Lead Software Engineer - AWS/Python

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 - AWS/Python at JPMorgan Chase within the Consumer and Community Banking-Card Technology team, your role involves designing, developing, and implementing market-leading robust technology products that align with the organization's strategic goals. You will leverage your expertise in design, architecture, data modeling, data migrations, data integration, software and product development, collaborating with cross-functional teams to achieve target business goals.

Job responsibilities:

• Lead and mentor a technology scrum team, fostering a culture of innovation and excellence
• Lead the strategic direction and execution of software solutions, encompassing design, development, and technical troubleshooting, with the ability to innovate beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions and resolve complex technical challenges
• Collaborate with product and business teams to develop and execute a multi-year roadmap for platform features
• Define database back-up, recovery, and archiving strategy and design & develop data pipelines end-to-end
• Drive the modernization and transformation of the platform, ensuring scalability, security, and performance
• Oversee the end-to-end development process, including requirements definition, design, implementation, testing, and integration
• Develop multi-year roadmaps aligned with business and technology strategies, designing reusable frameworks using new technologies, and setting the vision for future technological advancements
• Ensure alignment with the firm's Risk and Control agenda and security standards
• Provide mentorship and training to new development teams, promoting continuous learning and improvement
• Create functional and technical documentation supporting best practices

Required qualifications, capabilities and skills

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience
• Expertise in coding modern programming technologies such as Python, Java, NoSQL databases, SQL, Container Orchestration (Kubernetes), and a variety of AWS tools and services in automation and continuous delivery methods.
• Experience in aligning technology roadmap strategy to business goals and executing complex projects
• Proficiency in architecture disciplines within programming including design, data modeling, integration, cloud data services, data domain driven design
• Proven experience developing, debugging, and maintaining code within large corporate environments, utilizing multiple modern programming languages and database querying languages
• Practical experience in AWS cloud implementation, big data technologies, and data engineering disciplines, with proficiency in AWS data services such as Lake Formation, Glue ETL, ECS, EMR, S3, Glue Catalog, Athena, Kinesis/MSK, Airflow, Lambda, Step Functions, and EventBridge
• Proficiency in SQL/Spark SQL and different on-prem databases and other cloud native relational databases, e.g. Aurora, Snowflake, Athena, Postgres, Databricks, Iceberg
• Experience leading teams in an agile environment, with a strong commitment to teamwork and collaboration.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities and skills

• Experience in building highly scalable and high-throughput data platforms
• Familiarity with front-end technologies such as HTML5/CSS3 and JS frameworks (e.g., AngularJS, React, jQuery, Bootstrap)
• Experienced in data serialization and deserialization using Parquet, Iceberg, AVRO, and JSON-LD, as well as implementing AWS data security concepts including Lake Formation, IAM, service roles, encryption, KMS, and Secrets Manager
• Knowledge of testing tools (e.g., JUnit, Selenium, Cucumber) and build/packaging tools (e.g., Jenkins, Maven). Experience with code versioning tools
• Experience with AI/ML technologies
• Business architecture knowledge and experience with architecture assessment frameworks
• Written and oral communication skills; ability to communicate effectively with all levels of management and partners from a variety of business functions

About Us

Chase is a leading financial services firm, helping nearly half of America's households and small businesses achieve their financial goals through a broad range of financial products. Our mission is to create engaged, lifelong relationships and put our customers at the heart of everything we do. We also help small businesses, nonprofits and cities grow, delivering solutions to solve all their financial needs.

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.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veterans

About the Team

Our Consumer & Community Banking division serves our Chase customers through a range of financial services, including personal banking, credit cards, mortgages, auto financing, investment advice, small business loans and payment processing. We're proud to lead the U.S. in credit card sales and deposit growth and have the most-used digital solutions - all while ranking first in customer satisfaction.