Design and develop scalable Python systems while applying SRE principles to improve reliability, security, and performance. Responsibilities include monitoring, alerting, automated recovery, SLI/SLO measurement, chaos engineering, performance testing with JMeter, incident response, root cause analysis, and production troubleshooting. The role collaborates with product teams, contributes to architecture and engineering practices, and maintains high-quality, resilient software.
As a Software Engineer – Software Reliability in our product team, you will design and develop scalable, resilient systems using Python. You will apply SRE principles, drive operational excellence, and ensure our applications meet the highest standards of reliability and security. You’ll work closely with peers to troubleshoot, optimize, and maintain production code, while fostering a collaborative and inclusive environment. Your expertise will help us advance our software engineering practices and deliver impactful solutions.
Job Responsibilities
- Design and develop scalable and resilient systems using Python to support continuous improvement
- Apply Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) concepts to enhance system reliability and performance
- Execute software solutions, including design, development, and technical troubleshooting
- Create secure, high-quality production code and maintain algorithms that run synchronously with appropriate systems
- Produce or contribute to architecture and design artifacts, ensuring design constraints are met
- Gather, analyze, and synthesize data to develop visualizations and reporting for software and system improvement
- Identify hidden problems and patterns in data to drive improvements in coding hygiene and system architecture
- Implement reliability engineering practices such as monitoring, alerting, and automated recovery
- Define and measure Service Level Indicators (SLIs) and Service Level Objectives (SLOs) to track system health
- Conduct chaos engineering experiments to test system resiliency and identify weaknesses
- Perform performance testing using tools such as JMeter to ensure scalability and stability
- Collaborate with product teams to enhance system reliability, scalability, and performance
- Contribute to software engineering communities of practice and events exploring new and emerging technologies
- Foster a team culture of diversity, opportunity, inclusion, and respect
- Participate in post-incident reviews and drive root cause analysis for system failures
Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- Hands-on practical experience in system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
- Proficient in coding in Python
- Experience developing, debugging, and maintaining code in a large corporate environment with modern programming languages and database querying languages
- Knowledge of the Software Development Life Cycle, AWS cloud exposure, troubleshooting abilities, resiliency, and automation focus
- Understanding of agile methodologies such as CI/CD, application resiliency, and security
- Knowledge of software applications and technical processes within a technical discipline (e.g., cloud, artificial intelligence, machine learning, mobile, etc.)
- Experience with AI and full understanding of the SDLC process, and MongoDB
- Familiarity with reliability engineering concepts, including monitoring, alerting, and automated recovery
- Ability to implement and maintain system health checks and performance metrics
- Experience with incident response and root cause analysis
- Commitment to writing maintainable, testable, and high-quality code
- Understanding of SRE principles, including SLIs, SLOs, and error budgets
- Experience with chaos engineering practices to test system resiliency
- Proficiency in performance testing tools such as JMeter
Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- Familiarity with modern front-end technologies
- Exposure to cloud technologies
JPMorganChase, one of the oldest financial institutions, offers innovative financial solutions to millions of consumers, small businesses and many of the world’s most prominent corporate, institutional and government clients under the J.P. Morgan and Chase brands. Our history spans over 200 years and today we are a leader in investment banking, consumer and small business banking, commercial banking, financial transaction processing and asset management.
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
JPMorganChase Chicago, Illinois, USA Office
Chicago, IL, United States
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