Director of Software Engineering

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

As the Director of Software Engineering at JPMorgan Chase within the Operations Technology - Cash & Check Management team, you will lead a technical area and promote impact across teams, technologies, and projects within various departments. You will leverage your extensive knowledge of software, applications, technical processes, and product management to oversee multiple complex projects and initiatives. In this role, you will serve as the primary decision maker for your teams, fostering innovation and ensuring the successful delivery of solutions.

Job responsibilities

• Leads technology and process implementations to achieve functional technology objectives

• Makes decisions that influence teams' resources, budget, tactical operations, and the execution and implementation of processes and procedures

• 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

• Champions the firm's culture of diversity, opportunity, inclusion, and respect

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.

• Documented strengths in Innovation and Continuous Improvement to include promotion and adoption of emerging technologies and best practice within the cloud software engineering team

• Experience developing or leading cross-functional teams of technologists. Ability to work collaboratively in teams and develop meaningful relationships to achieve common goals.

• Experience with hiring, developing, and recognizing talent

• Deep expertise building and operating large scale high performance environments with distributed systems and cloud technologies (AWS, GCP, Azure, etc.)

• Deep expertise with enterprise design patterns and industry best practices with experience using modern technology (e.g., Java, Cassandra, Kafka) and design patterns (e.g., microservices, APIs).

• Ability to work in a dynamic, agile environment leading/working with geographically distributed teams.

• Experience with building, leading and mentoring technology teams and next level leaders within the organization.

• Experience with implementing industry standard risk, cybersecurity & technology controls.

• Strong organizational and management skills.

• Practical cloud native experience

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Experience working at code level

• Experience with enterprise - level core banking system s

Chase is a leading financial services firm, helping nearly half of America's households and small businesses achieve their financial goals through a broad range of financial products. Our mission is to create engaged, lifelong relationships and put our customers at the heart of everything we do. We also help small businesses, nonprofits and cities grow, delivering solutions to solve all their financial needs.

We offer a competitive total rewards package including base salary determined based on the role, experience, skill set and location. Those in eligible roles may receive commission-based pay and/or discretionary incentive compensation, paid in the form of cash and/or forfeitable equity, awarded in recognition of individual achievements and contributions. We also offer a range of benefits and programs to meet employee needs, based on eligibility. These benefits include comprehensive health care coverage, on-site health and wellness centers, a retirement savings plan, backup childcare, tuition reimbursement, mental health support, financial coaching and more. Additional details about total compensation and benefits will be provided during the hiring process.

We recognize that our people are our strength and the diverse talents they bring to our global workforce are directly linked to our success. We are an equal opportunity employer and place a high value on diversity and inclusion at our company. 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. We also make reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs. Visit our FAQs for more information about requesting an accommodation.

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