DSS Architecture Principal Architect

Next Frontier Capital; Jersey City (NJ); On-site; USD 210,000 - 270,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorganChase is seeking a Principal Architect to lead architectural direction for infrastructure platforms and data services across hybrid estates, including cloud, on-prem, mainframe, and SaaS.

You will mentor engineers, develop target-state roadmaps, create reusable patterns, and apply AI capabilities with strong governance and security. The role combines strategic planning with hands-on delivery in a dynamic financial services environment.

Qualifications

• Formal training in architecture concepts and 10+ years of applied experience.
• Deep knowledge across infrastructure platforms, cloud/hybrid infra, data and integration.
• Hands-on design, development, testing, automation and operations in complex environments.
• Expertise in architecture modeling for platforms and products.
• Experience guiding multi-year roadmaps and modernization initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Advise cross-functional teams on technology choices and trade-offs.
• Lead architecture for complex hybrid estates including cloud, on-prem, mainframe and SaaS.
• Develop target-state architecture and multi-year modernization roadmaps.
• Create reusable architecture patterns and reference implementations.
• Partner to improve architecture governance, RFCs and auditable decisions.
• Apply AI capabilities to architecture analysis and roadmaps with human oversight.
• Remain hands-on in technical delivery and prototype development.
• Mentor architects and communicate with senior leaders.

Skills

Architecture leadership

Cloud & hybrid infra

Data & integration architecture

Mainframe & midrange

AI-enabled engineering

Stakeholder influence

Production-grade delivery

Security & compliance

Tools

AWS

Terraform

Kubernetes

Job description

Step into the role of a Principal Architect at JPMorganChase and become a driving force behind the evolution of the firm's most critical infrastructure and data platforms.

As a Principal Architect at JPMorganChase within Infrastructure Platforms - Data & Specialty Services (DSS), you provide technical leadership for multiple product lines, platforms, or strategic initiatives. You partner with peer Principal Architects on the development of target-state architecture and multi-year roadmaps across a diverse estate that includes infrastructure data platforms, mainframe and midrange compute, payments infrastructure, electronic trading services, enterprise data services, and digital workflows. You work directly with engineers and product teams to make architectural intent practical: delivering reusable patterns, modernizing complex estates, and ensuring that solutions are secure, resilient, scalable, and operationally ready.

You bring a clear technical point of view while using evidence, delivery context, and collaboration to make decisions. You will help DSS simplify and modernize its technology landscape, increase reuse of strategic IP platforms and services, strengthen architecture accountability, and accelerate responsible adoption of AI-enabled engineering practices.

Job Responsibilities

• Advise cross-functional teams on technology selection and architecture trade-offs, balancing delivery speed, resiliency, security, operational stability, cost, maintainability, and strategic alignment.
• Lead architecture for complex hybrid estates, including cloud, on-premises, SaaS, mainframe, midrange, distributed compute, data, workflow, observability, automation, and integration technologies as relevant to the assigned scope.
• Support the development of target-state architecture, capability maps, reference architectures, and multi-year modernization roadmaps for assigned DSS product lines, platforms, or strategic initiatives.
• Create and maintain reusable architecture patterns, reference implementations, design guidance, and machine-readable architecture artefacts that make secure and compliant delivery easier for engineering teams.
• Partner with other Principal Architects and architecture governance teams to improve and mature architecture governance processes, including RFCs, ADRs, controls traceability, and auditable decision records.
• Apply enterprise-authorized AI capabilities to accelerate architecture analysis, roadmap development, impact assessment, and engineering practices, with human-in-the-loop validation, appropriate handling of sensitive data, and effective resiliency, security, and auditability controls.
• Remain hands-on in technical delivery, including architecture modeling of platforms and technical products; develop, review, and debug high-quality production code, prototypes, infrastructure definitions, or automation.
• Mentor architects and senior engineers, and communicate technical strategy and decisions effectively to senior leaders and executives.

Required Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills

• Formal training or certification on architecture concepts and 10+ years applied experience.
• Deep knowledge of software, applications, and architecture across one or more relevant disciplines, such as infrastructure platforms, cloud and hybrid infrastructure, distributed systems, data and integration architecture, mainframe or midrange platforms, network and compute, observability, resilience engineering, or enterprise workflow platforms.
• Hands-on experience delivering system design, application or platform development, testing, automation, and operational stability in complex, production environments.
• Expertise in one or more programming languages.
• Expertise in architecture modeling for platforms and technical products.
• Demonstrated experience developing target-state architecture and multi-year technology roadmaps, including modernization, migration, technical-debt reduction, and legacy coexistence.
• Experience making and documenting complex architecture decisions, including trade-offs across availability, performance, security, cost, maintainability, and regulatory or control requirements, with a strong risk and controls mindset covering secure-by-design practices, least privilege, cyber and operational resiliency, disaster recovery, auditability, data governance, and production readiness.
• Experience applying expertise and new methods to determine solutions for complex architecture problems in one or more technical disciplines.
• Experience leading a product, platform, or significant technology initiative as a product owner, product manager, technical lead, or architect.
• Proven ability to influence across a matrixed organization, build alignment among senior stakeholders, and communicate technical strategy clearly to both engineering teams and executives.

Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills

• Experience architecting or modernizing mission-critical platforms supporting infrastructure services, financial transaction processing, payments, enterprise data, electronic trading, or high-volume digital workflows.
• Hands-on experience with AWS and infrastructure as code using Terraform.
• Experience with platform engineering, self-service capabilities, service catalogs, reusable infrastructure patterns, and API or event-driven integration.
• Experience with infrastructure inventory, metadata, data quality, lineage, data contracts, data mesh or data-product practices, and analytical or operational data platforms.
• Hands-on experience designing agentic AI capabilities, including reusable agent skills, Model Context Protocol (MCP) integrations, context engineering, and related tools and controls.

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

Our professionals in our Corporate Functions cover a diverse range of areas from finance and risk to human resources and marketing. Our corporate teams are an essential part of our company, ensuring that we're setting our businesses, clients, customers and employees up for success. Hands-on Principal Architect modernizing hybrid platforms (data, mainframe, payments, trading) driving roadmaps + AI delivery.