Java Principal Software Engineer

Job Description
If you are looking for a game-changing career, working for one of the world's leading financial institutions, you've come to the right place. We are looking for a technology leader ready to take their career to new heights. Join the ranks of top talent at one of the world's most influential companies.
As a Principal Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within the Fusion Data Management Team, you provide expertise and engineering excellence as an integral part of an agile team to enhance, build, and deliver trusted market-leading technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable way. Leverage your advanced technical capabilities and collaborate with colleagues across the organization to drive best-in-class outcomes across various technologies to support one or more of the firm's portfolios.
Fusion is a cloud-native data technology solution that provides data management, analytics and reporting for institutional investors. You will be spearheading the development of a cutting-edge entity mastering and management solution for our flagship data management product. You will lead by example in this hands-on role, providing technical and thought leadership, using your deep expertise in large-scale, cloud-based data and integration projects to build best-in-class solutions for our clients.
Job responsibilities

• Leads the development of scalable, high-performance, cloud-native software solutions for the entity mastering solution and beyond
• Provides technical and thought leadership for a diverse group of software engineers and stakeholders
• Prioritises cloud-based architectures that account for all aspects of the commercial deliverable, including cost, maintainability and scalability
• Leads proactively, capable of facing off with senior stakeholders and turning requirements into functional deliverables quickly and efficiently
• Creates complex and scalable coding frameworks using appropriate software design frameworks
• Develops secure and high-quality production code, and reviews and debugs code written by others
• Creates durable, reusable software frameworks that are leveraged across teams and functions
• Influences leaders and senior stakeholders across business, product, and technology teams
• Champions the firm's culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and respect

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and expert applied experience
• Extensive recent hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
• Expert in one or more programming language(s)which should include Core Java
• Advanced knowledge of software application development and technical processes with considerable in-depth knowledge in one or more technical disciplines (e.g., cloud, artificial intelligence, machine learning, mobile, etc.)
• Experience applying expertise and new methods to determine solutions for complex technology problems in one or more technical disciplines
• Experience with high-performance table formats, e.g., Apache Iceberg; proficiency in different databases
• Expertise in distributed event streaming platforms, e.g., Kafka; experience building microservices as containerized applications
• Expertise in building real-time or near real-time software handling high volumes
• Experience in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Mathematics, or a related technical field

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• AWS managed services including Kinesis, S3, EKS, RDS
• Experience with Apache Flink
• Hands-on experience with event sourcing and command/event patterns and associated technology, e.g. Akka or Apache Pekko

About Us
J.P. Morgan is a global leader in financial services, providing strategic advice and products to the world's most prominent corporations, governments, wealthy individuals and institutional investors. Our first-class business in a first-class way approach to serving clients drives everything we do. We strive to build trusted, long-term partnerships to help our clients achieve their business objectives.
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.
About the Team
Our professionals in our Corporate Functions cover a diverse range of areas from finance and risk to human resources and marketing. Our corporate teams are an essential part of our company, ensuring that we're setting our businesses, clients, customers and employees up for success.