Lead Software Engineer API Management Platform

Job Description
We have an opportunity to impact your career and provide an adventure where you can push the limits of what's possible.
As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within the Commercial & Investment Bank, Payments Technology, 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

• Executes creative software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting with ability to think beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions or break down technical problems
• Develops secure high-quality production code, and reviews and debugs code written by others
• Identifies opportunities to eliminate or automate remediation of recurring issues to improve overall operational stability of software applications and systems
• Leads evaluation sessions with external vendors, startups, and internal teams to drive outcomes-oriented probing of architectural designs, technical credentials, and applicability for use within existing systems and information architecture
• Leads communities of practice across Software Engineering to drive awareness and use of new and leading-edge technologies
• Adds to team culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and respect
• Drive the adoption of DevOps methodologies and tools to enhance API deployment processes and operational efficiency, providing a best-in-class developer experience.
• Provide technical guidance and execution to the DevOps team, fostering a culture of collaboration, continuous improvement, and innovation.
• Monitor industry trends and emerging technologies to keep the platform and team at the forefront of innovation.
• Customer champion helping teams onboard to seamlessly to our API Platform.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification in software engineering concepts and 5+ years of applied experience.
• Advanced in one or more programming language(s) like Golang, Groovy, Lua etc
• Proficient in all aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle
• Advanced understanding of agile methodologies
• In-depth knowledge of the financial services industry and their IT systems
• Practical cloud native experience
• Professional experience creating, publishing, securing, monitoring, and analyzing application programming interfaces (APIs) in a scalable and controlled environment.
• Experience with Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) to automatically integrate code changes, run quality checks, and deploy changes across environments.
• Hands-on practical experience using OpenAPI Specifications (OAS) for RESTful services
• Experience with an industry API Management Solutions (e.g. APIGEE, Kong, Mulesoft)
• Working knowledge Terraform for infrastructure-as-code (IaC) and Spinnaker for continuous delivery (CD)

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills
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• Comfortable and curious to work at the code level, building credibility to lead technical teams
• Strong understanding of API design (OpenAPI Specification) and development using Java/SpringBoot.
• Familiarity with API testing technologies like Mockoon, Wiremock, Postman, or JMeter.
• Excellent leadership, communication, and project management skills.
• Ability to build and nurture a strong developer community by fostering collaboration and creating opportunities for developers to connect and share knowledge.

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 Team
J.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.