Manager Software Engineer - Java/Python/AWS

JPMorgan Chase is a leading global financial services firm with assets of over $1.1 trillion and operations in more than 50 countries. The firm is a leader in Investment Banking, Financial Services for consumers and businesses, financial transaction processing, asset and wealth management, and private equity. Under the JPMorgan and Chase brands, the firm serves millions of consumers in the United States and many of the world’s most prominent corporate, institutional and government clients.

Asset Management

J.P. Morgan Asset Management is a leading asset manager of choice for institutions, financial intermediaries and individual investors, worldwide. With a heritage of more than two centuries, a broad range of core and alternative strategies, and investment professionals operating in every major world market, we offer investment experience and insight that few other firms can match.

• Clear focus on managing client assets and delivering strong risk-adjusted returns
• More than 650 investment professionals providing over 200 different strategies spanning the full spectrum of asset classes, including equity, fixed income, cash liquidity, currency, real estate, hedge funds and private equity
• Leadership positions in America, U.K., Continental Europe, Asia, and Japan

We are building the #1 Asset Management Technology platform in the world and we need exceptional, motivated, and world-class talent to join the Portfolio Core Technology team at JP Morgan Asset Management. You must have a passion for delivering transformational technology platform and services to business (internal and external clients). This role is responsible for delivery of a strategic Investments Book of Records solution for Asset Management front and middle office technical deliveries out of India team based in our Bangalore office.

As a member of the team, the candidate will be responsible for design, development, testing and support of critical data provider systems. This candidate will be expected to possess both technical and financial domain skills and should also have strong communication and analytical skills

• You will be responsible for ensuring high-quality software development and delivery from the Bengaluru-based team. As a hands-on leader, you will write critical pieces of code, lead design and code review sessions, and mentor software engineers. Your role includes overseeing project execution, driving technical excellence, managing team performance, setting technical direction, fostering a collaborative team environment, coordinating with cross-functional stakeholders, and ensuring timely delivery of projects.
• With your deep knowledge of design, analytics, development, coding, testing and application programming, your team will raise their game even more, meeting your standards, as well as satisfying both business and functional requirements.
• Your experience in one or more technology domains will help solve complex and mission critical problems, internally and externally. As a constant learner and early adopter, you’re already embracing leading-edge technologies and methodologies; your example encourages others to follow suit.
• You will participate in code review sessions - peer reviews and group reviews. You will provide code review sign-off for your peer’s and team member’s code.
• Functional expertise in understanding asset management trades and positions lifecycle is critical for long-term success of this role and the team under this role. While it is not expected that you have deep expertise in investment accounting for each asset class, it is highly desirable. Expectation is that over time, you would progressively build expertise and coach team members on how trade lifecycle works from front office to custodians / fund administrators to fund accounting.

• MUST: BE/ME degree in Computer Science from a reputed university/college. Can consider non-CS degrees if there is strong relevant experience.
• MUST: Deep knowledge and expertise in Java programming - you should rate yourself 8 out of 10 or higher and be able to demonstrate during the hiring process. 
• MUST: Experience working through entire lifecycle of large complex application build-out (from scratch) and delivery for either a large financial organization or a top-class technology product team.
• MUST: Experience in building and deploying applications for Private or Public Cloud. 
• 10+ years of experience in the role of software engineer. Experience building a truly distributed architecture based system, especially involving large data volumes and real-time distribution will be huge plus.
• Knowledge of CI/CD like Jenkins, DevOps tool chain, and a test-driven approach to agile delivery is expected.
• Experience with implementing middle-tier data caching solutions (e.g. Gemfire, Redis) and/or designing/delivering messaging-based solutions (e.g. Kafka) is a plus.
• Knowledge of modern architectures based on microservices, REST APIs, NoSQL stores (e.g. Cassandra), and event-based architecture will be key. 
• Experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS) is a plus.

• Excellent oral and written communication skills and the ability to clearly articulate to all project members and stakeholders
• Must be a team player who works well with technical and non-technical resources
• Ability to deal with and navigate difficult situations through strong teamwork and a focus on resolution
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills