Director of Software Engineering

Testing Site - JPMC; Wilmington (DE); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase is seeking a software engineering leader to direct a technical area within the Consumer and Community Banking group. The role shapes strategies, drives impactful delivery, and acts as a primary decision maker for teams and projects.

You will oversee technology implementations, governance, and cross-domain solutions while promoting innovation and inclusive leadership across departments.

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts with 10+ years applied experience.
• 5+ years of experience leading technologists to manage complex items in your domain.
• Experience leading cross-functional teams of technologists.
• Experience with hiring, developing, and recognizing talent.
• Experience leading a product as a Product Owner or Product Manager.
• Practical cloud native experience.
• Expertise in CS/CE/Math or related field.
• Experience influencing senior stakeholders across business, product and technology teams.
• Experience with Distributed Datastores and Big Data cloud technologies.

Responsibilities

• Leads technology and process implementations to achieve functional technology objectives.
• Makes decisions influencing resources, budget, and execution of processes and procedures.
• Carries governance for coding decisions, cost of ownership, maintainability, and portfolio operations.
• Delivers technical solutions usable across multiple businesses and domains.
• Influences peer leaders and senior stakeholders across business, product and technology teams.
• Champions the firm’s culture of diversity, inclusion, and respect.

Skills

Leadership

Cross-functional leadership

Cloud native experience

Stakeholder management

Product Owner/PM

Distributed datastores

Big data technologies

Software architecture

Education

Bachelor’s in CS/CE/Math or related

Master’s degree preferred

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 Consumer and Community Banking group, 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

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 10+ years 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
• Experience with hiring, developing, and recognizing talent
• Experience leading a product as a Product Owner or Product Manager
• Practical cloud native experience
• Expertise in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Mathematics, or a related technical field
• Experience influencing senior stakeholders and peer leaders across business product and technology teams
• Experience with Distributed Datastores
• Experience with Big Data / Distributed / cloud technology
• Demonstrated knowledge of software applications and technical processes within a technical discipline

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, especially in high-visibility transformation programs
• Action-oriented, decisive, drives results systematically.
• Master’s preferred.
• Skilled at assessing risk and making decisions with a holistic, big-picture perspective.
• Demonstrates a can-do attitude and leads by example.
• Detail-oriented, able to distinguish between important and urgent tasks.
• Prioritizes helpfulness, mentorship, and team development.
• Acts with integrity.