Lead Software Engineer - AWS RDS, IaC

Job Description

We have an opportunity to impact your career and provide an adventure where you can push the limits of what's possible.

As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorganChase within the Commercial and Investment Banking - Payments team, 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. As a core technical contributor, you are responsible for conducting critical technology solutions across multiple technical areas within various business functions in support of the firm's business objectives.

Job responsibilities

• Understands the firm's database infrastructure environment and technology modernization pathway
• Works with application teams to help them migrate to the latest database products and versions on our private cloud or onto the public cloud.
• Designs and implements automated CI/CD pipelines for database provisioning and deployment using Terraform, ensuring consistent and repeatable infrastructure changes.
• Develops and maintains Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) modules for database resources, networking, and monitoring integrations.
• Uses expertise to help maximize the performance, resiliency of the application workloads and optimize database performance, capacity, and scalability.
• Implements network monitoring solutions to track database connectivity, latency, and throughput across hybrid cloud environments.
• Troubleshoots and resolves database issues, including query tuning, indexing, and deadlock resolution.
• Collaborates with developers to refine database schemas, optimize queries, and improve application performance
• Ensures 24/7 availability and reliability for mission-critical systems through proactive monitoring and maintenance.
• Participates in cloud database administration on AWS (RDS, EC2) and Google SQL Database
• Integrates cloud-native monitoring and alerting solutions for proactive issue detection and resolution

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience
• Proven experience in database administration ( MySQL , PostgreSQL ), including migration, performance tuning, and troubleshooting.
• Hands-on expertise with cloud database platforms such as AWS RDS and Google Database .
• Strong proficiency in designing and implementing CI/CD pipelines for database deployment using Terraform and Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) principles
• Experience with database networking, monitoring tools, and proactive alerting solutions (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch, Azure Monitor)
• Solid understanding of database performance optimization, capacity planning, and scalability strategies
• Proficient in query tuning, indexing, deadlock resolution, and schema design
• Familiarity with disaster recovery planning, backup/restore automation, and high-availability architectures
• Ability to collaborate effectively with application developers and cross-functional teams to optimize database and application performance
• Strong documentation skills for maintaining database configurations, operational procedures, and deployment processes

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Experience with security patching, compliance checks, and cloud governance best practices is a plus
• Ability to tackle design and functionality problems independently with little to no oversight.

About Us

JPMorganChase, one of the oldest financial institutions, offers innovative financial solutions to millions of consumers, small businesses and many of the world's most prominent corporate, institutional and government clients under the J.P. Morgan and Chase brands. Our history spans over 200 years and today we are a leader in investment banking, consumer and small business banking, commercial banking, financial transaction processing and asset management.

We offer a competitive total rewards package including base salary determined based on the role, experience, skill set and location. Those in eligible roles may receive commission-based pay and/or discretionary incentive compensation, paid in the form of cash and/or forfeitable equity, awarded in recognition of individual achievements and contributions. We also offer a range of benefits and programs to meet employee needs, based on eligibility. These benefits include comprehensive health care coverage, on-site health and wellness centers, a retirement savings plan, backup childcare, tuition reimbursement, mental health support, financial coaching and more. Additional details about total compensation and benefits will be provided during the hiring process.

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.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Veterans

About the Team

J.P. Morgan's Commercial & Investment Bank is a global leader across banking, markets, securities services and payments. Corporations, governments and institutions throughout the world entrust us with their business in more than 100 countries. The Commercial & Investment Bank provides strategic advice, raises capital, manages risk and extends liquidity in markets around the world.