Lead Software Engineer

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As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within Corporate 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. 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

• Executes creative software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting with ability to think beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions or break down technical problems
• Develops secure high-quality production code, and reviews and debugs code written by others
• Identifies opportunities to eliminate or automate remediation of recurring issues to improve overall operational stability of software applications and systems
• Leads evaluation sessions with external vendors, startups, and internal teams to drive outcomes-oriented probing of architectural designs, technical credentials, and applicability for use within existing systems and information architecture
• Leads communities of practice across Software Engineering to drive awareness and use of new and leading-edge technologies
• Adds to team culture of diversity, opportunity, inclusion, and respect

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills 

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience .  
• Experience leading teams of technologists while working at code-level in Python, Azure SDK, and proficient in all aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle
• Experience with Azure & Google Services (Storage, Compute, Integration, IAM, Network)
• Terraform for Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and practical Azure cloud-native experience 
• Proficiency in automation and continuous delivery methods, including CI/CD pipelines and tools such as Jenkins and Spinnaker
• Experience with version control systems such as Git
• Experience with Azure policy writing, testing , knowledge of security best practices in cloud environments, and a strong understanding of Azure policies and governance
• Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
• Experience leading technologists to manage and solve complex technical items within your domain of expertise
• 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

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills 

• Understanding of Azure AI services is a plus
• Azure and Google Cloud Certifications is a plus
• In-depth knowledge of the services industry and their IT systems
• Familiarity with containerization technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes