Director, Payments Tech Engineering (Cloud-Native)

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

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.