APAC Director of Software Engineering — AI-Driven FinTech

JP Morgan Chase; Hong Kong; Presencial; HKD 2.500.000 - 5.500.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

JPMorgan Chase in Hong Kong seeks a Director of Software Engineering within Securities Lending tech to lead a prominent APAC engineering area. You will drive delivery across Pre-Trade and GRIPS platforms, align with global partners, and push modernization efforts while mentoring senior engineers.

You will champion robust engineering practices, risk-aware decision making, and the adoption of AI tooling to boost developer productivity, working with cross-domain stakeholders across Asia hours.

Formación

• Proven engineering leadership at Director/Executive Director level with 10+ engineers in regulated environments.
• Deep technical background in Java-based distributed systems, event-driven architecture (Kafka/MSK), and cloud-native deployment (AWS, Kubernetes).
• Experience leading engineering in trading, capital markets, or fintech, with familiarity in securities lending or prime brokerage being advantageous.
• Track record of promoting and recognizing senior engineering talent.
• Ability to operate in a globally matrixed organisation, influencing across EMEA and NA engineering counterparts.
• Clear communicator, able to articulate technical risk and delivery status to engineers and non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience with modern engineering practices: CI/CD, SonarQube, PR reviews, and engineering scorecards.
• Interest in AI tooling and its application to developer productivity; familiarity with Copilot and Claude Code.

Responsabilidades

• Lead, develop, and retain a team of engineers and technical programme managers in Hong Kong across Pre-Trade and GRIPS domains.
• Own the APAC engineering delivery roadmap balancing business demand, regulatory requirements, and modernization priorities.
• Serve as the senior technical stakeholder for APAC trading desk and partners; provide engineering insight and risk assessment for platform changes.
• Drive technical excellence across code quality, test discipline, reliability, and engineering practices.
• Represent APAC engineering in cross-domain programme forums including EU T+1 and quarterly planning cycles.
• Partner with product and business to translate priorities into engineering deliverables; align with global EDs for governance.
• Build APAC engineering capability through headcount planning, graduate hiring, and succession development.
• Champion AI-assisted engineering adoption and model the expected usage rates in the team.

Conocimientos

Engineering leadership

Java

Kafka/MSK

AWS

Kubernetes

Risk communication

Talent development

Global collaboration

AI tooling

Platform governance

Herramientas

Kafka/MSK

AWS

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Descripción del empleo

JPMorgan Chase in Hong Kong seeks a Director of Software Engineering within Securities Lending tech to lead a prominent APAC engineering area. You will drive delivery across Pre-Trade and GRIPS platforms, align with global partners, and push modernization efforts while mentoring senior engineers.

You will champion robust engineering practices, risk-aware decision making, and the adoption of AI tooling to boost developer productivity, working with cross-domain stakeholders across Asia hours.