Sr Lead Software Engineer - Database Engineering

Job Description

If you are looking for a game-changing career, working for one of the world's leading financial institutions, you’ve come to the right place.

As a Sr Lead Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within the Consumer and Community Banking division, you provide expertise and engineering excellence as an integral part of an agile team to enhance, build, and deliver trusted market-leading technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable way. You will leverage your advanced technical capabilities and collaborate with colleagues across the organization to promote best-in-class outcomes across various technologies to support one or more of the firm’s portfolios.

Job responsibilities 

• Contribute as database administration and development expert, working with application development teams to develop, execute and support database modernization/optimization/migration activities.
• Provide thought leadership and modernization support to application development (AD) teams through the analysis, migration, and post migration efforts for their database footprints.
• Partner with PaaS, DBaaS, and Cloud Delivery teams to resolve issues and influence implementation of self service capabilities to support the AD teams.
• Contribute to and influence development of database modernization patterns.
• Contribute to and influence tactical and strategic database modernization planning.
• Contribute to the design and development of tools to accelerate modernization efforts.
• Support AD teams in troubleshooting and resolution of production database issues.
• Perform proactive reviews of database implementations to enhance performance and resiliency.
• Serve as an escalation point to AD teams and facilitate effective communication across teams.
• Create/define/maintain documentation supporting database modernization efforts, database standards, and best practices.
• Provide direct mentorship to software engineers and AD teams, and lead or participate in learning activities to enhance the AD team database capabilities.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills 

• Formal training or certification on software engineering database concepts and 5+ years applied experience.
• 8+ years experience working as database administrator/engineer.
• 7+ years of database development and configuration experience.
• Demonstrable database design and architecture experience.
• Demonstrable experience performing and managing database upgrades and migrations. 
• Experience with AWS and associated database services.
• Experience supporting databases in DevOps.
• Experience supporting/integrating DDL and DML with CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GIT/Bit Bucket, etc.).
• Demonstrable troubleshooting skills.
• Ability to adjust and adapt role to support team success.
• Must be able to self-motivate to support delivery whether individually or as part of a team.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills 

• Direct experience with PostgreSQL, CockroachDB, and Cassandra databases.
• Application programming experience with Java and/or Python.
• Experience working in/with teams performing Agile software development.
• Strong desire to master emerging technologies and share experience with other team members.
• Experience supporting teams in upskilling database development and support competencies.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

About Us

Chase is a leading financial services firm, helping nearly half of America’s households and small businesses achieve their financial goals through a broad range of financial products. Our mission is to create engaged, lifelong relationships and put our customers at the heart of everything we do. We also help small businesses, nonprofits and cities grow, delivering solutions to solve all their financial needs.

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.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veterans

About the Team

Our Consumer & Community Banking division serves our Chase customers through a range of financial services, including personal banking, credit cards, mortgages, auto financing, investment advice, small business loans and payment processing. We’re proud to lead the U.S. in credit card sales and deposit growth and have the most-used digital solutions – all while ranking first in customer satisfaction.