Lead Software Engineer - Blockchain Development Engineer

JPMorgan Chase & Co.•Jersey City, NJ

About The Position

Be an integral part of an agile team that's constantly pushing the envelope to enhance, build, and deliver top-notch technology products. As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within Commercial and Investment Banking team, you will play a key role in an agile team dedicated to building, enhancing, and delivering trusted, market-leading technology products. You will leverage your deep technical expertise and problem-solving skills to address complex challenges across multiple technologies and applications, driving significant business impact through your contributions. 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. J.P. Morgan’s Commercial & Investment Bank is a global leader across banking, markets, securities services and payments. Corporations, governments and institutions throughout the world entrust us with their business in more than 100 countries. The Commercial & Investment Bank provides strategic advice, raises capital, manages risk and extends liquidity in markets around the world.

Requirements

Formal training or certification in software engineering concepts and 5+ years of applied experience
Hands-on knowledge of end-2-end development in web3 ecosystem – such as smart contract development, deployment, interaction with RPC providers, integrating with key management systems.
Strong familiarity with different layers, such as Ethereum, Layer2 protocols
Strong object-oriented programming language background in one or more of the following languages: Go, C++, Rust, Java, JavaScript
Experience in Developing and Designing large and complex distributed computing environments
Proven track record of delivering software development projects
Experience with cloud infrastructure services AWS and Kubernetes.
Familiarity with using Git or other version control software for source code management

Nice To Haves

Financial industry experience
Thorough understanding of cryptographic protocols and blockchain implementations
Good understanding in key management, custody solutions and cryptographic fundamentals
Awareness of inter-operability solutions.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
Self-starter that requires minimal supervision
Flexible / adaptable - able to work with diverse groups of people including all levels of business management
Excellent project management and facilitation skills

Responsibilities

Design Peer-to-peer distributed systems and implement using multiple technology stacks.
Familiarity with key blockchain technologies & understanding.
Collaborate with various line of business technology teams to design and build robust and performant blockchain-based solutions.
Design and implement blockchain supporting tools and utilities (e.g., CLI client, tools for exploring the blockchain, monitoring, benchmarking or debugging tools)
Implement rigorous and thorough testing practices to ensure the security and performance goals of blockchain infrastructure.
Implement rigorous and thorough monitoring and testing practices to ensure the security and performance goals of blockchain infrastructure
Design and verify cryptographic protocols deployed on the blockchain
Design blockchain solutions, such that it can support benchmark use-cases of decentralized applications, with proven and verified cryptographic protocols
Build out monitoring protocols and fail-over measures.
Collaborate with development teams to develop integration design and where appropriate prepare estimates on design and development services for integration initiatives

Benefits

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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