JP Morgan Chase

Runs a consumer bank and an investment bank

AI Site Lead Executive Director - Director of Software Engineering

Engineering LeadershipConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timeAtlanta, GA, USANo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and at least 10 years of applied experience.
Hands-on engineering leadership experience.
Strong software engineering fundamentals, including the ability to guide architectural decisions, enforce code quality standards, and design for reliability and scale.
Hands-on familiarity with applied artificial intelligence, generative artificial intelligence, and AI-assisted development tools such as Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, or similar, with a clear point of view on how these tools change engineering workflows.
A demonstrated track record of building and scaling engineering teams, including recruiting and talent development; experience establishing or growing a technology presence at a regional site is desirable.
Ability to lead, motivate, and set culture for cross-functional and geographically distributed teams.
Ability to collaborate with business, product, risk, and compliance teams to identify technology-driven business opportunities.
Ability to champion responsible engineering and artificial intelligence practices, including model risk management, security, privacy, and secure development standards.
Ability to communicate strategy, progress, and risk-benefit trade-offs to senior and executive audiences, translating technical topics into clear, actionable narratives.
Ability to stay current on industry trends, emerging technologies—especially applied artificial intelligence and AI-assisted engineering—and best practices.

Responsibilities

Serve as the site lead for AWM Technology in Atlanta, representing the organization locally and partnering with firmwide site leadership.
Own the local talent strategy by recruiting, hiring, and building a high-performing engineering team in the Atlanta market, and developing the pipeline and brand to attract engineering talent.
Shape and promote a local engineering culture by instilling engineering principles, technical excellence, and a builder mindset across the Atlanta site.
Foster energy, speed, and accountability in AWM's fast-paced operating environment, and create an environment where engineers can stay, grow, and do their best work.
Represent the Atlanta site in cross-regional planning, resourcing, and culture-building efforts with other AWM Technology site and functional leaders.
Lead software and data engineering teams delivering production-grade systems for Wealth Management, maintaining high standards for code quality, testability, observability, and maintainable architecture.
Drive adoption of AI-enabled practices across the engineering lifecycle, including AI-assisted development tools and embedding AI capabilities into products to accelerate delivery of customer and business features.
Set technical direction and review architectural decisions, balancing software engineering rigor with the speed and possibilities of generative AI.
Establish and enforce engineering standards, playbooks, and best practices, including CI/CD, code review, testing, and observability where applicable.
Partner with senior business and technology stakeholders to shape requirements, bridge business and engineering, and ensure strategic initiatives are delivered on time and on strategy.

Desired Qualifications

Experience in financial services or Wealth Management.

If you are looking for a game-changing career, working for one of the world's leading financial institutions, you’ve come to the right place.

As a Principal Software Engineer at JPMorganChase within the Asset & Wealth Management you, you provide expertise and engineering excellence as an integral part of an agile team to enhance, build, and deliver trusted market-leading technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable way. Leverage your advanced technical capabilities and collaborate with colleagues across the organization to drive best-in-class outcomes across various technologies to support one or more of the firm’s portfolios.

We are seeking an Executive Director to lead a Software Engineering team within Wealth Management Technology, with a mandate to embed applied AI and modern engineering practice into how the business builds software. This is a hands-on, fast-moving leadership role: the successful candidate will build and run a high-performing engineering organization, apply generative AI and AI-assisted development tools as a core part of how the team ships software, and serve as the Atlanta site lead for AWM Technology — recruiting local talent, shaping engineering culture, and establishing Atlanta as a center of engineering excellence. AWM technology moves fast; we are looking for an energetic, technically fearless leader who can operate at that speed and bring others along with them.

Job responsibilities

Serve as the site lead for AWM Technology in Atlanta, acting as the face of the organization for the local site and a key partner to firmwide site leadership
Own local talent strategy: recruit, hire, and build a high-performing engineering team in the Atlanta market; build the pipeline and brand needed to make Atlanta a magnet for top engineering talent
Shape and promote a strong local engineering culture — instill engineering principles, technical excellence, and a builder mindset across the Atlanta site
Foster energy, speed, and accountability consistent with AWM's fast-paced operating environment; create an environment where engineers want to stay, grow, and do their best work
Represent the Atlanta site in cross-regional planning, resourcing, and culture-building efforts alongside other AWM Technology site and functional leaders
Lead a software and data engineering teams delivering production-grade systems for Wealth Management, holding an uncompromising bar for code quality, testability, observability, and maintainable architecture
Drive adoption of AI-enabled practices across the engineering lifecycle—from AI-assisted development tools to embedding AI capabilities into products that accelerate delivery of customer and business features, as force multipliers for the team (not one-off experiments).
Set technical direction and review architectural decisions, balancing classical software engineering rigor with the speed and possibilities of the GenAI era
Establish and enforce engineering standards, playbooks, and best practices (CI/CD, code review, testing, observability, where applicable) to raise the bar for delivery quality and velocity
Partner with senior business and technology stakeholders to shape requirements, bridge business and engineering, and ensure delivery of strategic initiatives on time and on-strategy

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 10+ years applied experience
Hands-on engineering leadership role; experience in financial services / Wealth Management is a plus
Strong software engineering fundamentals — proven ability to guide architectural decisions, enforce code quality standards, and design for reliability and scale
Hands-on familiarity with applied AI / generative AI and AI-assisted development tools (Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, or similar), with a clear point of view on how these tools change engineering workflows
Demonstrated track record building and scaling engineering teams, including recruiting and talent development, ideally with experience establishing or growing a technology presence in a regional site
Strong leadership skills with the ability to lead, motivate, and set culture for cross-functional and geographically distributed teams
Energetic, fast-moving, and comfortable operating with ambiguity and shifting priorities in a fast-paced environment
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence senior stakeholders and represent the site externally and internally
Collaborate with cross-functional teams (business, product, risk, compliance) to identify technology-driven opportunities that grow the business
Champion responsible engineering and AI practices — model risk management, security, privacy, and secure development standards — as systems move into production
Communicate strategy, progress, and risk/benefit trade-offs to senior and executive audiences; synthesize technical topics into clear, actionable narratives
Stay current on industry trends, emerging technologies (especially in applied AI and AI-assisted engineering), and best practices to keep the team and the Atlanta site at the leading edge

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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