Director of Software Engineering - Payments Technology

Testing Site - JPMC; Singapore; On-site; SGD 300,000 - 420,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase in Singapore is seeking a Director of Software Engineering to lead a technical area, drive impact across teams and projects, and serve as the primary decision maker for your teams.

You will champion cloud-native, scalable systems, guide architecture discussions, and align technology with business strategy, product goals, and risk considerations while fostering innovation and operational health.

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification in software engineering concepts.
• 5+ years of experience leading engineering teams with complex challenges.
• Experience leading large engineering organizations delivering critical product areas.

Responsibilities

• Partner with business and product stakeholders to translate complex, ambiguous needs into clear technical requirements and delivery plans.
• Lead end-to-end delivery of low-latency, scalable solutions using modern engineering practices.
• Establish and champion engineering standards, including coaching, mentoring, and removing delivery impediments.
• Drive non-functional requirements, modernization efforts, and risk/control considerations in partnership with leadership.
• Influence and align peer leaders and senior stakeholders across business, product, and technology.
• Facilitate technical forums and architecture discussions to ensure decisions align to broader strategy and goals.
• Coordinate delivery across teams by managing plans, timelines, dependencies, and integration requirements.
• Define and evolve an integration strategy and associated technical requirements across applications, systems, and processes.
• Drive cloud adoption and enablement across engineering teams as part of broader integration efforts.
• Create and maintain technology roadmaps and workstreams, communicating progress and decisions to stakeholders.
• Provide governance for engineering decisions and delivery measures, including maintainability, cost of ownership, and operational health.

Skills

Software engineering

Engineering leadership

Cloud-native systems

Java Spring

Cloud technologies

Stakeholder influence

Architectural discussions

AI integration

Delivery governance

Communication

Education

Software engineering certification

Tools

None

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 JPMorgan Chase within Consumer and Community Banking, Payments Technology, 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

• Partner with business and product stakeholders to translate complex, ambiguous needs into clear technical requirements and delivery plans.


• Lead end-to-end delivery of low-latency, scalable solutions using modern engineering practices.


• Establish and champion engineering standards, including coaching, mentoring, and removing delivery impediments.


• Drive non-functional requirements, modernization efforts, and risk/control considerations in partnership with leadership.


• Influence and align peer leaders and senior stakeholders across business, product, and technology.


• Facilitate technical forums and architecture discussions to ensure decisions align to broader strategy and goals.


• Coordinate delivery across teams by managing plans, timelines, dependencies, and integration requirements.


• Define and evolve an integration strategy and associated technical requirements across applications, systems, and processes.


• Drive cloud adoption and enablement across engineering teams as part of broader integration efforts.


• Create and maintain technology roadmaps and workstreams, communicating progress and decisions to stakeholders.


• Provide governance for engineering decisions and delivery measures, including maintainability, cost of ownership, and operational health.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification in software engineering concepts and 10+ years of applied software engineering experience. 5+ years of experience leading engineering teams, including managing and resolving complex technical challenges within your domain.


• Experience leading large engineering organizations and delivering a critical product area with multiple time-sensitive deliverables.


• Extensive experience designing and building cloud-native, distributed systems with high availability, fault tolerance, and scalability using Java and Spring.


• Working knowledge of cloud technologies and modern software/product engineering methods and best practices.


• Demonstrated ability to influence across matrixed organizations and deliver outcomes at scale.


• Experience balancing competing priorities by aligning product needs with technical capacity, feasibility, and roadmap considerations.


• Ability to communicate programming models, systems, and APIs effectively to technical and non-technical stakeholders.


• Ability to integrate AI-driven solutions into software engineering workflows to optimize development efficiency, automate tasks, and elevate product quality.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Experience working at code level


• Previous experience in the payments domain, including tokenization