
Lead Software Engineer
at J.P. Morgan
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JPMorgan Chase is hiring a Lead Software Engineer for the Kinexys team to drive payments innovation, including work on the JPMorgan Deposit Token and a tokenized money market fund. The role combines hands-on Python development with DevOps/SRE responsibilities, cloud-native troubleshooting, deployments, and monitoring. You'll collaborate with stakeholders, manage application infrastructure, resolve complex incidents, and support resiliency, metrics, and process improvements. The position is based in Jersey City, NJ and emphasizes automation, CI/CD, security, and production reliability.
Location: Jersey City, NJ, United States
We have an opportunity to impact your career and provide an adventure where you can push the boundaries of innovation.
Join JPMorgan Chase’s Commercial & Investment Bank – Kinexys Team as a Lead Software Engineer and be at the forefront of payments innovation. This is your chance to work with cutting-edge products like the JPMorgan Deposit Token and the industry’s first tokenized money market fund on a public blockchain. You’ll collaborate with a dynamic team in a fast-paced environment, leveraging your expertise in Python, DevOps, and cloud-native technologies to deliver secure, scalable solutions that transform the way money moves. If you’re passionate about driving change, solving complex technical challenges, and making a real impact in the financial industry, this is the adventure you’ve been waiting for.
As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within Commercial & Investment Bank – Kinexys Team, you will have an opportunity to work with a team dedicated to revolutionizing the way we do payments processing. In this role you will work in a fast paced, innovative environment, delivering trusted market-leading technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable way. As a Lead Software Engineer, you will get to work with products including JPMorgan Deposit Token, a way to move money quickly, easily and securely onchain and the recent launch of first ever tokenized money market fund on public blockchain.
Job responsibilities
- Handles client inquiries including ongoing engagements with JPMorgan Chase Kinexys/stakeholders
- Monitors applications and infrastructure including troubleshooting
- Manages application deployments and support infrastructure and environments
- Resolves complex incidents requiring deep technical expertise
- Supports metrics reporting, resiliency, audits and process improvements
- Adds to team culture of diversity, opportunity, inclusion, and respect
Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience
- Programming skills using Python
- Hands on practical professional experience as DevOps and Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)
- Practical cloud native (AWS or any other) experience in terms of troubleshooting application and infrastructure issues and deployments
- Proficiency in automation and continuous delivery methods
- Advanced understanding of agile methodologies such as CI/CD, Application Resiliency, and Security
- Demonstrated proficiency in software applications and technical processes within a technical discipline (e.g., cloud, Artificial Intelligence, etc.)
- Practical cloud native experience
Monitoring experience with tools as OpenSearch, Grafana, Hexagate
Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- Certifications in Cloud Computing (AWS or any other public cloud computing provider)
- Certification in DevOps/SRE
- Experience with AI
- Background in finance industry
Lead Software Engineer with DevOps and SRE skills




