Cloud Software Engineering Lead (Python)

Job Description

The Platform Services group is responsible for defining, developing, and operating cloud products consumed by our Application Development Partners across the firm. Our Product Portfolio includes Private and Public Cloud Platforms and a wide range of services such as databases, messaging, and telemetry.Our Cloud Software Engineers are developing these strategic service offerings, to be consumed at scale, by thousands of business-critical applications.Integrating with our rapidly evolving cloud eco-system to ensure a consistent, reliable, easily consumed service is fundamental to this challenge, as is bringing to bear the experience of our product teams across Platform Services, and developing common libraries and components, so collaboration is at the heart of everything we do.PostgreSQL has recently been added to the roster of strategic cloud database products, and as a member of the PostgreSQL Service Engineering team you will be contributing to the design, development, and support of this new service.Your role in our Agile development team will involve much more than just writing code we are responsible for understanding our users needs, designing and implementing effective solutions, managing the delivery into our production environment, and supporting the service. Whilst developing our control plane in Python, which will provision and manage the database instances, you will also build a solid understanding of the PostgreSQL database product and its administration.Responsibilities
• Contribute to the architectural design and evolution of our service.
• Analyze requirements from our users, and our upstream and downstream dependencies.
• Develop components and features of our control plane, written in Python.
• Collaborate across multiple teams to ensure seamless integration with our cloud platform and maximize code re-use.
• Share knowledge with, guide and mentor other members of the team with different areas/levels of expertise.
Required Skills and Qualifications
• Bachelor s degree or equivalent experience
• software development experience with one or more general purpose programming languages such as Python (preferred), Java, C++, or C#
• Experience of contributing to the architecture and design of new and existing systems
• Thorough understanding of Agile / Lean Software Development principles and practices
• Thorough understanding of modern software development concepts and practices
• Thorough knowledge of automated testing types, strategies, and tools
Preferred Qualifications
• Designing and building Web Services and RESTful / GraphQL APIs at scale
• Experience of using or administering PostgreSQL databases
• Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code tools such as Salt, Ansible, Terraform or Puppet
• Web UI development experience using React, Angular or similar
• Awareness of cloud application design considerations
Attributes of Technologists in Platform Services
• Respect for people and opinions and the ability to confidently offer your point of view
• Ability to thrive in a collaborative and diverse environment
• A drive to proactively build trust to cultivate long lasting relationships
• Optimism and adaptability when faced with challenges and complex situations, coupled with the drive to solve complex problems, and continuously optimize processes
• Dedication to continuous improvement and development of your skillset and talents
• A strong personal identification with JPM s values
What s in it for you Besides being in a fantastically diverse and dynamic Agile team, where trust, openness and teamwork are engrained in everything we do, you will be contributing to and sharing in the success of a new service which is expected to be used by thousands of business-critical applications.We thrive on the challenge to be our best, progressively thinking to keep growing, and working together to deliver products to continually help our clients succeed. We care about each other, reaching our potential, making a difference to our communities, and achieving success that is mutual.
• Continued career advancement opportunities, including industry recognized certifications, such as AWS and CKAD
• Exposure to strong mentorship and leadership examples
• Professional and technical development programs
• Opportunities to be a valuable member of a close-knit, collaborative, diverse team that encourages networking
• Support Flexible Working Arrangements between home and office
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