Software Engineer III Aws Aurora PostgreSQL DB
JPMorgan Chase · Posted Oct 30
Global banking, investment, credit card, mortgage, and asset management services
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About the role
The Consumer & Community Banking Technology team at JPMorgan Chase is responsible for the administration, engineering, and operational stability of cloud database platforms. The role works across Cassandra, CockroachDB, Oracle, Aurora PostgreSQL, and DynamoDB to deliver secure, resilient, and scalable database solutions. This engineer will design, implement, monitor, and optimize highly available database environments in partnership with application teams, architects, and database designers.
What you will do
- Administer highly available and scalable cloud database environments across Cassandra, CockroachDB, Oracle, Aurora PostgreSQL, and DynamoDB.
- Design database solutions that support application resiliency, performance, security, and operational stability requirements.
- Implement physical data models, database designs, data access patterns, and table maintenance routines aligned to application needs.
- Maintain high availability capabilities through data partitioning, replication, backup, recovery, and failover practices.
- Resolve database performance, capacity, replication, and data integrity issues through structured troubleshooting and root cause analysis.
- Monitor database health, service levels, alerts, and operational trends to identify risks before they impact production stability.
- Optimize database performance using tuning practices, monitoring insights, automation opportunities, and capacity management techniques.
- Execute database upgrades, migrations, patching, and configuration changes with disciplined change management and risk controls.
- Collaborate with application architects, information architects, database designers, and engineering teams to select and implement fit-for-purpose database platforms.
- Leverages enterprise-authorized AI coding assist tools within the work environment to improve code quality, delivery speed, and productivity across complex deliverables (e.g., code generation/refactoring, unit test creation, documentation), while validating outputs through peer review, automated testing, and secure coding standards; contributes learnings and reusable patterns to improve broader team effectiveness.
- Applies knowledge of tools within the Software Development Life Cycle toolchain, including enterprise-authorized AI-assisted development and automation capabilities, to improve the value realized by automation.
Skills used in this role
What the employer is looking for
- Formal training or certification in database administration, database engineering, software engineering, or related technical discipline and 3+ years of applied experience.
- Hands-on experience administering, supporting, or engineering databases in a large-scale corporate or production environment.
- Practical experience with one or more cloud database technologies, including Cassandra, CockroachDB, Oracle, Aurora PostgreSQL, or DynamoDB.
- Working knowledge of AWS services, cloud infrastructure concepts, and database deployment patterns in resilient production environments.
- Experience with database performance factors, monitoring tools, tuning practices, backup procedures, and recovery approaches.
- Understanding of fault detection, incident response, root cause analysis, and production issue resolution processes.
- Experience implementing or supporting high availability features, including replication, partitioning, failover, and disaster recovery practices.
- Hands-on experience using enterprise-authorized AI-assisted software development tools within the work environment (e.g., for coding, test creation, troubleshooting, or documentation) with demonstrated ability to critically evaluate, validate, and refine AI-generated outputs for correctness, performance, and security.
- Understanding of responsible AI use in engineering workflows, including data sensitivity considerations, secure handling of inputs/outputs, and adherence to resiliency and security expectations; ability to guide peers on safe and effective usage within team practices.
- Knowledge of the Software Development Life Cycle and agile delivery practices, including change management, operational readiness, and release controls.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to influence technical stakeholders and explain database risks, trade-offs, and recommendations clearly.
Preferred qualifications
- Experience with Java, Spring Boot, Python, or related programming and scripting languages.
- Familiarity with CI/CD tooling such as Jenkins, Spinnaker, or comparable enterprise deployment platforms.
- Exposure to automation patterns that improve database operations, self-service, monitoring, and incident resolution.
- Experience supporting credit card, banking, payments, or other high-volume financial services applications.
- Ability to translate operational trends into recommendations that improve resiliency, performance, and customer experience.
- Demonstrated interest in continuous learning, technical mentoring, and building strong engineering practices across teams.
Benefits and support
- Compensation and benefits are detailed in the job posting
About JPMorgan Chase
JPMorgan Chase & Co. is one of the oldest, largest, and most diversified financial services institutions in the world. Operating globally through the J.P. Morgan and Chase brands, the firm provides a comprehensive range of financial solutions including investment banking, consumer and commercial banking, transaction processing, and asset management. Serving millions of consumers and many of the world's most prominent corporate, institutional, and government clients, the company combines deep market expertise with extensive technological investments.
- Industry
- Banking
- Company size
- 320000+ employees
- Founded
- 1799
- Location
- New York, New York, USA
- Funding stage
- Public Company
Leadership
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Chief Financial Officer
Chief Operating Officer
Global Chief Information Officer
CEO, Asset & Wealth Management
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