Lead Software Engineer, Blockchain

Job Description

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As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorganChase within the Cybersecurity & Tech Controls, you are an integral part of an agile team that works to enhance, build, and deliver trusted market-leading technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable way. You will design, develop, test, and implement secure software components that protect the firm’s blockchain / distributed-ledger capabilities. As a core technical contributor, you are responsible for engineering critical technology solutions across multiple technical areas within various business functions in support of the firm’s business objectives. You will work within an engineering team, partnering closely with Architecture, Cybersecurity, Risk, and product/operations stakeholders in a hands-on environment with multiple, varied stakeholders.

Job Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and deploy security monitoring controls, with a focus on block chain security
• Build and maintain modern tooling using API-first design, microservices and/or event-driven patterns, with strong non-functional focus (resilience, performance, scalability).
• Engineer and operate CI/CD pipelines with automated testing and security guardrails (code quality checks, dependency scanning, secrets scanning, policy gates).
• Define and execute secure SDLC practices including threat modeling, secure code review, vulnerability remediation, and secure configuration standards.
• Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to ensure timely, accurate integration of blockchain-related security telemetry and operational requirements.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship through design reviews, code reviews, and engineering best-practice adoption across squads.
• Support production reliability through operational readiness, incident triage/root cause analysis, and continuous improvement.
• Perform technical evaluation during proof-of-concept / vendor assessments, providing SME input into architecture and product decisions.
  
  

Required Qualifications, Capabilities, And Skills

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Data Science, or related disciplines
• 5+ years of experience engineering a security analytics platform (Splunk or equivalent), within a large-scale or global enterprise.
• Command of a programming/scripting language for automation and integration tasks.
• Expert understanding of data management concepts in the context of a security analytics platform, including; ingestion, parsing and normalization.
• Strong analytical and problem solving mindset with the ability to solve complex challenges.
• Experience working in an Agile team environment, working with at least one of the common Agile frameworks.
• General understanding of organizational Cybersecurity practices, risk management, security architecture, and engineering.
• General understanding of national and international laws, regulations, policies and ethics related to financial industry cybersecurity
  
  

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.