hackajob · 2 hours ago
Senior Lead Software Engineer- Python/AWS
Jersey City, NJ
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$171K/yr - $260K/yr
5+ years exphackajob is collaborating with J.P. Morgan to connect them with exceptional tech professionals for the role of Senior Lead Software Engineer. The successful candidate will be part of an agile team focused on enhancing, building, and delivering technology products, driving significant business impact through technical expertise and innovation.
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Responsibilities
Design, build, and deliver high-performing applications and frameworks that support the Markets Data Lake Platform and Markets Data Strategy
Drive innovation, collaboration, and engineering standards across the globally distributed team
Regularly provide technical guidance and direction to support the business and its technical teams, contractors, and vendors
Develop secure and high-quality production code, and review and debug code written by others
Drive decisions that influence product design, application functionality, and technical operations and processes
Serve as a function-wide subject matter expert in one or more areas of focus
Actively contribute to the engineering community as an advocate of firmwide frameworks, tools, and practices of the Software Development Life Cycle
Influence peers and project decision-makers to consider the use and application of leading-edge technologies
Qualification
Required
Formal training or certification in software engineering concepts and 5+ years of applied experience
Prior experience with Sell-Side analytics platforms (JPMC Athena, SecDB, Quartz, etc.) is a must
Advanced experience in software design and architecture, with a focus on Python development
Design and implement software applications and APIs to enhance the Markets Data Lake platform
Develop microservices and real-time services using technologies such as Kafka streaming
Experience with big data technologies and AWS Cloud Platform
Experience with AWS Lake Formation and database technologies, including both relational and NoSQL
Architect scalable and efficient solutions that align with the firm's federated data lake pattern
Strong systems engineering and software development skills
Experience building high-performance, highly available, and scalable systems
Excellent problem-solving, root cause analysis, and debugging skills
Preferred
Experience developing APIs and foundational components
Strong SDLC mindset and familiarity with agile paradigms
Experience within DevOps, Infrastructure design, and transformation roles
Experience with scripting and compiled languages, such as Bash, Python, and C++
Comfortable working across different platforms and languages
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
hackajob
The AI-native tech hiring platform trusted by enterprises, scale-ups, and 1M+ tech professionals worldwide.
51-200 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$33MKey Investors
Volition CapitalDowning VenturesTechstars
2023-05-03Series B· $25M
2018-10-25Series A· $6.7M
2017-03-31Seed· $0.58M
Leadership Team
Mark Chaffey
CEO
Phil Kell
VP - Marketplace
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