Senior Director of Software Engineering - Market Risk

J.P. Morgan; London; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services firm seeks a Senior Director of Software Engineering to lead the Corporate Technology, Market Risk AIML Tech Team. This role emphasizes managing the AIML platform, guiding cross-functional teams, and driving innovation using advanced technologies. Ideal candidates will have extensive experience in software engineering, cloud-native applications, and team leadership.

Qualifications

• Expert experience leading technologists and managing complex technical items.
• Proven success in influencing across complex organizations.
• Experience developing and leading large, cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Leads technology and process implementations to achieve firm objectives.
• Manages multiple stakeholders and complex projects.
• Provides leadership and direction while overseeing cross-product collaborations.

Skills

Software Engineering

Cloud Native

Leadership

Technical Project Management

Education

Expertise in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics

Tools

DataBricks

AWS

Job description

Your opportunity to make a real impact and shape the future of financial services is waiting for you. Let’s push the boundaries of what's possible together.

As a Senior Director of Software Engineering at JPMorgan Chase within the Corporate Technology, Market Risk AIML Tech Team, you will lead multiple technical areas and oversee the activities of various departments while fostering collaboration across technical domains. Your cross-functional expertise will be instrumental in promoting the adoption and implementation of advanced technical methods within diverse teams, ensuring the firm remains at the forefront of industry trends, best practices, and technological innovations. This role emphasizes managing and developing the AIML platform within Market Risk, working closely with Product and the tech team to define the roadmap and implement top-tier AIML and Generative AI practices across Risk Technology.

Job responsibilities

• Leads multiple technology and process implementations across departments to achieve firmwide technology objectives
• Directly manages multiple areas with strategic transactional focus
• Provides leadership and high-level direction to teams while frequently overseeing employee populations across multiple platforms, divisions, and lines of business
• Acts as the primary interface with senior leaders, stakeholders, and executives, driving consensus across competing objectives
• Manages multiple stakeholders, complex projects, and large cross-product collaborations
• 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 expert applied experience. In addition, expert experience leading technologists to manage, anticipate and solve complex technical items within your domain of expertise
• Experience developing or leading large or cross-functional teams of technologists
• Demonstrated prior experience influencing across highly matrixed, complex organizations and delivering value at scale
• Experience leading complex projects supporting system design, testing, and operational stability
• Experience with hiring, developing, and recognizing talent
• Extensive practical cloud native experience
• Expertise in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Mathematics, or a related technical field

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Experience working at code level and understanding architecture and infrastructure
• Exposure to ML engineering and preferably some experience with Generative AI (GenAI) or at least an understanding of it
• Experience overseeing a team of engineers bringing up AIML platforms
• Experience with DataBricks
• AWS qualifications