JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA Hiring for Risk as a Service (RaaS) – Site Reliability Engineer Job at Sydney, Australia Full Time

As an experienced member of our Software Engineering Group, we look first and foremost for people who are passionate around solving business problems through innovation and engineering practices. You’ll be required to apply your depth of knowledge and expertise to all aspects of the software development lifecycle, as well as partner continuously with your many stakeholders on a daily basis to stay focused on common goals. We embrace a culture of experimentation and constantly strive for improvement and learning. You’ll work in a collaborative, trusting, thought-provoking environment – one that encourages diversity of thought and creative solutions that are in the best interests of our customers globally.

Our team is building an exciting financial technology product that exposes bank’s proprietary quantitative and technology infrastructure as part of the firm’s next generation digital offerings to select clients.
This product will enable clients to generate greater revenue from their investment or trading activities and effectively manage exposure to various events in financial markets (i.e. trading and market risk management). The product consists of a set of fully hosted and managed services and is delivered via a comprehensive API and a rich frontend application.

As a Site Reliability Engineer in the Risk as a Service team, the successful applicant will join a leading entrepreneurial and collegial team within the Asset Manager Platform business that is responsible for the development of innovative pricing, risk and trade management tools across all asset classes and financial instruments.

This is an exciting position for a talented and energetic engineer who thrives on new challenges, possesses true entrepreneurial spirit and enjoys working in a fast-paced, client-facing environment.
You will:

• Work on some of the most complex problems imaginable at the intersection of two dynamic industries: finance and technology.
• Be part of a new business initiative within JPM that will create a significant revenue stream for the firm and influence the commercialization and go-to-market strategy of the service.
• Partner closely with our clients (asset managers, hedge funds, investment advisors, investment banks) to understand their needs in order to shape the product roadmap. Interact with other high-performing teams within JPM to inspire innovation and champion change throughout the bank.
• Work closely with our developer, onboarding and product development colleagues to deliver high quality software and amazing user experiences

This role requires a wide variety of strengths and capabilities, including:

• Bachelors degree in computer science, information technology
• 8 years working in application development, production management, site reliability engineering
• Security experience in order to ensure best practices for customer data and security are implemented
• Expertise in application, data, and infrastructure architecture disciplines
• Strong Linux troubleshooting skills
• Strong Python development skills
• Experience of scaling and performance improvements for infrastructure
• Proactive and independent – able to take ownership of deliverables and solve real world business problems.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English.
• Expertise with the J.P. Morgan Athena or similar platform development, deployment and operational management is desirable.

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. In accordance with applicable law, we make reasonable accommodations for applicants’ and employees’ religious practices and beliefs, as well as any mental health or physical disability needs.