Director of Software Engineering [Multiple Positions Available]

JPMorganChase; Palo Alto (CA); On-site; USD 350,000 - 428,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health care coverage

On-site health centers

Retirement savings plan

Backup childcare

Tuition reimbursement

Mental health support

Financial coaching

Job summary

JPMorganChase seeks a senior engineering leader to oversee the design, architecture, and deployment of large-scale cloud-native financial systems in a high-availability environment. You will mentor a team delivering real-time payments processing, gateways, and ISO 20022 integrations while driving roadmaps and regulatory-aligned strategies.

Responsibilities include architecting streaming pipelines with Kafka and Spark, implementing enterprise CI/CD, and ensuring security across AWS deployments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or Master's with required years of experience in software engineering leadership and cloud-native systems.
• Experience leading and mentoring engineering teams to design, develop, and deploy cloud-native applications.
• Proven track record in architecting high-throughput, real-time payments processing and distributed systems.
• Experience with Agile practices, CI/CD pipelines, production observability, and security compliance.
• Experience with data streaming and database sharding for large-scale financial data.

Responsibilities

• Oversee design, architecture, and deployment of large-scale cloud-native financial systems.
• Lead and mentor engineers to deliver real-time payment and clearing applications.
• Define roadmaps and technical strategies aligned with regulatory requirements.
• Direct payments processing solutions including gateways and ISO 20022 integrations.
• Architect data streaming with Kafka/Spark for low-latency processing.

Skills

Leadership

Mentoring

Cloud-native

Distributed systems

Java Spring Boot

C++

Real-time processing

CI/CD

Education

Bachelor's degree + 10 years

Master's degree + 7 years

Tools

AWS

Kafka

Spark

Java Spring Boot

ISO 20022

ETL/Data pipelines

Job description

Job Description

Duties: Oversee the design, architecture, and deployment of large-scale, cloud-native financial systems, ensuring high availability, resiliency, and compliance with industry standards. Lead and mentor a team of software engineers to deliver payment and clearing applications that process real-time, high-throughput transactions. Define engineering roadmaps and technical strategies to align with enterprise financial services goals and regulatory requirements. Direct the design and implementation of payments processing solutions, including payment gateways, ISO 20022 clearing integrations, and real-time transaction platforms. Architect and optimize data streaming solutions using Apache Kafka and Spark Structured Streaming for low-latency financial transaction processing. Implement enterprise-grade CI/CD pipelines, resiliency frameworks, and security controls to support continuous deployment of regulated financial applications. Manage cloud-based deployments on AWS (EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, EMR, Step Functions, Glue) and ensure scalability across global financial markets. Oversee development of large-scale data pipelines and ETL systems to automate and enhance data processing for financial products and customer reporting. Collaborate with external financial institutions and clearing houses to establish secure integration contracts and interoperability for cross-border payments. Drive continuous improvement initiatives by adopting modern engineering practices, improving latency benchmarks, and optimizing resource utilization for financial systems. Engage with senior stakeholders to provide technical leadership, ensure regulatory alignment, and deliver system enhancements within budget and timelines. Recruit, hire, and develop technical talent, ensuring skills are aligned with enterprise payment modernization initiatives.

Qualifications

• Minimum education and experience required: Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Information Systems, or related field of study plus ten (10) years of experience in the job offered or as Director of Software Engineering, Software Development Manager, Technical Consultant, Software Engineer, Systems Analyst/Engineer, or related occupation. The employer will alternatively accept a Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Information Systems, or related field of study plus seven (7) years of experience in the job offered or as Director of Software Engineering, Software Development Manager, Technical Consultant, Software Engineer, Systems Analyst/Engineer, or related occupation.
• Skills Required: This position requires seven (7) years of experience with the following skill: leading and mentoring engineering teams to design, develop, and deploy cloud-native, data-driven applications in distributed software systems, including supervision of software engineers, software architects, or engineering managers.
• This position requires five (5) years of experience with the following skills: architecting and designing software systems to solve complex distributed systems, database scalability, and financial technology challenges; designing and developing enterprise-grade applications using Java Spring Boot or C++ for payment orchestration, transaction processing, automation, and large-scale data analysis; and building and scaling high-throughput, real-time payments processing systems such as payment gateways, clearing systems, ISO 20022-based integrations, or real-time transaction platforms.
• This position requires four (4) years of experience with the following skills: implementing Agile development practices and CI/CD pipelines including continuous integration, deployment automation, application resiliency, production observability, and application security compliance; automating large-scale, high-performance data transformation systems to support financial product innovation, multi-market clearing deployments, or regulatory compliance; implementing observability and self-healing frameworks including automated recovery, alerting, monitoring, and debugging tools to reduce mean time to detect (MTTD) and mean time to recovery (MTTR) in mission-critical systems.
• This position requires three (3) years of experience with the following skills: developing and operating data streaming and messaging frameworks using Apache Kafka, ActiveMQ, Apache Spark, or any in-house structured streaming technologies to enable near real-time reconciliation and reporting; and designing and implementing advanced database sharding and data modeling strategies.
• This position requires two (2) years of experience with the following skills: leading, architecting, or deploying applications on AWS cloud platform using EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, EMR, or EKS.

Job Location: 3223 Hanover Street, Palo Alto, CA 94304

Full-Time. Salary: $388,918 - $388,918 per year.

About Us

JPMorganChase, one of the oldest financial institutions, offers innovative financial solutions to millions of consumers, small businesses and many of the world's most prominent corporate, institutional and government clients under the J.P. Morgan and Chase brands. Our history spans over 200 years and today we are a leader in investment banking, consumer and small business banking, commercial banking, financial transaction processing and asset management.

• comprehensive health care coverage
• on-site health and wellness centers
• a retirement savings plan
• backup childcare
• tuition reimbursement
• mental health support
• financial coaching

We also offer a range of benefits and programs to meet employee needs, based on eligibility. These benefits include comprehensive health care coverage, on-site health and wellness centers, a retirement savings plan, backup childcare, tuition reimbursement, mental health support, financial coaching and more. Additional details about total compensation and benefits will be provided during the hiring process.

We recognize that our people are our strength and the diverse talents they bring to our global workforce are directly linked to our success. We are an equal opportunity employer and place a high value on diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute, including race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital or veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. We also make reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs. Visit our FAQs for more information about requesting an accommodation.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Veterans

About The Team

J.P. Morgan's Commercial & Investment Bank is a global leader across banking, markets, securities services and payments. Corporations, governments and institutions throughout the world entrust us with their business in more than 100 countries. The Commercial & Investment Bank provides strategic advice, raises capital, manages risk and extends liquidity in markets around the world.