Location: Jersey City, NJ, United States

We have an opportunity to join the Asset Management Alternative Private Equity team, working closely with Private Equity Portfolio Management and front office users to build state-of-the-art Private Equity investment management platform and integrate it with strategic vendor partners as well as Asset Management systems of records to provide end-to-end investment management experience to our front office business users. 

As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorganChase within the Alternative Asset Management Private Equity team, you are an integral part of an agile team that works to build leading edge solutions using AWS, Java, Python and Oracle to deliver trusted market-leading technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable way. 

Job responsibilities

• Executes creative software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting with ability to think beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions or break down technical problems
• Develops secure high-quality production code, and reviews and debugs code written by others
• Identifies opportunities to eliminate or automate remediation of recurring issues to improve overall operational stability of software applications and systems
• Leads evaluation sessions with external vendors, startups, and internal teams to drive outcomes-oriented probing of architectural designs, technical credentials, and applicability for use within existing systems and information architecture
• Leads communities of practice across Software Engineering to drive awareness and use of new and leading-edge technologies
• Adds to team culture of diversity, opportunity, inclusion, and respect
• Works on state-of-art in-house build Private Equity investment management platform that serves multiple Alternative Investment businesses within Asset and Wealth Management
• Works closely with Private Equity business users to ensure solutions are fully aligned to the business requirements

 

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification in software engineering concepts, with 5+ years of applied experience. 
• Experience working in an agile development team.
• Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
• Advanced in one or more programming language(s), primarily Java, ReactJS and Python
• Proficiency in automation and continuous delivery methods
• Proficient in all aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle
• 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, machine learning, mobile, etc.)
• In-depth knowledge of the financial services industry and their IT systems
• Practical cloud native experience

• Python experience preferred but not essential
• Prior experience with React/Javascript
• Financial domain knowledge (Asset management preferred. Ideal candidate will have Private Equity or other asset class front office business knowledge

Opportunity to join the AM Private Equity Technology team, working closely with PE business to develop front to back tech solutions