JPMorganChase · 15 hours ago
Lead Software Engineer- Java and Kafka
Jersey City, NJ
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$152K/yr - $215K/yr
5+ years expJPMorgan Chase is one of the oldest financial institutions, offering innovative financial solutions globally. As a Lead Software Engineer, you will enhance and deliver technology products while leading an agile team in developing critical technology solutions to support business objectives.
Asset ManagementBankingFinancial Services
Responsibilities
Execute creative software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting, with the ability to think beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions or break down technical problems
Implement real-time data processing solutions to efficiently handle large volumes of data
Ensure data processing solutions comply with security and compliance standards
Document data processing workflows, architecture, and best practices
Optimize data processing pipelines for performance and scalability
Monitor and troubleshoot performance issues in Kafka and Spark applications
Lead communities of practice across Software Engineering to drive awareness and adoption of new and leading-edge technologies
Contribute to a team culture of diversity, opportunity, inclusion, and respect
Qualification
Required
Formal training or certification in software engineering concepts and 5+ years of applied experience
Proven Senior Java developer with expertise in Java, Kafka, and SQL
Experience developing and maintaining Java applications for data ingestion, transformation, and storage
Ability to integrate data processing solutions with AWS services such as Apache Kafka/Amazon MSK, Amazon S3, AWS Lambda, and Amazon EMR
Strong experience with AWS services and cloud-based architectures
Experience with data enrichment, transformation, and optimization techniques
Experience developing, debugging, and maintaining code in a large corporate environment using one or more modern programming languages and database querying languages
Proficiency in designing and implementing real-time data processing solutions
Preferred
Experience with Python or shell scripting and working in a Linux environment
Experience building distributed systems at Internet scale
Experience with Spark Structured Streaming and Spark SQL
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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unknown1998-02-01IPO
Leadership Team
Allison Beer
CEO of Card Services and Connected Commerce
Dan Mendelson
CEO, Morgan Health
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