Lead Software Engineer - Cloud Platform Engineering

Job summary

As a Platform Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within the Accelerator Business Platform Team, you will be focused on getting smart ideas into the hands of customers. This role involves developing secure, high-quality production code, designing and operating Kubernetes-based platform services, and leading evaluation sessions for architectural designs and technical credentials. The team values collaboration, curiosity, and commitment, and seeks individuals who are solution-oriented, commercially savvy, and passionate about new technology.

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts
• Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
• Advanced proficiency in one or more programming languages, such as Go, Java, or Kotlin
• Advanced understanding of agile methodologies, CI/CD, application resiliency, and security
• Demonstrated proficiency in software applications and processes within a technical domain (e.g., cloud, artificial intelligence, machine learning, mobile)
• Practical cloud-native experience deploying Kubernetes applications on a cloud service provider (e.g., Google Cloud, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure)
• Expertise in the Kubernetes operator pattern
• Expertise deploying infrastructure as code, using Crossplane, Terraform, or equivalent
• Experience with GitOps workflows

Responsibilities

• Develop secure, high-quality production code and review/debug code written by others
• Develop composable infrastructure systems and capabilities
• Identify opportunities to eliminate or automate remediation of recurring issues to improve operational stability of software applications and systems
• Provide operational support for production systems in a “you-build-it-you-run-it” culture, including incident response and continuous reliability improvements
• Lead evaluation sessions with external vendors, startups, and internal teams for architectural designs, technical credentials, and applicability within existing systems and information architecture
• Lead communities of practice across Software Engineering to drive awareness and use of new and leading-edge technologies
• Contribute to a team culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and respect
• Design, build, and operate Kubernetes-based platform services
• Automate developer self-service and CI/CD
• Improve reliability and operational readiness
• Strengthen platform security and controls via IaC, policy-as-code, and hardening standards

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