Lead Software Engineer - CDN SME (Network Services)

Salary: $61,000 - 101,000 per year Requirements:

• Formal training or certification in software engineering concepts, with at least 5 years of applied experience
• At least 3 years of hands-on software engineering experience owning CDN production systems and frameworks
• Strong system design skills spanning distributed services, relational and NoSQL data stores, and messaging systems such as RabbitMQ
• Practical experience operating cloud services, including Amazon Web Services patterns and services
• Solid knowledge of secure software development lifecycle practices, CI/CD, and operational excellence, including monitoring, alerting, incident response, and resiliency
• Ability to lead through influence, including code reviews, technical decisions, and mentoring
• Experience leading effective use of approved AI-assisted software development tools for coding, code review, testing, or troubleshooting, and setting expectations for validating outputs for correctness, performance, and security
• Understanding of responsible AI use in engineering, including data sensitivity, secure handling of inputs and outputs, and security and resiliency expectations; experience coaching engineers on safe, compliant adoption
• Preferred: At least 5 years of operational experience with Akamai or Cloudflare CDNs, ideally in a banking or financial enterprise
• Preferred: Infrastructure as Code experience
• Preferred: Familiarity with modern front-end development using React
• Preferred: Experience using AI-assisted coding and design tools in production with appropriate security and quality controls
• Preferred: Experience delivering in regulated environments with stringent risk and security controls

• Serve as a subject matter expert in deploying and operating applications using Akamai and/or Cloudflare CDNs
• Share expertise in designing and managing CDN applications
• Develop Infrastructure as Code and GitOps-based automation
• Use responsible AI-assisted development workflows to accelerate delivery while maintaining engineering discipline
• Automate network services infrastructure and provisioning workflows, including API integrations and React-based user interface components where needed
• Lead system design and create architecture and design documentation to support sound technical decisions
• Review code, coach engineers, and strengthen team practices in testing, CI/CD, security, and reliability
• Build and maintain delivery pipelines with automated tests, meaningful coverage, and practical quality gates
• Work with internal teams and assess external vendors when doing so supports outcomes and the target architecture
• Promote an inclusive team culture centered on collaboration, accountability, respect, and continuous improvement
• Drive team adoption of enterprise-authorized AI engineering practices to improve code quality, delivery speed, and operational outcomes, while ensuring validation through secure coding, peer review, and automated testing
• Apply software development lifecycle tools, including authorized AI-assisted development and automation capabilities, to increase the value of automation

• AI
• API
• CI/CD
• Cloud
• GitOps
• Support
• Network
• NoSQL
• RabbitMQ
• React
• Security
• Web

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We are partnering with hackajob to connect exceptional professionals with J.P. Morgan for a Lead Software Engineer role in the Network Services team at JPMorganChase. We offer an opportunity to make a career impact and push the limits of what is possible. In this role, you will help deliver capabilities that improve performance, reliability, and safety, while contributing to an inclusive culture built on respect, ownership, and continuous improvement.

last updated 40 week of 2026