Director of Software Engineering Sales & Controls Technology

JPMorgan Chase; Jersey City (NJ); On-site; USD 204,000 - 285,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorganChase, a leading financial services firm, seeks a Director of Software Engineering to lead a technical area across departments, driving AI-enabled delivery, governance, and scalable cloud-native solutions. You will mentor teams, define architecture, and own critical decisions for rapid, secure innovation.

The role emphasizes hands-on Python expertise, AWS delivery, and experience with agentic workflows, RAG, and personalization.

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts with 10+ years of applied experience.
• 5+ years of experience leading technologists to manage complex technical items.
• Expert Python engineer delivering production-grade services with strong testing and reliability practices.
• Proven AI/agentic workflow architecture experience (tool-use patterns, orchestration, context management, guardrails).
• Strong enterprise/solution architecture skills across end-to-end systems.
• Hands-on AWS experience delivering secure, scalable cloud-native services (IAM/security, networking, compute).
• VectorDB + retrieval (RAG) experience with embedding/indexing and relevance/latency tradeoffs.
• Experience personalizing AI experiences based on user profiles/entitlements/preferences.
• Familiarity with voice and chat data processing pipelines for assistant insights.
• Platform ownership mindset for large user bases (~3,000 users).
• Strong responsible AI/controls understanding including governance and safety gates.

Responsibilities

• Leads technology and process implementations to achieve functional technology objectives.
• Accountable for decisions influencing resources, budget, and execution of processes.
• Sets direction and governance for AI-enabled engineering and SDLC/ADLC automation to improve speed, quality, and outcomes.
• Applies knowledge of SDLC tools and AI-assisted development to improve automation value.
• Governance accountability for coding decisions, control obligations, and measures of success like cost of ownership.
• Delivers technical solutions usable across multiple businesses and domains.
• Leads and mentors technologists, influences stakeholders, and supports hiring for deep technical roles.

Skills

Python

Agentic AI

AWS

Enterprise architecture

VectorDB

Leadership

Mentorship

Education

Software engineering certification

Tools

CI/CD toolchain

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 Engineering at JPMorganChase within Commercial & Investment Bank , Sales & Controls Tech Team, 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
• 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/ADLC 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
• Leadership capabilities: leads/mentors technologists, influences stakeholders, and supports hiring/screening for deep technical roles.

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
• Expert Python engineer: builds production-grade services/libraries with strong testing, performance, and reliability practices.
• Proven AI/agentic workflow architecture experience (tool-use patterns, orchestration, context management, guardrails, human-in-the-loop).
• Strong solution/enterprise architecture skills: designs end-to-end systems and documents patterns, integrations, and data flows clearly.
• Hands-on AWS experience delivering secure, scalable cloud-native services (IAM/security, networking, compute, monitoring/observability).
• VectorDB + retrieval (RAG) experience: embedding/indexing pipelines, similarity search, metadata filtering, and relevance/latency tradeoffs.
• Experience building personalization driven by user profiles/entitlements/preferences and applying it to AI assistant experiences.
• Familiarity with voice + chat conversation data processing pipelines to enable assistant insights and personalization.
• Platform ownership mindset for large user bases (~3,000 users): availability, resiliency, incident response, and safe release practices.
• Strong responsible AI / controls understanding: secure handling of sensitive inputs/outputs, governance, and quality gates using enterprise-authorized tools.

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.

We offer a competitive total rewards package including base salary determined based on the role, experience, skill set and location. Those in eligible roles may receive commission-based pay and/or discretionary incentive compensation, paid in the form of cash and/or forfeitable equity, awarded in recognition of individual achievements and contributions. 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

Base Pay/Salary

Jersey City,NJ $204,250.00 - $285,000.00 / year