AI-First Developer Portal Lead & Platform Architect

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; Jersey City (NJ); On-site; USD 220,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase & Co. in Jersey City is seeking an experienced Senior Vice President of Software Engineering to lead and hands-on build the AI-native Developer Portal for Payments Technology.

You will shape architecture for agent-ready workflows, reusable tools, and secure external APIs while ensuring strong security and auditability. You will guide authentication workflows, instrument telemetry, and incident response, remaining hands-on about half the time to drive architecture reviews, code

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification in software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience.
• 10+ years of software engineering experience building and operating distributed systems at scale.
• 3+ years of experience leading software engineering teams and delivering complex platforms/products with measurable outcomes.
• Strong hands-on backend development experience in Java (other modern backend stacks acceptable).
• Proven expertise building external-facing APIs and integration platforms, including contract-first design, lifecycle/version management, security controls, and operational readiness.
• Strong security fundamentals for external integrations: OAuth2/OIDC concepts, mTLS, PKI/certificates, secrets management, secure SDLC, and threat modeling.
• Experience building AI-enabled product capabilities in production (beyond simple chat).
• Proficient in automation and continuous delivery methods; agile and modern SDLC practices.
• Strong understanding of application resiliency and observability (logs/metrics/traces) and incident management.
• Experience in regulated environments with strong controls, compliance requirements, and reliability expectations.

Responsibilities

• Lead the creation of an AI-first Developer Portal experience: architect agent-ready workflows, tool/action schemas, and secure execution.
• Build and operate AI-enabled support experiences with contextual understanding of client/workspace state and troubleshooting signals.
• Design and deliver secure external API platform capabilities: contract-first design (OpenAPI), versioning, backward compatibility, idempotency, pagination, and developer usability.
• Own authentication and credential workflows for external integrations, including certificate handling, credential rotation, and secure onboarding journeys.
• Establish engineering standards for AI + automation in production: evaluation and test strategy, release gating, telemetry, audit logging, and incident response.
• Remain hands-on (~50%) through critical-path coding, architecture reviews, code reviews, debugging, and performance/resiliency improvements.
• Drive cross-functional, federated delivery by partnering with API owners, security, and shared services for a unified client experience.
• Coach and develop engineers: set expectations for quality, delivery discipline, design rigor, and collaboration; grow technical talent.

Skills

Java backend

External-facing APIs

OpenAPI / API design

Security fundamentals

AI-enabled product capabilities

Agile / SDLC

Observability / monitoring

Code reviews / mentoring

Education

Software engineering degree

Tools

OpenAPI

Kubernetes

Job description

JPMorgan Chase & Co. in Jersey City is seeking an experienced Senior Vice President of Software Engineering to lead and hands-on build the AI-native Developer Portal for Payments Technology.

You will shape architecture for agent-ready workflows, reusable tools, and secure external APIs while ensuring strong security and auditability. You will guide authentication workflows, instrument telemetry, and incident response, remaining hands-on about half the time to drive architecture reviews, code