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Stress-test and push our systems to the edge: load testing, chaos engineering, and performance benchmarking. * Own security best practices at the infrastructure layer, from sandboxed compute to ...

Events & Trade Show Coordinator

Washington, DC · On-site

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  • Dental

  • Vision

  • Life

  • Retirement

  • PTO

Coordinate with CHAOS Engineering teams to understand technical constraints and requirements for customer-facing events, and to design exhibits for conferences * Partner with Mission Operations ...

Events Manager

Washington, DC · On-site

  • Medical

  • Dental

  • Vision

  • Life

  • Retirement

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Coordinate with CHAOS Engineering teams to understand technical constraints and requirements for customer-facing events, and to design exhibits for conferences * Partner with Mission Operations ...

Events Manager

Washington, DC

  • Medical

  • Dental

  • Vision

  • Life

  • Retirement

  • PTO

Coordinate with CHAOS Engineering teams to understand technical constraints and requirements for customer-facing events, and to design exhibits for conferences * Partner with Mission Operations ...

Senior Backend Engineer

$220K - $290K/yr

  • Retirement

As the industry leader in Chaos Engineering and reliability testing, we work with hundreds of the world's largest organizations where high availability is non-negotiable. About the Role of the Senior ...

Senior Events Coordinator

Washington, DC · On-site

  • Medical

  • Dental

  • Vision

  • Life

  • Retirement

  • PTO

Coordinate with CHAOS Engineering teams to understand technical constraints and requirements for customer-facing events, and to design exhibits for conferences * Partner with Mission Operations ...

Site Reliability Engineer

San Francisco, CA · On-site

$67.25 - $89.25/hr

... chaos engineering, and performance benchmarking. • Own security best practices at the infrastructure layer, from sandboxed compute to network isolation. • Partner with platform engineers to ...

Senior Backend Engineer

$220K - $290K/yr

  • Retirement

As the industry leader in Chaos Engineering and reliability testing, we work with hundreds of the world's largest organizations where high availability is non-negotiable. About the Role of the Senior ...

$94K - $124K/yr

Implement chaos engineering practices by designing fault-injection experiments that proactively identify system weaknesses. * Standardize quality engineering tools, frameworks, and development ...

Chaos Testing * Define and drive the enterprise performance engineering strategy to ensure applications are scalable, resilient, and optimized for high availability. * Architect and lead end-to-end ...

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How much do chaos engineering jobs pay per year?

As of Aug 19, 2026, the average yearly pay for chaos engineering in the United States is $146,868.00, according to ZipRecruiter salary data. Most workers in this role earn between $116,500.00 and $173,000.00 per year, depending on experience, location, and employer.

What is chaos engineering?

A Chaos Engineering job involves proactively identifying weaknesses in complex systems by intentionally injecting failures and observing how they respond. Professionals in this role design and execute controlled experiments to improve system resilience, ensuring that services remain reliable under unexpected conditions. They work closely with development, operations, and security teams to enhance fault tolerance and incident response strategies.

What are some typical challenges a chaos engineer faces, and how do they overcome them?

Chaos Engineers often face the challenge of designing effective experiments that simulate real-world failures without disrupting production systems. Balancing the need to discover vulnerabilities with maintaining uptime requires careful planning, communication, and coordination with development and operations teams. They address these challenges by thoroughly testing in controlled environments, documenting procedures, and establishing clear rollback strategies. Continuous learning and cross-functional collaboration are also key to staying ahead of new complexities in evolving systems.

What are the key skills and qualifications needed to thrive in the chaos engineering position, and why are they important?

To thrive in Chaos Engineering, a strong background in software engineering, distributed systems, and reliability testing is essential, often supported by a degree in computer science or a related field. Familiarity with chaos engineering tools like Gremlin or Chaos Monkey and experience with cloud platforms, container orchestration, and monitoring systems are highly valued. Excellent problem-solving abilities, communication skills, and a mindset oriented toward experimentation help engineers collaborate effectively and analyze complex failure modes. These skills are crucial for proactively identifying system weaknesses and ensuring the resilience of large-scale technology infrastructures.

Is chaos engineering still relevant?

Chaos engineering is a valuable practice for proactively identifying system vulnerabilities by intentionally introducing failures. It remains relevant in modern DevOps and cloud environments to improve system resilience and reliability, often utilizing tools like Chaos Monkey and Gremlin. As systems grow more complex, the need for chaos engineering skills continues to increase for engineers focused on fault tolerance and system stability.

What does a chaos engineer do?

