Lead Software Engineer - Design Authority

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As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within the Corporate and Investment Bank, 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

• Understand, document, and monitor application layering dependencies (User-Interface, Deployment, Public Interface, Application Domain, Application Infrastructure, Technical Frameworks, and Platforms) and application component dependencies.
• Understand and monitor impacts to and dependencies between existing technical and network environments.
• Define and direct proof-of-concept tasks for proposed architectural interactions.
• Monitor software product, supporting tool, and platform licensing taxonomies for compliance and readiness. 
• Define, plan, propose, and select enabling technologies to support packaged or custom applications.
• Prepare approach papers listing technology options, risks, and impacts of various architectural options. 
• Define data dependencies within, between, and among various applications and application components.
• Define and direct coordination among database instances between, and across, various applications and application components.
• Document and maintain technical architecture, network architecture, application architecture, and technical application architecture diagrams and descriptions, including releases and versions of software.
• Document and maintain context diagrams, functional architectures, and messaging architecture diagrams and descriptions. 
• Ensure that architectural components optimally address business requirements.
• Lead / Participate in technical and infrastructure requirements engineering initiatives.
• Coordinate with other architects, project managers, and team leads to ensure the development matches the system model. 
• Coordinate activities with the TSS enterprise architect to ensure broad understanding of architectural approaches and standards across ITSS.
• Define architecture risk mitigation plans.
• Monitor emerging technologies and technical releases from product vendors to evaluate applicability toward current efforts.
• Monitor and Validate application execution characteristics to ensure the recommended application architecture suggestions result in expected behavior in terms of performance, scalability, resiliency and availability

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
• Advanced in one or more programming language(s)
• Proficiency in automation and continuous delivery methods
• Proficient in all aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle
• Advanced understanding of agile methodologies such as 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.)
• In-depth knowledge of the financial services industry and their IT systems
• Practical cloud native experience

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Must have Salesforce technical knowledge and design experience.
• AWS cloud architecture experience.
• Previous Leadership experience.
• Have Product knowledge

JPMorgan Chase & Co., 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. For those in eligible roles, we offer discretionary incentive compensation which may be awarded in recognition of firm performance and 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 ce