Be an integral part of an agile team that's constantly pushing the envelope to enhance, build, and deliver top-notch technology products.
As a Sr. Lead Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within the Commercial & Investment Bank - Payments Technology, Core Blockchain Team, 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. Drive significant business impact through your capabilities and contributions, and apply deep technical expertise and problem-solving methodologies to tackle a diverse array of challenges that span multiple technologies and applications.
Job responsibilities
- Designs and implements microservices architectures using industry-standard technologies and frameworks.
- Designs blockchain solutions and decentralized applications on private and public blockchain networks, with proven and verified cryptographic protocols
- Drives decisions that influence the product design, application functionality, and technical operations and processes
- Monitors and optimize the performance of microservices, ensuring high availability and responsiveness.
- Troubleshoots and resolves technical issues, providing timely solutions to maintain application stability.
- Conducts code reviews and provide constructive feedback to peers, fostering a culture of continuous improvement.
- Contributes to the engineering community as an advocate of firmwide frameworks, tools, and practices of the Software Development Life Cycle
- Implements rigorous and thorough monitoring and testing practices to ensure the security and performance goals of blockchain infrastructure
- Designs and verifies cryptographic protocols deployed on the blockchain. Design blockchain solutions, such that it can support benchmark use-cases of decentralized applications, with proven and verified cryptographic protocols
- Drives team adoption of enterprise-authorized AI-assisted engineering practices within the work environment to improve code quality, delivery speed, and operational outcomes (e.g., AI-assisted code review/refactoring, test strategy acceleration, incident/root-cause analysis support), while establishing consistent validation standards (secure coding, peer review, automated testing) and promoting reuse of effective patterns across the team.
Applies knowledge of tools within the Software Development Life Cycle toolchain, including enterprise-authorized AI-assisted development and automation capabilities, to improve the value realized by automation.
Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience
- A degree in Computer Science / Mathematics or equivalent work experience in a field utilizing the same subject matter
- Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability for traditional distributed systems
- Have practical experience developing on blockchain platforms, such as, Ethereum, Hyperledger, or similar
- Strong object oriented programming language background. Hands-on experience with application programming, backend API development and distributed microservices infrastructure in one or more programming language(s): Solidity, Java, JavaScript, Python.
- Experience and understanding of the cryptographic principles underpinning blockchain technologies such as encryption algorithms, key management, key wallets
- Experience with cloud infrastructure services such as Amazon, Google, or Microsoft (AWS, Google Cloud, Azure)
- Ability to tackle design and functionality problems independently with little to no oversight
- Demonstrated experience leading effective use of enterprise-authorized AI-assisted software development tools within the work environment (e.g., for coding, code review, test acceleration, troubleshooting) with the ability to set team expectations for validating AI outputs for correctness, performance, and security
Strong understanding of responsible AI use in engineering workflows, including data sensitivity considerations, secure handling of inputs/outputs, and adherence to resiliency and security expectations; experience coaching senior engineers/leads on compliant usage patterns and controls.
- Experience in Financial Markets
- Experience designing and writing smart contracts with Solidity using Hardhat, Truffle, Slither scanning etc
- Hands-on experience with AWS, EKS, Docker
- Knowledge of DevOps practices and tools for continuous integration and deployment.
- Familiarity with blockchain interoperability solutions
- Experience with RDBMS
We offer a competitive total rewards package including base salary determined based on the role, experience, skill set and location. Those in eligible roles may receive commission-based pay and/or discretionary incentive compensation, paid in the form of cash and/or forfeitable equity, awarded in recognition of individual achievements and contributions. We also offer a range of benefits and programs to meet employee needs, based on eligibility. These benefits include comprehensive health care coverage, on-site health and wellness centers, a retirement savings plan, backup childcare, tuition reimbursement, mental health support, financial coaching and more. Additional details about total compensation and benefits will be provided during the hiring process.
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.
JPMorgan Chase & Co. is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Veterans
Skills Required
- Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience
- Degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, or equivalent work experience
- Hands-on experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability for distributed systems
- Practical experience developing on blockchain platforms such as Ethereum or Hyperledger
- Object-oriented programming and backend API development experience; languages: Solidity, Java, JavaScript, Python
- Experience and understanding of cryptographic principles, encryption algorithms, key management and wallets
- Experience with cloud infrastructure services (AWS, Google Cloud, Azure)
- Ability to tackle design and functionality problems independently with little to no oversight
- Demonstrated experience leading use of enterprise-authorized AI-assisted software development tools and establishing validation standards
- Strong understanding of responsible AI use in engineering workflows and coaching senior engineers on compliant usage
- Experience in Financial Markets
- Experience designing and writing smart contracts with Solidity using Hardhat, Truffle, Slither
- Hands-on experience with AWS, EKS, Docker
- Knowledge of DevOps practices and CI/CD tools
- Familiarity with blockchain interoperability solutions
- Experience with RDBMS
JPMorganChase Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about JPMorganChase and has not been reviewed or approved by JPMorganChase.
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Healthcare Strength — Medical, dental, vision, and mental-health coverage are broad, with wellness incentives, on-site or virtual care, and an EAP offering coaching and counseling. Plan materials emphasize accessible options, including multiple medical choices and tools to manage costs.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave extends up to 16 weeks for all parents, supplemented by paid Critical Caregiver Leave. Family resources include backup childcare via Bright Horizons, lactation support and milk-shipping, family-building assistance, and even a free five-month SNOO rental for newborns.
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Retirement Support — Retirement programs include a 401(k) with an annual company match and automatic pay credits for most employees, with a legacy pension available to earlier hires. An Employee Stock Purchase Plan at a 5% discount further supports long-term savings.
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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. ©2023 JPMorgan Chase & Co. All rights reserved. JPMorgan Chase is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Veterans.
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