At JP Morgan Chase, we understand that customers seek exceptional value and a seamless experience from a trusted financial institution. That's why we launched Chase UK to transform digital banking with intuitive and enjoyable customer journeys. With a strong foundation of trust established by millions of customers in the US, we have been rapidly expanding our presence in the UK and soon across Europe. We have been building the bank of the future from the ground up, offering you the chance to join us and make a significant impact.

As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within the International Consumer Bank, you will be joining our Cloud Platform Engineering tribe, which is at the heart of a cutting-edge cloud-native AWS infrastructure that powers the Chase UK bank that is trusted by over 2 million customers. You will be exposed to a wide spectrum of technologies such as Kubernetes clusters, connectivity, databases, kafka clusters, as well as numerous opportunities to create automations to eliminate toil and improve developer experience.

Job responsibilities

Maintain and improve our AWS cloud infrastructure to ensure the bank’s 24/7 operation with a focus on stability, performance, security and complianceMaintain and improve stability, security and performance of connectivity for our customers, in-between AWS accounts, as well as in-between Chase and third partiesMaintain, design and create automation scripts and tooling using a variety of programming languages (Bash/Python/Go) as necessaryMaintain and build a cloud platform for application developers and provide support to improve their SDLC and developer experienceManage and interact with vendors and other areas of the business to plan improvements and coordinate project efforts

Participate in on-call rota

 

Required qualifications, skills, and/or capabilities

Experience managing public cloud infrastructure using infra-as-code technologies (we use Terraform with AWS)Strong knowledge and operating experience in at least one CDN provider (such as Akamai/CloudFlare)Familiarity with network monitoring and diagnostic toolsOptimize network performance through continuous analysis and improvement of connectivity patternsStrong understanding of network protocols, such as TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, ICMP and VPNExperience with configuring and managing reverse proxies (such as Traefik, NGINX, HAProxy, etc)Good knowledge of Kubernetes clusters' operations (we use EKS)Good knowledge of programming using a modern language (Java/Python/Go)Excellent understanding of DevOps principles and SDLC best practicesExcellent communication and collaboration skillsStrong analytical and problem-solving abilities

 

Preferred qualifications, skills, and/or capabilities

Familiar with software engineering security best practices in a cloud environmentExperience developing unit, integration and end-to-end software tests