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Senior Lead Software Engineer - Cloud

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Job Description

Be an integral part of an agile team that's constantly pushing the envelope to enhance, build, and deliver top-notch technology products.

As a Senior Lead Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within the Securities Services Technology, you are an integral part of an agile team that works to enhance, build, and deliver trusted market-leading technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable way. Drive significant business impact through your capabilities and contributions, and apply deep technical expertise and problem-solving methodologies to tackle a diverse array of challenges that span multiple technologies and applications.

Job responsibilities

  • Design, develop, and maintain API gateway solution using Apigee, Kong or AWS API Gateway
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand API requirements and design appropriate solutions
  • Implement security protocols and measures to protect APIs from potential threats and vulnerabilities
  • Optimize API gateway performance and scalability to ensure seamless operation under varying loads
  • Document API gateway configurations, processes, and best practices for knowledge sharing and reference
  • Regularly provides technical guidance and direction to support the business and its technical teams, contractors, and vendors
  • Develops secure and high-quality production code, and reviews and debugs code written by others
  • Serves as a function-wide subject matter expert in one or more areas of focus
  • Actively contributes to the engineering community as an advocate of firmwide frameworks, tools, and practices of the Software Development Life Cycle
  • Influences peers and project decision-makers to consider the use and application of leading-edge technologies

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

  • Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and proficient advanced experience
  • Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
  • Advanced in one or more programming language(s)
  • Advanced knowledge of software applications and technical processes with considerable in-depth knowledge in one or more technical disciplines (e.g., cloud, artificial intelligence, machine learning, mobile, etc.)
  • Ability to tackle design and functionality problems independently with little to no oversight
  • Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure or GCP
  • Solid understanding of networking concepts including TCP/IP, DNS, SSL/TLS, and HTTPS
  • Understanding of containerization and orchestration tools like Kubernetes
  • Understanding of OAuth, JWT and other authentication and authorization protocols
  • Strong understanding of API concepts, including RESTful APIs, API design principals and microservices architecture

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

  • Familiarity with CDN technologies such as Akamai
  • Experience with API management platforms such as Apigee, Kong or AWS API Gateway
  • Experience with scripting languages such as Bash or Python for automation and tooling

About Us

J.P. Morgan is a global leader in financial services, providing strategic advice and products to the world's most prominent corporations, governments, wealthy individuals and institutional investors. Our first-class business in a first-class way approach to serving clients drives everything we do. We strive to build trusted, long-term partnerships to help our clients achieve their business objectives.

We recognize that our people are our strength and the diverse talents they bring to our global workforce are directly linked to our success. We are an equal opportunity employer and place a high value on diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute, including race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital or veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. We also make reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs. Visit our FAQs for more information about requesting an accommodation.

About the Team

The Corporate & Investment Bank is a global leader across investment banking, wholesale payments, markets and securities services. The world's most important corporations, governments and institutions entrust us with their business in more than 100 countries. We provide strategic advice, raise capital, manage risk and extend liquidity in markets around the world.

Senior Lead Software Engineer - Cloud

JPMorgan Chase & Co.
London, UK
Full-Time

Published on 18/05/2024

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