JP Morgan Chase

Runs a consumer bank and an investment bank

Director of Software Engineering

Engineering LeadershipPosted on Nov 14

Full-timePlano, TX, USANo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

Formal training or certification in software engineering concepts and at least 10 years of applied experience, including at least 5 years leading technologists to manage, anticipate, and solve complex technical items within the domain.
Experience developing or leading cross-functional teams of technologists.
Experience hiring, developing, and recognizing talent.
Experience leading adoption of agentic AI-enabled engineering practices using enterprise-authorized tools across teams, including defining human-in-the-loop validation and quality gate expectations, measuring outcomes, and ensuring secure handling of sensitive inputs and outputs.
Strong understanding of responsible AI use and control expectations in engineering workflows, including data sensitivity, resiliency and security implications, and governance; ability to influence leaders on safe scaling patterns and reuse.
Practical cloud-native experience.
Expertise in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Mathematics, or a related technical field.

Responsibilities

Lead a technical area within Data Technology in Consumer & Community Banking, driving impact across teams, technologies, projects, and departments.
Lead technology and process implementations to achieve functional technology objectives.
Make decisions influencing teams’ resources, budget, tactical operations, and execution and implementation of processes and procedures.
Apply expertise in streaming, batch, and compute platforms, including PySpark, DBX, Flink, Kafka, or equivalent technologies.
Set direction and governance for agentic AI-enabled engineering and SDLC/TLM automation within a technical area to improve speed, quality, and operational outcomes, including AI-orchestrated delivery workflows, release readiness controls, automated test modernization, and incident triage acceleration; establish validation, security, resiliency, traceability, and reuse guardrails across teams.
Use software development life cycle toolchain capabilities, including enterprise-authorized AI-assisted development and automation, to improve automation value and support capacity-unlock initiatives at scale.
Maintain governance accountability for coding decisions, control obligations, and success measures such as cost of ownership, maintainability, and portfolio operations.
Deliver technical solutions that can be leveraged across multiple businesses and domains.
Influence peer leaders and senior stakeholders across business, product, and technology teams.

Desired Qualifications

Prior financial industry experience.

If you are a software engineering leader ready to take the reins and drive impact, we’ve got an opportunity just for you.

As a Director of Software Engineering at JPMorganChase within Data technology in Consumer & Community Banking, you lead a technical area and drive impact within teams, technologies, and projects across departments. Utilize your in-depth knowledge of software, applications, technical processes, and product management to drive multiple complex projects and initiatives, while serving as a primary decision maker for your teams and be a driver of innovation and solution delivery.

Job responsibilities

Leads technology and process implementations to achieve functional technology objectives
Accountable for decisions that influence teams’ resources, budget, tactical operations, and the execution and implementation of processes and procedures
Expertise in streaming, batch, compute platforms - including but not limited to PySpark, DBX, Flink, Kafka, or equivalent such technologies
Sets direction and governance for agentic AI-enabled engineering and SDLC/TLM automation within a technical area to drive measurable improvements in speed, quality, and operational outcomes (e.g., AI-orchestrated delivery workflows, release readiness controls, automated test modernization, and incident triage acceleration), while establishing guardrails for validation, security, resiliency, traceability, and reuse across teams.
Applies knowledge of tools within the Software Development Life Cycle toolchain, including enterprise-authorized AI-assisted development and automation capabilities, to improve the value realized by automation and support capacity unlock initiatives at scale.
Carries governance accountability for coding decisions, control obligations, and measures of success such as cost of ownership, maintainability, and portfolio operations
Delivers technical solutions that can be leveraged across multiple businesses and domains
Influences peer leaders and senior stakeholders across the business, product, and technology teams

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 10+ years applied experience. In addition, 5+ years of experience leading technologists to manage, anticipate and solve complex technical items within your domain of expertise
Experience developing or leading cross-functional teams of technologists
Experience with hiring, developing, and recognizing talent
Experience leading adoption of agentic AI-enabled engineering practices (using enterprise-authorized tools within the work environment) across teams, including defining operating expectations (human-in-the-loop validation, quality gates), measuring outcomes, and ensuring secure handling of sensitive inputs/outputs.
Strong understanding of responsible AI use and control expectations in engineering workflows, including data sensitivity, resiliency/security implications, and governance; ability to influence leaders on safe scaling patterns and reuse.
Practical cloud native experience
Expertise in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Mathematics, or a related technical field

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

Prior financial industry experience is preferred

About the Company

JP Morgan Chase

Runs a consumer bank and an investment bank

JPMorgan Chase runs the largest bank in the United States, which serves households and small businesses as Chase and large companies, governments, and investors as J.P. Morgan. During the 2008 financial crisis it bought the failing investment bank Bear Stearns and lender Washington Mutual, and in 2023 it took over First Republic Bank after regulators seized it. Chase takes deposits and earns interest on credit cards, mortgages, and car loans, while the investment side earns fees for advising on mergers, raising money for companies, trading stocks and bonds, and managing wealth. Formed in a 2000 merger, JPMorgan Chase traces its roots to 1799 and is based in New York City.

Company size: 10,001+
Company stage: IPO
Headquarters: New York City, New York
Founded: 1799

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