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Performance Engineer- Senior Lead Software Engineer

AT JPMorgan Chase
JPMorgan Chase

Performance Engineer- Senior Lead Software Engineer

Seattle, WA

Be an integral part of an agile team that's constantly pushing the envelope to enhance, build, and deliver top-notch technology products.

As a Senior Lead Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within the agile Performance Engineering team, you will play a crucial role in shaping the future architecture and strategy through rigorous testing and enhancement of the performance capabilities of various applications. Your technical expertise and problem-solving skills will be utilized to promote substantial business impact and address a wide range of challenges across multiple technologies and applications in both private and public cloud environments.

Job Responsibilities

  • Regularly provides technical guidance and direction to support the business and its technical teams, contractors, and vendors
  • Drives well-tuned implementations of technical methods in specialized fields in line with the latest product development methodologies.
  • Master multi-cloud performance tooling; and lead the architecture and engineering of performance tooling to meet the firm's needs.
  • Build mechanisms to measure and track application efficient use of public and private cloud resources: compute, storage, database, and network.
  • Drives decisions that influence the product design, application functionality, and technical operations and processes
  • Anticipate and Identify issues - Performance Engineers look for potential problems that could negatively impact performance and work to eliminate or mitigate them.
  • Plan and develop methodologies for standard performance benchmarks and comparisons.
  • 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

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Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

  • Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience
  • Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
  • 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
  • Infrastructure knowledge of VMWare virtualization and associated tooling
  • Hands-on experience in performance troubleshooting skills
    • Optimize software solutions for execution speed, memory efficiency and communication latency.
    • Experienced in both Linux and Windows operating systems, a broad variety of databases, and infrastructure across compute, network and storage.
  • Strong communication skills with ability to present, and effectively communicate with Senior Leaders and Executives. Experience in influencing engineers and leaders. Benchmark performance metrics for any given business case.
  • Experience in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field and expertise in technology disciplines

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

  • Practical cloud native experience primarily in AWS is a plus
  • Knowledge of industry-wide technology trends and best practice.


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

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.

Client-provided location(s): Seattle, WA, USA; Jersey City, NJ, USA
Job ID: JPMorgan-210564993
Employment Type: Full Time