JPMorganChase · 5 hours ago
Senior Lead Software Engineer - Platform Architect
Palo Alto, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
5+ years expJPMorgan Chase is one of the oldest financial institutions, offering innovative financial solutions to a diverse client base. As a Senior Lead Software Engineer within the Payments Technology team, you will design, develop, and optimize high-performance, distributed transactional data systems that support mission-critical financial applications.
Asset ManagementBankingFinancial Services
Responsibilities
Regularly provides technical guidance and direction to support the business and its technical teams, contractors, and vendors
Develops secure and high-quality production code, and reviews and debugs code written by others
Drives decisions that influence the product design, application functionality, and technical operations and processes
Serves as a function-wide subject matter expert in one or more areas of focus
Actively contributes to the engineering community as an advocate of firmwide frameworks, tools, and practices of the Software Development Life Cycle
Influences peers and project decision-makers to consider the use and application of leading-edge technologies
Adds to the team culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and respect
Architect and implement distributed OLTP platforms using CockroachDB, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle, or SQL Server to support high-throughput transactional workloads
Design, develop, and optimize RESTful APIs for real-time transaction processing, ensuring efficient database interactions and minimal latency
Develop and maintain distributed data pipelines for handling event-driven transactions with Apache Kafka, MQ, or Kinesis
Collaborate with SRE/DevOps teams to deploy and monitor OLTP databases in cloud-native environments (AWS, GCP, Azure) using Kubernetes and containerized deployments
Qualification
Required
Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years of applied experience
Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
Advanced in one or more programming language(s)
Advanced knowledge of software applications and technical processes with considerable in-depth knowledge in one or more technical disciplines (e.g., cloud, artificial intelligence, machine learning, mobile, etc.)
Ability to tackle design and functionality problems independently with little to no oversight
Practical cloud native experience
Experience in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Mathematics, or a related technical field
Expertise in distributed relational databases such as CockroachDB, PostgreSQL, MySQL, or Oracle
Experience with RESTful API development, including best practices for database access, connection pooling, and API rate limiting
Proficiency in programming languages such as Java, Python, Go, or C++ for API development and data engineering tasks
Preferred
Experience designing high-availability, multi-region OLTP architectures with active-active replication
Hands-on experience with NoSQL transactional databases like DynamoDB
Understanding of CQRS (Command Query Responsibility Segregation) and event sourcing in OLTP systems
Prior experience in real-time payments, fraud detection, financial transaction processing
Deep understanding of CAP theorem, consistency models, distributed locking, and replication strategies
Strong knowledge of database security, access controls, encryption, and regulatory compliance
Benefits
Comprehensive health care coverage
On-site health and wellness centers
A retirement savings plan
Backup childcare
Tuition reimbursement
Mental health support
Financial coaching
Company
JPMorganChase
With a history tracing its roots to 1799 in New York City, JPMorganChase is one of the world's oldest, largest, and best-known financial institutions—carrying forth the innovative spirit of our heritage firms in global operations across 100 markets.
10001+ employees
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Funding
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Leadership Team
Allison Beer
CEO of Card Services and Connected Commerce
Dan Mendelson
CEO, Morgan Health
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