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 Software Engineer at JPMorganChase within the VPC Network organization, you provide deep engineering expertise and work across agile teams to enhance, build, and deliver trusted market-leading technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable way. Leverage your deep expertise to consistently challenge the status quo, innovate for business impact, lead the strategic development behind new and existing products and technology portfolios, and remain at the forefront of industry trends, best practices, and technological advances.
This role will lead the design and implementation of JPMC-VPC—a software-defined networking platform that will replace our legacy infrastructure and position the firm for decades of innovation. Helping us focus on modernizing JPMorgan Chase's network platform, advancing next-generation software-defined networking to support resilience, scale, and continued innovation.
Job responsibilities
- Advises and leads on the strategy and development of multiple products, applications, and technologies across a portfolio
- Design and architect core components of JPMC-VPC, including control plane (OVN), data plane (OVS/DPU), software gateways, load balancers, and IPAM systems
- Creates novel code solutions and drives the development of new production code capabilities across teams and functions
- Write production-quality code in Go, Python, or C/C++ for networking infrastructure
- Translates highly complex technical issues, trends, and approaches to leadership to drive the firm’s innovation and enable leaders to make strategic, well-informed decisions about technology advancements
- Collaborate with vendor partners (Red Hat, NVIDIA) on roadmap and integration
- Represent JPMC in open-source communities and industry forums
- Drives adoption and implementation of technical methods in specialized fields in line with the latest product development methodologies
- Creates durable, reusable software frameworks that are leveraged across teams and functions
- Influences across business, product, and technology teams and successfully manages senior stakeholder relationships
- Champions the firm’s culture of diversity, opportunity, inclusion, and respect
Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- 10+ years of experience in systems engineering, networking, or distributed systems
- Practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
- Expert in one or more programming language(s) Go, Python, C/C++, Rust
- Demonstrated prior experience with influencing across functions and teams and delivering value at scale
- Hands-on experience with software-defined networking (SDN) technologies such as OVN, OVS, or equivalent
- Expert-level knowledge of networking fundamentals (TCP/IP, routing, switching, load balancing)
- Experience with modern development practices (CI/CD, infrastructure as code, observability)
- Experience applying expertise and new methods to determine solutions for complex technology problems across various technical disciplines
- Extensive practical cloud native experience
- Expertise in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Mathematics, or a related technical field
Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- Experience with DPU/SmartNIC technologies (NVIDIA BlueField, AMD Pensando, Intel IPU)
- Knowledge of eBPF, XDP, DPDK, or other high-performance networking frameworks
- Experience with CNI implementations (Cilium, Calico, Flannel) and Kubernetes networking
- Understanding of BGP, OSPF, VXLAN, EVPN, or other advanced routing protocols
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
High Risk Roles (HRR) are sensitive roles within the technology organization that require high assurance of the integrity of staff by virtue of 1) sensitive cybersecurity and technology functions they perform within systems or 2) information they receive regarding sensitive cybersecurity or technology matters. Users in these roles are subject to enhanced pre-hire screening which includes both criminal and credit background checks (as allowed by law). The enhanced screening will need to be successfully completed prior to commencing employment or assignment.
Skills Required
- 10+ years of experience in systems engineering, networking, or distributed systems
- Practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
- Expert in one or more programming languages: Go, Python, C/C++, Rust
- Hands-on experience with software-defined networking (SDN) technologies such as OVN or OVS
- Expert-level knowledge of networking fundamentals (TCP/IP, routing, switching, load balancing)
- Experience with modern development practices (CI/CD, infrastructure as code, observability)
- Extensive practical cloud native experience
- Demonstrated experience influencing across functions and delivering value at scale
- Degree or expertise in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Mathematics, or related technical field
- Experience with DPU/SmartNIC technologies (NVIDIA BlueField, AMD Pensando, Intel IPU)
- Knowledge of eBPF, XDP, DPDK, or other high-performance networking frameworks
- Experience with CNI implementations (Cilium, Calico, Flannel) and Kubernetes networking
- Understanding of BGP, OSPF, VXLAN, EVPN, or other advanced routing protocols
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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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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