Director of Software Engineering - Java, AWS - Equities or Securities Lending

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase & Co. in Bengaluru seeks a Director of Software Engineering to lead a Java and AWS–based platform within Corporate & Investment Banking.

You will guide a technical area, drive impact across teams, and own key delivery decisions that affect architecture, delivery speed, and quality. You will champion responsible AI practices, scale cloud-native solutions with Kubernetes, and mentor engineers while collaborating with product and business stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts.
• 10+ years of applied experience in software engineering.
• 5+ years of experience leading technologists to manage complex items.
• Experience with hiring, developing, and recognizing talent.
• Experience leading a product as engineering lead.
• Practical cloud native experience - Kubernetes, AWS (EKS, EC2).
• Deep hands-on experience with Spring framework and OO design.
• Experience leading adoption of AI-enabled engineering practices across teams.

Responsibilities

• Leads technology and process implementations to achieve functional technology objectives.
• Makes decisions influencing resources, budget, and execution of processes and procedures.
• Carries governance accountability for coding decisions and measures of success.
• Delivers technical solutions usable across multiple businesses and domains.
• Influences peer leaders and senior stakeholders across business, product, and tech.

Skills

Java

Spring Framework

AI-enabled engineering

Leadership

Product leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Security & governance

Responsible AI

System design

Cloud-native development

Tools

Kubernetes

AWS (EKS, EC2)

Job description

Director of Software Engineering - Java, AWS - Equities or Securities Lending

• Job Identification 210753696
• Job Category Software Engineering
• Business Unit Commercial & Investment Bank
• Posting Date 08/07/2026, 06:34 AM
• Locations Ground to Fifth Floor G,H Block, EMBASSYTECH VILLAGE-PARCEL 5 OUTER RING RD DEVERABEESANAHALLI VILLA, Bengaluru, IN-KA, 560103, IN
• Apply Before 09/20/2026, 04:00 AM
• Job Schedule Full time
• Job Shift Day

Job Description

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

As a Director of Software Engineeringat JPMorganChase within the Corporate and Investment Banking, you lead a technical area and drive impact within teams, technologies, and projects across departments. Utilize your in-depth knowledge of software, applications, technical processes, and product management to drive multiple complex projects and initiatives, while serving as a primary decision maker for your teams and be a driver of innovation and solution delivery.

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
• Sets direction and governance for agentic AI-enabled engineering and SDLC/TLM automation within a technical area to drive measurable improvements in speed, quality, and operational outcomes (e.g., AI-orchestrated delivery workflows, release readiness controls, automated test modernization, and incident triage acceleration), while establishing guardrails for validation, security, resiliency, traceability, and reuse across teams.
• Applies knowledge of tools within the Software Development Life Cycle toolchain, including enterprise-authorized AI-assisted development and automation capabilities, to improve the value realized by automation and support capacity unlock initiatives at scale.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 10+ years of applied experience. In addition, 5+ years of experience leading technologists to manage, anticipate and solve complex technical items within your domain of expertise
• Experience developing or leading cross-functional teams of technologists with the help of AI
• Experience with hiring, developing, and recognizing talent
• Experience leading a product as engineering lead
• Practical cloud native experience - Experience in Kubernetes, AWS (EKS, EC2) is must
• Deep hands-on experience with Spring framework, Object Oriented methodology of design and development, and Spring Batch framework
• Experience leading adoption of agentic AI-enabled engineering practices (using enterprise-authorized tools within the work environment) across teams, including defining operating expectations (human-in-the-loop validation, quality gates), measuring outcomes, and ensuring secure handling of sensitive inputs/outputs.
• Strong understanding of responsible AI use and control expectations in engineering workflows, including data sensitivity, resiliency/security implications, and governance; ability to influence leaders on safe scaling patterns and reuse.
• Experience in Equities/ Stock Borrow Loan domain is required

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Exposure to agile methodologies such as CI/CD, Applicant Resiliency, and Security
• Hands-on practical experience in system design, application development, testing, and operational stability