About this opportunity
JPMorgan Chase & Co. lists this Sr Principal Software Engineer- VPC opportunity in seattle, Washington. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
Job description
We're looking for a tech leader ready to take their career to new heights. Join the ranks of top talent at one of the world's most influential companies.
As a Senior Principal Software Engineer at JPMorganChase within the VPC Network organization, youprovide deep engineering expertise and work across agile teams to enhance, build, and deliver trusted market‑leading technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable way. Leverage your deep expertise to consistently challenge the status quo, innovate for business impact, lead the strategic development behind new and existing products and technology portfolios, and remain at the forefront of industry trends, best practices, and technological advances.
This role will lead the design and implementation of JPMC-VPC—a software‑defined networking platform that will replace our legacy infrastructure and position the firm for decades of innovation. Helping us focus on modernizing JPMorgan Chase's network platform, advancing next‑generation software‑defined networking to support resilience, scale, and continued innovation.
Job responsibilities
Advises and leads on the strategy and development of multiple products, applications, and technologies across a portfolio
Design and architect core components of JPMC‑VPC, including control plane, distribution plane, data plane (OVS/DPU), software gateways, load balancers, and IPAM systems
Creates novel code solutions and drives the development of new production code capabilities across teams and functions
Write production‑quality code in Go, Python, Rust, or C/C++ for networking infrastructure
Translates highly complex technical issues, trends, and approaches to leadership to drive the firm’s innovation and enable leaders to make strategic, well‑informed decisions about technology advancements
Collaborate with vendor partners (Red Hat, NVIDIA) on roadmap and integration
Represent JPMC in open‑source communities and industry forums
Drives adoption and implementation of technical methods in specialized fields in line with the latest product development methodologies
Creates durable, reusable software frameworks that are leveraged across teams and functions
Influences across business, product, and technology teams and successfully manages senior stakeholder relationships
Champions the firm’s culture of diversity, opportunity, inclusion, and respect
Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills
12+ years of experience in systems engineering, networking, or distributed systems
Practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
Expert in one or more programming language(s) Go, Python, C/C++, Rust
Demonstrated prior experience with influencing across functions and teams and delivering value at scale
Hands‑on experience with software‑defined networking (SDN) technologies such as OVN, OVS, or equivalent
Expert‑level knowledge of networking fundamentals (TCP/IP, routing, switching, load balancing)
Experience with modern development practices (CI/CD, infrastructure as code, observability)
Experience applying expertise and new methods to determine solutions for complex technology problems across various technical disciplines
Extensive practical cloud native experience
Expertise in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Mathematics, or a related technical field
Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills
Experience with DPU/SmartNIC technologies (NVIDIA BlueField, AMD Pensando, Intel IPU)
Knowledge of eBPF, XDP, DPDK, or other high‑performance networking frameworks
Experience with CNI implementations (Cilium, Calico, Flannel) and Kubernetes networking
Understanding of BGP, OSPF, VXLAN, EVPN, or other advanced routing protocols
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Worksite address
seattle, WA, 98127, US
Who can apply
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