The Principal Architect will lead complex infrastructure engineering projects, mentor engineers, and develop technological strategies and solutions for the organization.
Job Description
You're a pro who wants to influence the future of technical hardware architecture and our team is looking for people like you.
As a Principal Infrastructure Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within the base compute, you have extensive knowledge of software, applications, and technical systems and processes in infrastructure engineering, complimented by advanced knowledge of other disciplines. Contribute to the development of technical methods in one specialized field or area in line with product development methodologies. Apply extensive in-depth expertise and problem-solving methodologies to accomplish, plan, and review tasks across multiple large scope projects in various technical areas.
Job responsibilities
Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills
Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills
About Us
JPMorganChase, one of the oldest financial institutions, offers innovative financial solutions to millions of consumers, small businesses and many of the world's most prominent corporate, institutional and government clients under the J.P. Morgan and Chase brands. Our history spans over 200 years and today we are a leader in investment banking, consumer and small business banking, commercial banking, financial transaction processing and asset management.
We offer a competitive total rewards package including base salary determined based on the role, experience, skill set and location. Those in eligible roles may receive commission-based pay and/or discretionary incentive compensation, paid in the form of cash and/or forfeitable equity, awarded in recognition of individual achievements and contributions. We also offer a range of benefits and programs to meet employee needs, based on eligibility. These benefits include comprehensive health care coverage, on-site health and wellness centers, a retirement savings plan, backup childcare, tuition reimbursement, mental health support, financial coaching and more. Additional details about total compensation and benefits will be provided during the hiring process.
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.
JPMorgan Chase & Co. is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Veterans
About the Team
Our Global Technology Infrastructure group is a team of innovators who love technology as much as you do. Together, you'll use a disciplined, innovative and a business focused approach to develop a wide variety of high-quality products and solutions. You'll work in a stable, resilient and secure operating environment where you-and the products you deliver-will thrive.
High Risk Roles (HRR) are sensitive roles within the technology organization that require high assurance of the integrity of staff by virtue of 1) sensitive cybersecurity and technology functions they perform within systems or 2) information they receive regarding sensitive cybersecurity or technology matters. Users in these roles are subject to enhanced pre-hire screening which includes both criminal and credit background checks (as allowed by law). The enhanced screening will need to be successfully completed prior to commencing employment or assignment.
You're a pro who wants to influence the future of technical hardware architecture and our team is looking for people like you.
As a Principal Infrastructure Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within the base compute, you have extensive knowledge of software, applications, and technical systems and processes in infrastructure engineering, complimented by advanced knowledge of other disciplines. Contribute to the development of technical methods in one specialized field or area in line with product development methodologies. Apply extensive in-depth expertise and problem-solving methodologies to accomplish, plan, and review tasks across multiple large scope projects in various technical areas.
Job responsibilities
- Identifies and solves problems of high complexity associated with infrastructure engineering technology
- Applies extensive in-depth expertise and problem-solving to accomplish, plan, and review tasks across multiple large scope projects, businesses, and domains to influence, manage, and implement functional technology platforms
- Is responsible for high impact projects requiring deep technical expertise and leadership
- Partners across other platforms to architect and implement changes required to resolve issues and modernize the organization and its technology processes
- Drives thought leadership within the product line or platform
- Gives extensive consideration of upstream/downstream systems or technical implications and advises on mitigation actions
- Considers financial implications of staffing, budget, and relevant profit and loss
- Mentors and coaches junior engineers and technologists
- Champions the firm's culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and respect
Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- Formal training or certification on hardware engineering concepts and 10+ years applied experience in hardware engineering
- Extensive experience in two or more areas of infrastructure engineering such as networking terminology, databases, storage engineering, deployment practices, integration, automation, scaling, resilience, and performance assessments
- Strong experience with PCIe, Networking, Flash, Memory, CPU, GPU, DRAM (DDR4/5 or HBM)
- Demonstrated experience in applied R&D in the hardware space, including vendor engagements, assessments of new technologies through PoCs, usage of industry standard benchmarks for quantifying performance
- Significant experience in developing product roadmaps, technology strategy, and presentation skills to C-level audiences
- Extensive experience in two or more areas of infrastructure engineering such as hardware, networking terminology, databases, storage engineering, deployment practices, integration, automation, scaling, resilience, and performance assessments
- Extensive knowledge of specific infrastructure technology and programming languages (e.g., Scripting, Python, etc.)
Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- Exposure to managing and developing budgets
- Experience with high performance computing, and AI/ML hardware technologies, such as GPUs
- Administrative knowledge of JIRA, PowerPoint, Excel, etc.
About Us
JPMorganChase, one of the oldest financial institutions, offers innovative financial solutions to millions of consumers, small businesses and many of the world's most prominent corporate, institutional and government clients under the J.P. Morgan and Chase brands. Our history spans over 200 years and today we are a leader in investment banking, consumer and small business banking, commercial banking, financial transaction processing and asset management.
We offer a competitive total rewards package including base salary determined based on the role, experience, skill set and location. Those in eligible roles may receive commission-based pay and/or discretionary incentive compensation, paid in the form of cash and/or forfeitable equity, awarded in recognition of individual achievements and contributions. We also offer a range of benefits and programs to meet employee needs, based on eligibility. These benefits include comprehensive health care coverage, on-site health and wellness centers, a retirement savings plan, backup childcare, tuition reimbursement, mental health support, financial coaching and more. Additional details about total compensation and benefits will be provided during the hiring process.
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.
JPMorgan Chase & Co. is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Veterans
About the Team
Our Global Technology Infrastructure group is a team of innovators who love technology as much as you do. Together, you'll use a disciplined, innovative and a business focused approach to develop a wide variety of high-quality products and solutions. You'll work in a stable, resilient and secure operating environment where you-and the products you deliver-will thrive.
High Risk Roles (HRR) are sensitive roles within the technology organization that require high assurance of the integrity of staff by virtue of 1) sensitive cybersecurity and technology functions they perform within systems or 2) information they receive regarding sensitive cybersecurity or technology matters. Users in these roles are subject to enhanced pre-hire screening which includes both criminal and credit background checks (as allowed by law). The enhanced screening will need to be successfully completed prior to commencing employment or assignment.
Top Skills
Automation
Databases
Dram
Gpu
Hardware Engineering
Hbm
Integration
Networking
Pcie
Python
Scripting
Storage Engineering
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