Manager of Software Engineering - React/Python and databases
JPMorganChase
This is your chance to change the path of your career and guide multiple teams to success at one of the world's leading financial institutions.
As a Manager of Software Engineering at JPMorgan Chase within the Corporate Technology group, you manage day-to-day implementation activities by identifying and escalating issues and ensuring your team’s work adheres to standards, business requirements, and tactical best practices. This role will be a mix of managing a team of 3-6 engineers and hands-on tech leadership building an application that builds reports for executive technology leadership.
Job responsibilities:
- Actively contributes to development with hands-on React front-end work, Python and backend database design, optimization, and troubleshooting.
- Provides guidance to immediate team of software engineers on daily tasks and activities, including coaching junior developers via code reviews and pair programming.
- Sets the overall guidance and expectations for team output, practices, and collaboration.
- Anticipates dependencies with other teams to deliver products and applications in line with business requirements.
- Manages stakeholder relationships and the team’s work in accordance with standards, service level agreements, and business requirements.
- Work in agile fashion with quick turnaround to business needs.
- Leads communities of practice across Software Engineering to promote awareness and use of new and leading-edge technologies
- 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. In addition, demonstrated coaching and mentoring experience
- 8+ years of software development experience.
- Experience leading technology projects & managing technologists.
- Demonstrated, hands-on expertise in React (components, hooks, state management, testing), Python and backend databases (schema design, SQL, indexing, query optimization; e.g., Oracle, AWS RDS)
- Proficient 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
- Proven ability to mentor and guide junior developers, set coding standards, and elevate code quality across teams
- Experience working at code level, specifically in React front-end development and backend database design, performance tuning, and production troubleshooting
- Knowledge of the financial services industry and their IT systems
- Experience in AWS.
Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills:
- Familiarity with modern front-end technologies
- Exposure to cloud technologies
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.
JPMorgan Chase & Co. is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Veterans
Our Corporate Technology team relies on smart, driven people like you to develop applications and provide tech support for all our corporate functions across our network. Your efforts will touch lives all over the financial spectrum and across all our divisions: Global Finance, Corporate Treasury, Risk Management, Human Resources, Compliance, Legal, and within the Corporate Administrative Office. You’ll be part of a team specifically built to meet and exceed our evolving technology needs, as well as our technology controls agenda.
Lead multiple teams, manage day-to-day implementation activities, and set overall guidance for team output, practices and collaboration