Senior Lead Software Engineer

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Senior level
Financial Services
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The Role
Lead software infrastructure engineering for a payment data platform. Responsibilities include deploying and operating ClickHouse clusters, designing scalable AWS infrastructure, developing infrastructure as code, optimizing performance and costs, managing security, automating provisioning and deployments, troubleshooting Linux systems, and maintaining operational tooling. The role also leads architecture efforts, technical problem-solving, engineering community contributions, and adoption of secure, human-in-the-loop agentic AI engineering practices.
Summary Generated by Built In

 

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 Senior Lead of Software Engineering – Payment Data Platform Infrastructure at JPMorgan Chase within the Commercial and Investment Banking – Data Analytics Payments 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. Promote 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

  • Executes software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting with ability to think beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions or break down technical problems
  • Produces architecture and design artifacts for complex applications while being accountable for ensuring design constraints are met by software code development
  • Deploy and operate ClickHouse clusters across environments (on-prem and/or cloud), including upgrades, scaling, backups, and disaster recovery.
  • Designs and implements scalable, secure, and cost-effective AWS infrastructure solutions.
  • Develops and maintains infrastructure as code (IaC) using tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, or AWS CDK.
  • Monitors and optimizes the performance, availability, and scalability of AWS infrastructure.
  • Implements and manages security best practices, including identity and access management (IAM), encryption, and network security.
  • Automates infrastructure provisioning, configuration, and deployment processes.
  • Identifies opportunities for cost optimization and implement strategies to reduce AWS spending.
  • Develops and maintain scripts and tools to enhance operational efficiency.
  • Stays up-to-date with the latest AWS services, features, and best practices.

 

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

 

 

  • Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 8+ years applied experience
  • Hands-on experience deploying and supporting ClickHouse in production (multi-node clusters).
  • Strong knowledge of ClickHouse internals and performance levers: MergeTree family, parts/merges, partitions, primary key vs ordering key, compression, TTLs, sampling, distributed query execution.
  • Experience with ClickHouse Keeper / ZooKeeper coordination and cluster topology design.
  • Experience with Linux systems engineering and troubleshooting (CPU, memory, disk, networking).
  • Expertise in AWS cloud platform (S3, Lambda, EKS, DynamoDB, EventBridge, Kafka, Opensearch), big data technologies (Apache Spark, Glue, Redshift), and data lake/lakehouse architectures (Iceberg).
  • Experience with containerization/orchestration and automation (Kubernetes and Terraform)
  • Stays up-to-date with the latest AWS services, features, and best practices.
  • Contributes to software engineering communities of practice and events that explore new and emerging technologies
  • Experience leading adoption of agentic AI-enabled engineering practices (using enterprise-authorized tools within the work environment) across teams, including defining operating expectations (human-in-the-loop validation, quality gates), measuring outcomes, and ensuring secure handling of sensitive inputs/outputs.
About Us
JPMorganChase, one of the oldest financial institutions, offers innovative financial solutions to millions of consumers, small businesses and many of the world’s most prominent corporate, institutional and government clients under the J.P. Morgan and Chase brands. Our history spans over 200 years and today we are a leader in investment banking, consumer and small business banking, commercial banking, financial transaction processing and asset management.

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

About the TeamJ.P. Morgan’s Commercial & Investment Bank is a global leader across banking, markets, securities services and payments. Corporations, governments and institutions throughout the world entrust us with their business in more than 100 countries. The Commercial & Investment Bank provides strategic advice, raises capital, manages risk and extends liquidity in markets around the world. 

Skills Required

  • Formal training or certification in software engineering concepts
  • 8+ years of applied software engineering experience
  • Hands-on experience deploying and supporting ClickHouse in production, including multi-node clusters
  • Strong knowledge of ClickHouse internals and performance optimization, including MergeTree, parts, merges, partitions, keys, compression, TTLs, sampling, and distributed queries
  • Experience with ClickHouse Keeper or ZooKeeper coordination and cluster topology design
  • Experience with Linux systems engineering and troubleshooting CPU, memory, disk, and networking issues
  • Expertise with AWS services including S3, Lambda, EKS, DynamoDB, EventBridge, Kafka, and OpenSearch
  • Experience with Apache Spark, AWS Glue, Amazon Redshift, and data lake or lakehouse architectures using Apache Iceberg
  • Experience with Kubernetes and infrastructure automation using Terraform
  • Experience leading adoption of agentic AI-enabled engineering practices, including human-in-the-loop validation, quality gates, outcome measurement, and secure handling of sensitive inputs and outputs

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.

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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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The Company
HQ: New York, NY
289,097 Employees
Year Founded: 1799

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.

Why Work With Us

Our technologists work on a diverse range of solutions that include strategic technology initiatives, big data, mobile, electronic payments, machine learning, cybersecurity, enterprise cloud development, and other state-of-the-art technologies.

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