage in code review sessions, ensuring high maintainability through TDD/BDD approaches.
• Demonstrate scalability of services using mock testing frameworks and other tools, actively engaging in testing and validation processes.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience. In addition, 2 + years of experience leading technologists to manage and solve complex technical items within your domain of expertise
• Experience leading teams of technologists
• Ability to guide and coach teams on approach to achieve goals aligned against a set of strategic initiatives
• Experience with hiring, developing, and recognizing talent
• Experience with middle-tier data caching solutions (e.g., Redis, Apache Ignite) and messaging-based solutions (e.g., Kafka, IBM MQ)
• Strong expertise in Java programming, a willingness to engage in hands-on coding, a track record in building distributed architecture systems, especially those involving large data volumes and real-time distribution, knowledge of modern architectures based on microservices, Spring, REST APIs, databases, SQL, non-SQL stores, and event-based architecture
• Proficiency in automation and continuous delivery methods
• Advanced understanding of agile methodologies such as CI/CD, Application Resiliency, and Security
• Practical cloud native experience including experience with AWS
• Experience in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field and expertise in technology disciplines

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Experience working at code level
• Familiarity with trading systems and FIX protocol
• Reactive Java