Manager of Software Engineering - Java/DevOps/AWS

JPMorgan Chase & Co. • Plano, TX

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About The Position

As a Manager of Software Engineering at JPMorgan Chase within the Asset and Wealth Management - Asset and Wealth Management Technology & Operations team, you will be an integral part of an agile team dedicated to enhancing, building, and delivering trusted market-leading technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable manner.

Requirements

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience. In addition, demonstrated coaching and mentoring experience.
• 8+ years of software development experience.
• 5+ years of software engineering experience building distributed systems with large data volumes and real-time distribution.
• Solid Java proficiency with a strong willingness to code hands-on.
• Practical understanding of CI/CD, DevOps toolchains, and agile, test-driven delivery.
• Hands-on experience with reactive, non-blocking, streaming Java; microservices; domain-driven design; and cloud technologies.
• Experience with: Caching: Redis, GemFire, or Apache Ignite Messaging/streaming: Kafka, IBM MQ
• Working knowledge of microservices, REST APIs, SQL and NoSQL databases, and event-driven architectures.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with the Spring ecosystem and AWS cloud services.
• Familiarity with trading systems; exposure to the FIX protocol is a plus.
• Ability to solve complex, mission-critical problems with a pragmatic, hands-on approach.
• Continuous learner and early adopter of emerging technologies and methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with engineers to design, build, and deploy applications aligned with business and functional requirements.
• Contribute to Java-based microservices using streaming, non-blocking, and reactive programming paradigms; write production-quality code.
• Work with Kafka, IBM MQ, Kubernetes (K8s), Redis, Amazon MSK, and AWS services to deliver scalable, efficient systems.
• Support domain-driven design adoption and participate in architectural discussions.
• Contribute to technical documentation and service APIs (Swagger/OpenAPI), ensuring strong logging, auditability, security, and monitoring.
• Participate in API design sessions and help select appropriate design patterns and integration approaches.
• Engage in code reviews; promote TDD/BDD practices to ensure maintainability and quality.
• Assist in demonstrating service scalability and resilience using mock frameworks, performance testing, and related tools.
• Lead communities of practice across Software Engineering to promote awareness and use of new and leading-edge technologies
• Add to team culture of diversity, opportunity, inclusion, and respect.

Benefits

• 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: No Education Listed