Backend Lead Software Engineer- Java, AWS

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As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within the CONSUMER & COMMUNITY BANKING , CONNECTED COMMERCE TECH, 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:

• Execute creative software solutions, including design, development, and technical troubleshooting, with the ability to think beyond conventional approaches to build solutions or resolve technical problems.
• Develop secure, high-quality production code, and review and debug code written by others.
• Identify opportunities to eliminate or automate the remediation of recurring issues to enhance the operational stability of software applications and systems.
• Lead evaluation sessions with external vendors, startups, and internal teams to assess architectural designs, technical credentials, and their applicability within existing systems and information architecture.
• Promote awareness and adoption of new and leading-edge technologies by leading communities of practice across Software Engineering.
• Contribute to a team culture of diversity, opportunity, inclusion, and respect.
• Collaborate with other software engineers and teams to design and implement deployment strategies using automated continuous integration and continuous delivery pipelines.
• Design, implement, and maintain highly available and scalable infrastructure and services in AWS.
• Provide incident triaging, troubleshooting, and resolution support for AWS-based services and processes.
• Implement infrastructure, configuration, and network as code for the applications and platforms within your remit.

Required Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills:

• Formal training or certification in software engineering concepts and 5+ years of applied experience.
• Hands-on practical experience in system design, application development, testing, and ensuring operational stability.
• Advanced proficiency in one or more programming languages, such as Python or Java/Spring Boot.
• Proficiency in automation and continuous delivery methods.
• Proficient in all aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle.
• Advanced understanding of agile methodologies, including CI/CD, Application Resiliency, and Security.
• Demonstrated proficiency in software applications and technical processes within a technical discipline (e.g., cloud, artificial intelligence, machine learning, mobile, etc.).
• Practical cloud-native experience.
• Develop and maintain scripts for the creation, deployment, and maintenance of AWS infrastructure.
• Experience in managing and maintaining AWS-based services, particularly AWS Aurora Postgres, AWS ECS Fargate, and AWS Glue.
• Experience in Infrastructure as Code development and deployment using Terraform.

Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills:

• Exposure to Kubernetes and NoSQL databases.
• AWS Certifications.
• Understanding of Event-Driven Architecture.
• Experience in Reactive programming.