Lead Architect: Infrastructure Platforms

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As a Lead Architect at JPMorgan Chase within the Infrastructure Platforms of Consumer and Community Banking, you will be an integral part of a team that works to develop high-quality Infrastructure and Production Management architecture solutions. This role will support the overall expectation that infrastructure and application architectures meet the firm's reliability, availability, scalability, and operational standards. As a core technical contributor, you will support the enhancement and development of architecture platforms based on modern cloud-based technologies and/or leverage the power of Artificial Intelligence, while supporting the adoption of strategic global solutions.

Job responsibilities

• Engages technical teams and business stakeholders to discuss and propose technical approaches to meet current and future needs
• Conducts architecture and operational reviews focused on resiliency and scale
• Evaluates recommendations and provides feedback on new technologies
• Executes creative infrastructure solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting with the ability to think beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions or break down technical problems
• Translates enterprise architecture concepts into practical, actionable standards.
• Partners across Architecture, Engineering, DevRel, and SRE functions
• Contributes to the development of technical methods in specialized fields in line with the latest product development methodologies
• Participates in architecture governance bodies
• Develops secure and 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 infrastructure appl applications and systems

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience
• Strong knowledge of software architecture, 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.)
• Familiarity with Kubernetes, infrastructure-as-code, observability, and incident response
• Experience applying expertise and new methods to determine solutions for complex architecture problems in one or more technical disciplines
• Ability to evaluate current and emerging technologies to recommend the best solutions for the future state architecture
• Proficiency in automation and continuous delivery methods
• Proficient in all aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle
• Strong understanding of distributed systems, cloud-native patterns, and service reliability
• Expertise in one or more programming language(s)

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Ability to work horizontally across business units and technical teams
• Effective communication, facilitation, and documentation skills

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.

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