AWS Database Engineer - Software Engineer II

You're ready to gain the skills and experience needed to grow within your role and advance your career - and we have the perfect software engineering opportunity for you.

As an AWS Database Engineer - Software Engineer II at JPMorgan Chase within the Consumer and Community Banking - Deposit Technology team, you are part of an agile team that works to enhance, design, and deliver the software components of the firm's state-of-the-art technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable way. As an emerging member of a software engineering team, you execute software solutions through the design, development, and technical troubleshooting of multiple components within a technical product, application, or system, while gaining the skills and experience needed to grow within your role.

Job responsibilities

• Executes standard software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting
• Administer, design, implement, and support highly available and scalable AWS database solutions
• Collaborate with Information Architects and Database Designers to implement data models, database designs, data access, and table maintenance codes
• Maintain Distributed Databases with High Availability features using Data Partitioning and Database replications
• Resolve database performance, capacity, replication issues including support for database upgrades or migrations exhibiting experience with incident management and root cause analysis
• Develop database performance monitoring processes and analyze data for optimization opportunities
• Exhibit strong written and oral communication skills, with the ability to influence and interface successfully with others
• Designs, develops, codes, and troubleshoots with consideration of upstream and downstream systems and technical implications
• Applies knowledge of tools within the Software Development Life Cycle toolchain to improve the value realized by automation
• Gathers, analyzes, and draws conclusions from large, diverse data sets to identify problems and contribute to decision-making in service of secure, stable application development
• Adds to team culture of diversity, opportunity, inclusion, and respect

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 2+ years of applied experience
• Extensive experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Aurora PostgreSQL, RDS, DynamoDB databases
• Experience in database design/development, modeling, integration, optimization, systems re-engineering, and operations support for both cloud and on-prem environments
• Ability to implement and manage database security, backup, and recovery strategies for continuous improvement, resiliency, and scalability
• Familiarity with AWS management and monitoring tools like CloudFormation, AWS CLI, AWS SDKs, AWS CloudWatch, Datadog, Performance Insights, DB Insights or Prometheus.
• Experience with infrastructure as code (IaC) using tools like Terraform or AWS CloudFormation
• Over 2 years of experience leading transformational cross-functional IT initiatives.
• Hands-on practical experience in system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
• Experience in developing, debugging, and maintaining code in a large corporate environment with one or more modern programming languages and database querying languages
• Experience across the whole Software Development Life Cycle and exposure to agile methodologies such as CI/CD, Application Resiliency, and Security
• Emerging knowledge of software applications and technical processes within a technical discipline (e.g., cloud, artificial intelligence, machine learning, mobile, etc.)

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Experience in migrating databases from on-prem to cloud environments
• Experience in SQL and NoSQL database technologies, including MySQL and Cassandra
• Knowledge of traditional on-premises database systems such as Oracle, and AIX DB2 is plus
• Experience with Atlassian tools like Jira and Confluence.

ABOUT US

Chase is a leading financial services firm, helping nearly half of America's households and small businesses achieve their financial goals through a broad range of financial products. Our mission is to create engaged, lifelong relationships and put our customers at the heart of everything we do. We also help small businesses, nonprofits and cities grow, delivering solutions to solve all their financial needs.

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.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veterans

ABOUT THE TEAM

Our Consumer & Community Banking division serves our Chase customers through a range of financial services, including personal banking, credit cards, mortgages, auto financing, investment advice, small business loans and payment processing. We're proud to lead the U.S. in credit card sales and deposit growth and have the most-used digital solutions - all while ranking first in customer satisfaction.

Client-provided location(s): Plano, TX

Job ID: JPMorgan-210648728

Employment Type: FULL_TIME

Posted: 2025-08-22T19:10:48