Manager of Software Engineering

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorganChase is seeking a Manager of Software Engineering in the Commercial and Investment Bank, Public Sector Lockbox, to lead multiple teams and guide day-to-day implementation activities, ensuring compliance, business requirements, and best practices.

You will drive technical design, architecture, and scalable solutions while mentoring engineers across levels, fostering collaboration, and championing responsible AI adoption and secure delivery.

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification in software engineering concepts and 5+ years of applied experience.
• Experience leading teams of technologists with coaching to achieve strategic goals.
• Experience with hiring, developing, and recognizing talent.
• Hands-on experience delivering system design, development, testing, and operational stability.
• Experience leading technology projects and managing technologists.
• Solid understanding of agile methodologies, application resiliency, and security.
• Experience adopting enterprise AI-assisted development and automation tools.

Responsibilities

• Provides guidance to the immediate team of software engineers on daily tasks.
• Sets overall guidance and expectations for team output, practices, and collaboration.
• Anticipates dependencies with other teams to deliver products aligned with business requirements.
• Manages stakeholder relationships and ensures compliance, SLAs, and business requirements.
• Creates a culture of diversity, opportunity, inclusion, and respect for team members.
• Lead and inspire a team of engineers across levels, fostering collaboration and excellence.
• Oversee technical design, architecture, and implementation of scalable solutions.
• Execute software solutions, design, development, and troubleshooting with innovative approaches.
• Create secure, high-quality production code and maintain algorithms synchronized with systems.
• Leads adoption of AI-assisted engineering practices and SDLC/TLM automation.
• Applies SDLC toolchain knowledge to improve automation and capacity unlock initiatives.

Skills

Software engineering leadership

Team management

Hiring and mentoring

Agile methodologies

AI-assisted development

Security and resiliency

GIT/Bitbucket

Tools

JIRA

CI/CD pipelines

Git / Bitbucket

Job description

This is your chance to change the path of your career and guide multiple teams to success at one of the world's leading financial institutions.

As a Manager of Software Engineering at JPMorganChase within the Commercial and Investment Bank, Public Sector Lockbox, youlead multiple teams and manage day-to-day implementation activities by identifying and escalating issues and ensuring your team’s work adheres to compliance standards, business requirements, and tactical best practices.

Job responsibilities

• Provides guidance to immediate team of software engineers on daily tasks and activities
• Sets the overall guidance and expectations for team output, practices, and collaboration
• Anticipates dependencies with other teams to deliver products and applications in line with business requirements
• Manages stakeholder relationships and the team’s work in accordance with compliance standards, service level agreements, and business requirements
• Creates a culture of diversity, opportunity, inclusion, and respect for the team members and prioritizes diverse representation
• Lead and inspire a team of entry-level to mid-level software engineers, fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, and excellence.
• Oversee technical design, architecture, and implementation to ensure high-quality, scalable solutions.
• Execute software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting, with the ability to think beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions or break down technical problems.
• Create secure and high-quality production code and maintain algorithms that run synchronously with appropriate systems.
• Leads team adoption of enterprise-authorized AI-assisted engineering practices and SDLC/TLM automation to improve delivery speed, quality, and operational outcomes, while setting expectations for human validation, secure handling of inputs/outputs, and consistent use of reusable patterns 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.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification in software engineering concepts and 5+ years of applied experience
• Experience leading teams of technologists, with the ability to guide and coach teams to achieve goals aligned with strategic initiatives
• Experience with hiring, developing, and recognizing talent
• Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and ensuring operational stability
• Experience leading technology projects and managing technologist
• Solid understanding of agile methodologies, application resiliency, and security
• Working proficiency with development toolsets like GIT/Bitbucket, JIRA, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience leading responsible adoption of enterprise-authorized AI-assisted development and delivery tools across engineering teams, including defining ways of working (review/validation expectations), measuring outcomes, and ensuring secure handling of data.
• Understanding of responsible AI use in engineering workflows, including data sensitivity considerations, resiliency/security implications, and governance expectations; ability to coach engineers on compliant and effective usage.
• Has to be a UC Citizen or Permanent Resident for 7 continuous years

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Knowledge in Java, REST, and microservices preferred
• Preferred using LLMs, Agentic AI; Copilot in VSCode

A Government Security Clearance will be required for this position. This includes, but is not limited to:

• Fingerprints / Credit Check / Employment History /Tax Filing History (possibly) / References (possibly)
• Proof of U.S. Legal Permanent Residence for 7 years