Sr Principal Software Engineer- Virtual Private Cloud

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, you provide 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 the JPMC‑VPC‑a software‑defined networking platform that will replace 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 (OVN), 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, or C/C++ for networking infrastructure
• Translate 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
• Drive 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

Benefits

• Competitive total rewards package (base salary, commission‑based pay, discretionary incentive compensation)
• Health and wellness benefits including comprehensive health care coverage, on‑site health and wellness centers, and mental health support
• Retirement savings plan
• Back‑up childcare, tuition reimbursement, and financial coaching
• Additional benefits and programs tailored to employee needs based on eligibility

Equal Opportunity Employer

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is an equal opportunity employer and places a high value on diversity and inclusion. 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. Reasonable accommodations for applicants’ and employees’ religious practices and mental health or physical disability needs are provided.

High‑Risk Roles (HRR)

High Risk Roles are sensitive roles within the technology organization that require a high assurance of staff integrity. Users in these roles are subject to enhanced pre‑hire screening, including criminal and credit background checks as allowed by law. The enhanced screening must be successfully completed prior to employment or assignment.