Lead Software Engineer - DevOps

Job Description
We have an opportunity to impact your career and provide an adventure where you can push the limits of what's possible.
As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorganChase within the Consumer & Community Banking, you are an integral part of an agile team that works to enhance, build, and deliver trusted market-leading technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable way. As a core technical contributor, you are responsible for conducting critical technology solutions across multiple technical areas within various business functions in support of the firm's business objectives.
Job responsibilities

• Architect, deploy, and manages Gaia Kubernetes clusters for production-scale container orchestration, ensuring high availability and fault tolerance
• Develops and maintains CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and Jules, integrating automated testing, security scans, and quality gates
• Implements continuous delivery workflows in Spinnaker for blue/green and canary deployments
• Writes reusable automation scripts and shared libraries in Groovy to streamline build and release processes
• Designs, provisions, and operates cloud infrastructure in AWS (EC2, EKS, VPC, IAM, S3, RDS, etc.)
• Author and maintains Terraform modules to enforce infrastructure as code best practices and enable repeatable, versioned deployments
• Collaborates with software development, QA, security, and operations teams to embed DevOps practices across the software development lifecycle
• Monitors system performance and reliability using industry-standard tools; proactively identify and resolve bottlenecks
• Coaches and mentors junior engineers, conduct architecture and code reviews, and evangelize DevOps culture

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification on Software Engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience
• Expertise with Gaia Kubernetes platform internals, operators, and ecosystem tools
• Advanced scripting in Groovy (Jenkins shared libraries)
• Deep experience building pipelines in Jenkins and Jules
• Proven track record implementing Spinnaker for safe, automated deployments
• Strong AWS skillset: compute, container services, networking, IAM
• Extensive Terraform usage at scale (module development, state management, CI integration)
• Strategic thinker with strong problem solving skills
• Passion for continuous improvement, automation, and operational excellence
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• AWS Certification - Associate or Professional
• Background in monitoring/observability (Prometheus, Grafana, Cloud Watch)
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

About Us
Chase is a leading financial services firm, helping nearly half of America's households and small businesses achieve their financial goals through a broad range of financial products. Our mission is to create engaged, lifelong relationships and put our customers at the heart of everything we do. We also help small businesses, nonprofits and cities grow, delivering solutions to solve all their financial needs.
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. Additional details about total compensation and benefits will be provided during the hiring process.
We recognize that our people are our strength and the diverse talents they bring to our global workforce are directly linked to our success. We are an equal opportunity employer and place a high value on diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute, including race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital or veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. We also make reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs. Visit our FAQs for more information about requesting an accommodation.
Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veterans
About the Team
Our Consumer & Community Banking division serves our Chase customers through a range of financial services, including personal banking, credit cards, mortgages, auto financing, investment advice, small business loans and payment processing. We're proud to lead the U.S. in credit card sales and deposit growth and have the most-used digital solutions - all while ranking first in customer satisfaction.