Director of Software Engineering - C&SI Originations

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; Jersey City (NJ); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase & Co. in New Jersey seeks a Director of Software Engineering to lead a technical area and drive impact across departments. You will guide AI-enabled engineering, SDLC automation, and governance to ensure secure, scalable delivery of software solutions.

The role emphasizes cross-functional collaboration, stakeholder influence, and delivering reusable technology across businesses, with a focus on responsible AI practices and enterprise-grade delivery.

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 10+ years applied experience.
• 5+ years of experience leading technologists to manage complex items within your domain
• Experience leading cross-functional teams of technologists
• Experience with hiring, developing, and recognizing talent
• Experience leading adoption of agentic AI-enabled engineering practices with secure handling of inputs/outputs
• Strong understanding of responsible AI use and governance in engineering workflows
• Practical cloud native experience
• Expertise in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field

Responsibilities

• Leads technology and process implementations to achieve functional technology objectives.
• Accountable for decisions influencing resources, budget, and execution of processes and procedures.
• Sets direction and governance for agentic AI-enabled engineering and SDLC/TLM automation to drive speed, quality, and operational outcomes.
• Applies knowledge of SDLC toolchain and AI-assisted development to improve automation value.
• Carries governance accountability for coding decisions, control obligations, and measures of success such as cost of ownership.
• Delivers technical solutions that can be leveraged across multiple businesses and domains.
• Influences peer leaders and senior stakeholders across business, product, and technology teams

Skills

Leadership

Cross-functional teams

AI-enabled engineering

Governance & guardrails

Cloud native

Java/Spring ecosystem

Python FastAPI

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Spring

SpringBoot

Python FastAPI

React/Angular

AWS

Azure

CloudFoundry

Job description

Job responsibilities

• Leads technology and process implementations to achieve functional technology objectives
• Accountable for decisions that influence teams’ resources, budget, tactical operations, and the execution and implementation of processes and procedures
• Sets direction and governance for agentic AI-enabled engineering and SDLC/TLM automation within a technical area to drive measurable improvements in speed, quality, and operational outcomes (e.g., AI-orchestrated delivery workflows, release readiness controls, automated test modernization, and incident triage acceleration), while establishing guardrails for validation, security, resiliency, traceability, and reuse across teams.
• Applies knowledge of tools within the Software Development Life Cycle toolchain, including enterprise-authorized AI-assisted development and automation capabilities, to improve the value realized by automation and support capacity unlock initiatives at scale.
• 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

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 adoption of agentic AI-enabled engineering practices (using enterprise-authorized tools within the work environment) across teams, including defining operating expectations (human-in-the-loop validation, quality gates), measuring outcomes, and ensuring secure handling of sensitive inputs/outputs.
• Strong understanding of responsible AI use and control expectations in engineering workflows, including data sensitivity, resiliency/security implications, and governance; ability to influence leaders on safe scaling patterns and reuse.
• Practical cloud native experience
• Expertise in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Mathematics, or a related technical field

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Experience with Spring, SpringBoot and Python FastAPI frameworks.
• Experience with React / Angular or similar UX frameworks.
• Experience with cloud computing platforms: AWS, Azure, CloudFoundary.
• Experience designing and building distributed microservice based systems and deploying cloud-native microservices in large-scale distributed environments.
• Experience with Domain Modelling, systems design, and experience developing and debugging production-quality code.
• Exposure to prompt engineering practices for large language models.
• Familiarity with the financial services industry and lending.

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 Engineering at JPMorganChase within Commercial & Investment Bank - Commercial & Specialized Industries, 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.