A chaos engineer designs and executes experiments to intentionally disrupt systems in order to identify vulnerabilities and improve resilience. They use tools like chaos engineering frameworks to simulate failures and ensure systems can withstand unexpected issues, often working closely with development and operations teams. Strong knowledge of distributed systems, scripting, and monitoring is essential for this role.
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Infographic showing various Chaos Engineering job openings in the United States as of August 2026, with employment types broken down into 50% Full Time, and 50% Contract. Highlights an 100% In-person job distribution, with an average salary of $146,868 per year, or $70.6 per hour.

Senior Lead Software Engineer - SCM Platform

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Houston, TX • On-site

$180 - $260/hr

Other

Posted 27 days ago


JPMorgan Chase & Co. rating

8.0

Company rating: 8.0 out of 10

Based on 495 frontline employees who took The Breakroom Quiz

72nd of 171 rated banks


Job description

Be an integral part of an agile team that's constantly pushing the envelope to enhance, build, and deliver top-notch technology products.

As a Senior Lead Software Engineer at JPMorganChase within the Enterprise Technology - ENG Services & Platform team, you are an integral part of an agile team that works to enhance, build, and deliver trusted market-leading technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable way. Drive significant business impact through your capabilities and contributions, and apply deep technical expertise and problem-solving methodologies to tackle a diverse array of challenges that span multiple technologies and applications.

Responsible for defining the vision, strategy, and execution for all aspects of SCM platform operations, including support, maintenance, hygiene, and compliance, while providing people leadership through hiring, developing, and mentoring a diverse, high-performing operations team. Lead incident management, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement to strengthen platform reliability, and own operational reporting along with audit and compliance support. Drive automation across monitoring, patching, upgrades, and branch/repo cleanup, and manage SLOs/SLAs by overseeing performance, scalability, and capacity planning. Implement reliability engineering practices such as chaos engineering and proactive risk mitigation to reduce operational risk and improve resilience.

Job responsibilities
  • Vision, strategy, and execution for all aspects of SCM platform operations, including support, maintenance, hygiene, and compliance.
  • Hire, develop and mentor a diverse, high-performing operations team.
  • Drives adoption and governance of approved AI-assisted engineering practices across teams to improve code quality, delivery speed, and operational outcomes (e.g., AI-assisted code review/refactoring, test acceleration, release readiness, incident/root-cause analysis), while establishing measurable validation standards (secure coding, peer review, automated testing) and promoting reuse of proven patterns and automation within the SDLC/TLM toolchain.
  • Applies knowledge of tools within the Software Development Life Cycle toolchain, including approved AI-assisted development and automation capabilities, to improve the value realized by automation at scale.
  • Proactively handles incident management, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement of platform reliability.
  • Effectively manages operational reporting, audit, and compliance support.
  • Automation of monitoring, patching, upgrades, and branch/repo cleanup.
  • Handles the SLO/SLA management, performance, scalability, and capacity planning.
  • Implementation of reliability engineering practices, including chaos engineering and proactive risk mitigation.
  • Regularly provides technical guidance and direction to support the business and its technical teams, contractors, and vendors
  • Drives decisions that influence the product design, application functionality, and technical operations and processes
Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills
  • Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience
  • Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
  • Set direction and provide hands-on leadership for day-to-day operations of SCM platforms (Bitbucket, GitHub, GitLab).
  • Demonstrated experience leading effective use of enterprise-authorized AI-assisted software development tools within the work environment (e.g., for coding, code review, test acceleration, troubleshooting) with the ability to set team expectations for validating AI outputs for correctness, performance, and security
  • Strong understanding of responsible AI use in engineering workflows, including data sensitivity considerations, secure handling of inputs/outputs, and adherence to resiliency and security expectations; experience coaching senior engineers/leads on compliant usage patterns and controls.
  • Ensure platforms are stable, compliant, reliable, and efficient under all conditions.
  • Proven experience leading and developing operations or reliability engineering teams for large-scale platforms.
  • Strong hands-on experience with platform support, maintenance, and automation in production environments.
  • Demonstrated success in driving operational excellence, reliability, and compliance.
  • Deep understanding of incident management, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement.
  • Experience with SLO/SLA management, performance monitoring, and capacity planning.
Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills
  • Experience with reliability engineering, chaos engineering, and risk mitigation for critical platforms.
  • Deep knowledge of audit, compliance, and operational reporting best practices.
  • Experience implementing automation for monitoring, patching, upgrades, and hygiene.
  • Strong collaboration skills with engineering, security, and product teams.
  • Executive presence and ability to communicate complex operational topics to senior leadership.
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