Senior Director of Software Engineering

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; Greater London; On-site; GBP 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is seeking a Senior Director of Engineering to lead the Global Commodities Exotics desk technology team.

You will shape end-to-end delivery from execution to reporting, aligning with Trading leadership, Quants and Functional leads to drive the technology roadmap and production readiness. You will build and mentor a high-performing team, fostering ownership, observability, security and a production-first culture to deliver fast, scalable and reliable desk workflows across

Qualifications

• Deep software engineering and design experience with production systems.
• Experience in Commodities front-office technology and trader workflows.
• Proven leadership of multi-team engineering groups delivering end-to-end stacks.

Responsibilities

• Own the technology strategy for desk workflow and tooling with roadmaps.
• Partner with traders and leaders to identify pain points and deliver value.
• Represent the desk tech organization in senior forums and secure commitments.
• Oversee end-to-end delivery across the SDLC with production-first focus.
• Set engineering standards for architecture, security, testing and CI/CD.
• Drive multi-department AI-enabled engineering and governance across delivery workflows.
• Sponsor resolution of complex production incidents and systemic issues.

Skills

Python

Front Office Tech

Leadership

Stakeholder Management

SDLC/Observability

Agentic AI Governance

Tools

Athena

SecDb

Quartz

RICE

React/TypeScript

Job description

Join us to shape the future of trading technology at JPMorganChase. As a leader, you will drive impactful solutions for the Global Commodities Exotics Desk, collaborating with top talent and business partners. You’ll have the opportunity to influence strategy, deliver high-value outcomes, and foster a culture of innovation and excellence. Your work will empower traders and transform the way we deliver technology. Be part of a team where your leadership and vision make a difference.

As a Senior Director of Engineering in the Commercial & Investment Bank (CIB) Markets Technology team, you will lead the engineering organization responsible for front-office, desk-critical workflow and trading technology. You will set the vision and drive execution for end-to-end stack delivery, supporting the full trade lifecycle from execution to reporting. You will partner with Trading leadership, business management, Quants/Strats, and Functional leads to shape the technology roadmap and ensure production readiness. You will build and mentor a high-performing team, fostering a culture of ownership and excellence. Your leadership will directly impact the desk’s success and innovation.

Job Responsibilities:

• Own the technology strategy for desk workflow and tooling, translating business priorities into actionable roadmaps.
• Partner with Traders, Desk Heads, Functional leads, Quants/Strats, and Operations to identify pain points and deliver value.
• Represent the desk technology organization in senior forums, driving alignment and securing commitments.
• Oversee end-to-end delivery across the SDLC, ensuring predictable execution and front-office responsiveness.
• Establish delivery rhythms and drive a production-first culture focused on observability, performance, and operational controls.
• Lead the design and delivery of integrated workflows, ensuring consistency and traceability across the trade lifecycle.
• Coordinate cross-team delivery for clean, aligned releases with strong change management.
• Set and enforce engineering standards for architecture, secure coding, testing, CI/CD, and incident response.
• Sets and scales multi-department strategy for agentic AI-enabled engineering and SDLC/TLM automation (using enterprise-authorized tools within the work environment) to drive firmwide objectives (speed, scalability, reliability, and cost-to-serve), including portfolio-level standards for AI-orchestrated delivery workflows, release governance, automated test modernization, resilience engineering, and incident response acceleration; establishes guardrails for validation, security, resiliency, traceability, and reuse.
• Applies knowledge of tools within the Software Development Life Cycle toolchain, including enterprise-authorized AI-assisted development and automation capabilities, to drive cross-domain reuse and measurable capacity unlock outcomes across departments.
• Sponsor and lead resolution of complex production incidents and systemic issues.

Required Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills:

• Deep expertise in software engineering, system design, testing strategy, operability, secure engineering, and performance.
• Experience in Commodities Front Office Technology, supporting Exotics/Commodities quant desks and trader workflows.
• Significant experience leading engineering teams and delivering end-to-end stack systems in production at scale.
• Demonstrated success partnering with Front Office/Trading stakeholders in high-urgency environments.
• Strong technical depth in Python (preferred) or ability to lead in a Python-based stack.
• Experience leading multi-organization adoption of agentic AI-enabled engineering operating models (using enterprise-authorized tools within the work environment), including defining governance (human-in-the-loop decisioning, quality gates), measurement frameworks, and secure handling of sensitive inputs/outputs across teams.
• Deep understanding of responsible AI risk, controls, and resiliency/security expectations at scale, with demonstrated ability to advise senior leaders on safe adoption, portfolio governance, and reuse-first strategies.
• Proven ability to drive outcomes through multi-team dependencies and influence without authority.

Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills:

• Experience integrating with booking, pricing, and risk ecosystems (e.g., Athena, SecDb, Quartz, RICE or equivalent).
• Track record delivering front-to-back workflow integrations across complex organizations.
• Strong experience with front-office UI/tooling (e.g., React/TypeScript) and automation for workflow-critical systems.
• Experience modernizing legacy estates and improving resilience, observability, and incident management.