Lead Software Engineer - SRE Cloud Engineer

Lead Software Engineer - SRE Cloud Engineer

OH, United States

and 1 more

Job Information

• Job Identification 210803426

• Job Category Software Engineering

• Business Unit Corporate Sector

• Posting Date 10/29/2026, 06:09 PM

• Locations 1111 Polaris Pkwy, Columbus, OH, 43240, US545 Washington Blvd, Jersey City, NJ, 07310, US

• Job Schedule Full time

• Base Pay/Salary Jersey City,NJ $156,750.00-$215,000.00

Job Description

We have an exciting and rewarding opportunity for you to take your software engineering career to the next level.

As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within the Corporate Technology Finance and Risk Warehouse SRE Team, you will solve complex and broad business problems with simple and straightforward solutions. Through code and cloud infrastructure, you will configure, maintain, monitor, and optimize applications and their associated infrastructure to independently decompose and iteratively improve on existing solutions.

Job responsibilities

• Guides and assists others in the areas of building appropriate level designs and gaining consensus from peers where appropriate.

• Collaborates with other software engineers and teams to design and implement deployment approaches using automated continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines.

• Collaborates with other software engineers and teams to design, develop, test, and implement availability, reliability, scalability, and solutions in their applications.

• Implements infrastructure, configuration, and network as code for the applications and platforms in your remit.

• Collaborates with technical experts, key stakeholders, and team members to resolve complex problems.

• Understands service level indicators and utilizes service level objectives to proactively resolve issues before they impact customers.

• Supports the adoption of site reliability engineering best practices within the team.

• Monitors and responds to production alerts, providing L1 and L2 support to minimize customer impact.

• Provides weekend and on-call production support as part of the team rotation.

• 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.

• Strong analysis, research, investigation, and evaluation skills, with a structured approach to problem solving.

• Proficient in at least one programming language such as Python, Java/Spring Boot, Scala, and/or .Net.

• Hands-on with infrastructure as code (IaC) using tools such as Terraform and AWS CDK.

• Experience developing and running data pipelines using PySpark and good debugging skills.

• Experience managing and developing/deploying on Cloud (private cloud or public cloud).

• Working knowledge of Kubernetes, Docker, and other container technologies.

• Experience with monitoring and observability tools, including Dynatrace, Open Telemetry (OTEL), Prometheus, Datadog, and Grafana, particularly in dashboard development.

• Knowledge of GIT, Bitbucket, Jenkins, SONAR, SPLUNK, Maven, AIM and Continuous Delivery tools.

• Demonstrated experience using and leading effective use of enterprise-authorized, AI-assisted software development tools (e.g., for coding, code review, test acceleration, troubleshooting) to support SRE workflows — with strong validation habits and 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 engineers on safe, compliant adoption within delivery practices.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Production working knowledge of Databricks and Apache Airflow on AWS.

• AWS, Databricks, and/or Terraform certification.

• Working knowledge of Control-M/Autosys, Airflow scheduling package.

• UNIX file management & administration and good shell scripting experience.

• Oracle (v9i/10/11/19c) running on Exadata, Ansi SQL, PL/SQL Stored Procedures support/development.

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 (https://careers.jpmorgan.com/us/en/how-we-hire/faqs) for more information about requesting an accommodation.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Veterans

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.