Full-Time
Director of Software Engineering
Posted on 5/11/2026
JP Morgan Chase
10,001+ employees
Global financial services with diversified offerings
No salary listed
Madrid, Spain
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- 5+ years of experience as a software engineer plus 5+ years in positions of technical leadership
- Strong product and business mindset and experience working with high-profile products in the consumer market
- Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills across technical and non-technical audiences in complex domains. Full English working proficiency is a must
- Strong technical background in modern architectures (distributed systems, cloud-native, event-driven architectures), SDLC, and DevOps practices
- Proven track record leading and scaling agile teams that deliver complex, high-availability systems at pace
- Excellent coaching, feedback, and conflict-resolution skills
- Partner with Product, Business, Marketing and Operations stakeholders and other Brokerage directors to translate strategy into requirements, prioritize roadmaps, remove blockers and ensure on-time execution of product features to contribute to the company’s business goals
- Enable cross-functional alignment within Brokerage teams and across other company verticals through efficient processes, clear communication and effective roadmaps and documentation including decision records
- Supervise architectural decisions for scalability, reliability, performance and cost efficiency; review and approve major design proposals
- Lead compliance and governance for systems in your remit. Engage Controls stakeholders from day one, establishing strong working relationships and ensuring adherence to required processes so that all software deliveries are fully compliant
- Promote platform thinking, reuse, and implementation of best practices (e.g., microservices boundaries, data contracts, API standards), while managing technical debt with clear criteria and payoff plans
- Oversee engineering costs and vendor management in your area, ensuring ROI, compliance and appropriate SLAs
- Hire, develop and retain top talent, structuring teams for autonomy and clarity. You will own hiring budgets and headcount forecasting in your area
- Manage, mentor, and grow engineering managers and senior ICs, providing career pathways, constructive feedback, and succession planning
- Foster a culture of collaboration, accountability, personal growth, continuous improvement and operational excellence
- Own incident management, on-call strategy and post-incident reviews to improve reliability and reduce toil
- Experience in Fintech or a similar regulated environment where you were exposed to areas like security, compliance or risk management
- Experience leading cross-border teams and delivering an international product with different localizations and currencies
- Experience working with Data systems and data at scale
- Hands-on familiarity with AWS, JVM, Kafka and/or relational and NoSQL databases
A global financial services firm offering investment banking, asset management, private equity, financial services, and consumer banking to individuals and institutions. It works by providing advisory, lending, trading, and financing services through a worldwide network, earning revenue from interest, fees, and trading commissions, and using its data and the JPMorgan Chase Institute to analyze economies. It stands apart from peers due to its size, full-range services across consumer and corporate markets, extensive market access, and in-house data-driven insights. Its goal is to deliver comprehensive financial products with integrity and growth while supporting clients and communities through data-backed analysis and targeted programs.
Company Size
10,001+
Company Stage
IPO
Headquarters
New York City, New York
Founded
1959
Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Institutional clients migrate treasury activity to JPMorgan's blockchain infrastructure, generating recurring fees.
- AI investment of $2B annually drives operational efficiency without workforce reduction, improving margins.
- 23% return on tangible common equity with 71M digital customers supports sustained profitability growth.
What critics are saying
- Starmer's ouster triggers £9.9B London Canary Wharf project cancellation if successor government hostile.
- SEC reverses yield-bearing tokenized asset rules, forcing Kinexys platform redemption and client litigation.
- Branch expansion into low-income markets increases credit losses and fraud exposure in underserved segments.
What makes JP Morgan Chase unique
- Tokenized fund leadership on Ethereum with $32B RWA market capturing institutional treasury migration.
- Coordinated fraud prevention ecosystem through $14M philanthropic investment complementing internal AI defenses.
- Geographic branch expansion into 500 locations by 2027 targeting underserved rural communities.
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