Principal Software Engineer - Kinexys
JPMorgan Chase22 hours ago
Base Salary
$204k - $285k/yr
Responsibilities
- Own end-to-end architecture for public-chain connectivity, interoperability, and on-chain/off-chain workflows.
- Lead design reviews, establish engineering standards, and mentor senior engineers across multiple squads.
- Drive security-by-design practices including key management, smart contract assurance, threat modeling, monitoring, and incident response.
- Evaluate protocols and partners, contribute to open standards, and shape the public-chain roadmap.
- Architect and govern agentic AI-enabled engineering workflows, including AI-assisted code review, test generation and maintenance, release-readiness checks, incident triage, and root-cause analysis.
- Define guardrails for validation, security, resiliency, auditability, traceability, sensitive-data handling, and reuse across teams.
- Advise cross-functional teams and influence business, senior technical, and executive leaders on technology matters.
Requirements
- Formal training or certification in software engineering concepts and 7+ years of applied experience.
- Deep experience building distributed systems and/or blockchain infrastructure, including public-chain integrations, node or provider architecture, indexing, RPC reliability, and L2 or bridging patterns.
- Strong system design, performance, and resilience engineering skills with the ability to operate in regulated environments.
- Proven technical leadership and a track record of shipping complex platforms at scale.
- Experience designing and leading adoption of agentic AI-enabled development practices across teams using enterprise-authorized tools.
- Understanding of responsible AI use and engineering control expectations, including security, resiliency, data sensitivity, risk-based governance, and safe scaling patterns.
- Ability to present and communicate effectively with senior leaders and executives.
Benefits
- Competitive total rewards package with base salary determined by role, experience, skill set, and location.
- Eligible roles may receive commission-based pay and/or discretionary incentive compensation in cash or forfeitable equity.
- Comprehensive health care coverage, on-site health and wellness centers, retirement savings plan, backup childcare, tuition reimbursement, mental health support, and financial coaching.
- Benefits and programs are provided based on eligibility, with additional compensation and benefits details shared during the hiring process.
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About JPMorgan Chase
JPMorgan Chase provides consumer and commercial banking, payments, credit card, wealth management, and corporate and investment banking services to individuals, businesses, institutions, and governments. The public company (NYSE: JPM) earns revenue from interest, fees, trading, and asset management across operations in more than 100 markets. Headquartered in New York City with roots dating to 1799, it serves retail customers and prominent corporate and government clients through brands including Chase and J.P. Morgan.