Lead Software Engineer - Cassandra Engineering

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London, Greater London, England
Hybrid
Senior level
Financial Services
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The Role
The Lead Software Engineer will develop automation tools for the Cassandra database, improve development processes, and enhance user experience in cloud environments.
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Job Description
Are you ready to shape the future of database technology at a global scale? At JPMorgan Chase, you'll collaborate with talented engineers to deliver automation and self-service solutions for our expansive Cassandra platform. You'll have the opportunity to learn, grow, and solve complex challenges across diverse technologies. We value your passion for innovation and your drive to make a difference. Discover a career where your ideas and skills help power our most critical systems.
As a Cassandra Engineering Team Member in the Cassandra engineering team, you will help build and enhance one of the largest internal database platforms in the world. You will work closely with experienced engineers to create automation and self-service tooling for Cassandra in both private and public cloud environments. You will focus on consumer-driven requirements and customer experience, ensuring our platform is world-class and reliable. Your work will directly support JPMorganChase's most critical systems and drive continuous improvement in our technology landscape.
Job Responsibilities:
  • Provide technical expertise throughout the software lifecycle, including design, implementation, and delivery
  • Develop frameworks that increase developer and release velocity, improving code health and technical standards
  • Partner with team members to align strategies and reach mutual goals
  • Collaborate with engineers to develop automation and self-service tools for Cassandra across private and public clouds
  • Focus on delivering a consumer-driven, world-class Cassandra platform for critical systems, enhancing customer experience

Required Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills:
  • Formal training or certification in software engineering concepts
  • Understanding of cloud, virtualization, APIs, and modern software languages
  • Software development experience in one or more general-purpose programming languages such as Java, Python, Spring Framework, Spring-Boot, Salt, and others
  • Excellent organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple tasks and priorities efficiently
  • Advanced experience with two or more of the following: web application development, database, Unix/Linux environments, distributed and parallel systems, information retrieval, networking, large-scale software development, security software development
  • Understanding or experience with agile and lean philosophies
  • Strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills with clear communication
  • Experience with automation and configuration management tools such as SaltStack and Ansible or similar tools, including basic knowledge of Linux configuration and operations
  • Knowledge of concepts related to Database Reliability Engineering (DBRE)

Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills:
  • Experience with Apache Cassandra
  • Experience with UI/UX development
  • Previous contributions to open-source software
  • Expertise in designing, implementing, and optimizing solutions using DynamoDB, including experience with data modeling, query optimization, and performance tuning

If you're passionate about learning and eager to solve complex problems, we invite you to join our team and help us deliver innovative solutions for JPMorgan Chase's most critical systems.
About Us
J.P. Morgan is a global leader in financial services, providing strategic advice and products to the world's most prominent corporations, governments, wealthy individuals and institutional investors. Our first-class business in a first-class way approach to serving clients drives everything we do. We strive to build trusted, long-term partnerships to help our clients achieve their business objectives.
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.
About the Team
Our professionals in our Corporate Functions cover a diverse range of areas from finance and risk to human resources and marketing. Our corporate teams are an essential part of our company, ensuring that we're setting our businesses, clients, customers and employees up for success.

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What We Do

JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) is a leading global financial services firm with assets of $3.7 trillion and operations worldwide. The firm is a leader in investment banking, financial services for consumers and small businesses, commercial banking, financial transaction processing, and asset management. A component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average, JPMorgan Chase & Co. serves millions of consumers in the United States and many of the world’s most prominent corporate, institutional and government clients under its J.P. Morgan and Chase brands.

Technology fuels every aspect of our company and is at the heart of everything we do. With over 50,000 technologists globally and an annual tech spend of $12 billion, we are dedicated to improving the design, analytics, development, coding, testing and application programming that goes into creating high quality software and new products.

Learn more about technology at our firm, explore resources from our Distinguished Engineers, AI & ML researchers, and other experts; access the latest episode of our TechTrends podcast, and more at www.jpmorgan.com/technology. Information about JPMorgan Chase & Co. is available at www.jpmorganchase.com.

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