Job DescriptionYou're ready to gain the skills and experience needed to grow within your role and advance your career - and we have the perfect software engineering opportunity for you.
As a Software Engineer II - Observability Engineer at JPMorganChase within Asset & Wealth Management Technology, you are part of an agile team that works to design and deliver monitoring and observability solutions that enables high-quality telemetry and operational resilience. As an emerging member of a software engineering team, you execute software solutions through the design, development, and technical troubleshooting of multiple components within a technical product, application, or system, while gaining the skills and experience needed to grow within your role.
As an Observability Engineer, you will help design, implement, and optimize observability solutions that provide actionable insights into application health, performance, and operational effectiveness. You will work closely with software engineers, platform teams, product teams, and technology stakeholders to improve telemetry quality, monitoring coverage, dashboarding, alerting, and operational visibility across Asset & Wealth Management applications.
This role is ideal for an engineer who is passionate about monitoring, telemetry, analytics, automation, cloud technologies, and operational intelligence. You will contribute to strategic observability initiatives that help engineering teams gain deeper visibility into their platforms while improving reliability, performance, and customer experiences.
Job Responsibilities- Configure and optimize monitoring, alerting, and event management; reduce alert noise and improve monitoring hygiene, while driving platform adoption and enabling self-service through automation, observability-as-code, integrations, and AI-enabled capabilities.
- Partner with application teams to instrument services and standardize telemetry (metrics, logs, traces, events) and alerting through consistent tagging, patterns, and data quality practices.
- Build and run monitoring/observability solutions across cloud and on-premises environments, improving visibility into system health, business transactions, and customer experience.
- Deliver operational insights via dashboards, visualizations, and analysis to understand user journeys and dependencies, detect performance/service degradation, and accelerate issue identification.
- Executes standard software solution, design, development, and technical troubleshooting
- Designs, develops, codes, and troubleshoots with consideration of upstream and downstream systems and technical implications
- Writes secure and high-quality code using the syntax of at least one programming language with limited guidance
- Leverages enterprise-authorized AI coding assist tools within the work environment to improve code quality, delivery speed, and productivity (e.g., code generation/refactoring, unit test creation, documentation), while validating outputs through peer review, automated testing, and secure coding standards.
- Applies knowledge of tools within the Software Development Life Cycle toolchain, including enterprise-authorized AI-assisted development and automation capabilities, to improve the value realized by automation
Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills- Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 2+ years applied experience
- Experience in Platform Engineering, DevOps, Monitoring, or Observability-related roles.
- Experience in developing, debugging, and maintaining code in a large corporate environment with one or more modern programming languages such as Python, Java, JavaScript, Go, or similar technologies.
- Experience with one or more observability or monitoring platforms including: Dynatrace, Splunk, Grafana, and/or Datadog
- Experience working with telemetry concepts including metrics, logs, traces, and alerting.
- Knowledge of cloud platforms, distributed systems, and modern application architectures.
- Hands-on experience using enterprise-authorized AI-assisted software development tools within the work environment (e.g., for coding, testing, troubleshooting, or documentation) with demonstrated ability to critically evaluate and validate AI-generated outputs.
- Understanding of responsible AI use in engineering workflows, including data sensitivity considerations, secure handling of inputs/outputs, and adherence to resiliency and security expectations.
- Exposure to agile methodologies such as CI/CD, Application Resiliency, and Security
- Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving capabilities.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills and the ability to collaborate across engineering teams.
Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills- Knowledge of monitoring standards, telemetry governance, and observability frameworks.
- Experience with automation, Infrastructure as Code, or platform engineering practices.
- Exposure to AI-assisted analytics, anomaly detection, or operational intelligence capabilities.
- Experience building dashboards, observability reports, and operational analytics solutions.
About UsJPMorganChase, 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 TeamJ.P. Morgan Asset & Wealth Management delivers industry-leading investment management and private banking solutions. Asset Management provides individuals, advisors and institutions with strategies and expertise that span the full spectrum of asset classes through our global network of investment professionals. Wealth Management helps individuals, families and foundations take a more intentional approach to their wealth or finances to better define, focus and realize their goals.
