Director, Identity & Credential Protocols

JP Morgan Chase; Plano (TX); On-site; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

JP Morgan Chase is seeking a Director of Software Engineering within Card & Connected Commerce Technology to lead a technical area and drive impact across teams and projects. You will guide identity and credential protocols, architect reference implementations, and ensure security and interoperability in complex financial services solutions.

You will mentor technologists, align with product, architecture, and cybersecurity stakeholders, and own delivery priorities while maintaining traceability

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification in software engineering concepts and 10+ years of applied experience.
• Deep experience implementing digital identity, authentication, federation, or credential exchange capabilities.
• Strong understanding of OAuth 2.0 and OpenID Connect, secure token handling, and identity protocol security.
• Experience with cloud-native systems, secure APIs, and SDLC practices.

Responsibilities

• Set the technical direction and engineering roadmap for identity and credential protocols.
• Lead contributions to industry standards-setting organizations and interoperability testing.
• Develop reference architectures and implementations for identity federation, authentication, and secure API access.
• Define interfaces and message flows connecting identity with commerce and payment use cases.
• Engineer reusable components and automated tests for protocol behavior and cryptographic validation.
• Lead cross-functional technical initiatives and communicate decisions to senior stakeholders.

Skills

Software leadership

Cross-functional leadership

Identity protocols

OAuth 2.0

OpenID Connect

Cloud-native

Job description

JP Morgan Chase is seeking a Director of Software Engineering within Card & Connected Commerce Technology to lead a technical area and drive impact across teams and projects. You will guide identity and credential protocols, architect reference implementations, and ensure security and interoperability in complex financial services solutions.

You will mentor technologists, align with product, architecture, and cybersecurity stakeholders, and own delivery priorities while maintaining traceability