Lead Software Engineer (Partner Channel)

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As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within the Partner Channel, 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 and 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, equity, inclusion, and respect
• Mentor/coach junior engineers 

Required Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience
• Experience in Java, or equivalent modern programming languages
• Experience in API Gateways (AWS API gateway, APIGEE etc)
• Hands-on practical experience delivering E2E - system design, application development, testing, and operational stability within a cloud environment (AWS) and cloud native
• Proficiency in automation and continuous delivery methods 
• Proficient in all aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle
• Advanced understanding of agile methodologies such as CI/CD, testing automation, Applicant Resiliency, and Security
• Demonstrated proficiency in software applications and technical processes within a technical discipline (e.g., cloud, artificial intelligence, machine learning, mobile, etc.)
• Experience in building micro services with RESTful APIs, and Java Spring Boot
• Experience in coding fundamentals – Algorithms & Data Structures
• Strong bias for action; ability to take ownership and think long-term

Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills 

• Advanced knowledge of architecture & application design of large scale systems
• Knowledgeable in RDBMS, SQL, NoSQL, React, Angular JS and/or JavaScript UI development is a plus
• Passion for automating & excelling at identifying gaps in processes
• Experience working in a fast-paced Agile environment (JIRA, Confluence)
• Excellent analytical, organizational and problem-solving skills coupled with a strong work ethic
• Experience communicating technical directives at all levels from executive to associate
• In-depth knowledge of the financial services industry and their IT systems