Manager of Software Engineering

Testing Site - JPMC; Palo Alto (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorganChase in Palo Alto seeks a Software Engineering Manager to lead multiple teams building a high‑scale payments platform. You will design, build, and optimize distributed microservice systems processing billions of transactions with low latency and high reliability.

You'll steer architecture, mentor engineers, and drive best practices across CI/CD, security, and data analytics. Expect a collaborative, fast‑paced environment within Payments Technology.

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification in software engineering concepts and 5+ years of applied experience.
• Experience leading teams of technologists and coaching to achieve strategic goals.
• Hands-on design, development, testing, and operations for stable systems.
• Deep expertise in cloud, AI/ML, or related technical disciplines.
• Proficiency in Java, REST, and microservices with event-driven architectures.
• Experience with Spring Framework, Spring Boot, and cloud infrastructure.
• Knowledge of CI/CD, application resiliency, and security practices.
• Proficiency with GIT/Bitbucket, JIRA, and Maven.
• Exposure to AI via Python and Copilot in IDEs.

Responsibilities

• Lead and inspire a team of engineers from junior to mid-level.
• Oversee design, architecture, and implementation for scalable solutions.
• Deliver software, perform testing, and troubleshoot with a systems mindset.
• Produce architecture artifacts and ensure constraints are met in code.
• Analyze large data sets to improve applications and system performance.
• Identify patterns to drive improvements in code hygiene and architecture.
• Contribute to engineering communities and adopt emerging technologies.
• Recruit, onboard, and develop top engineering talent.
• Foster diversity, inclusion, and respect within the team.

Skills

Java

REST

Microservices

Kafka

Spring Framework

Spring Boot

CI/CD

GIT/Bitbucket

JIRA

Maven

Education

Formal training in software engineering

Tools

Cloud

Kafka

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD tooling

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 & Investment Bank,you will join our team and help advance one of the world's most critical payments execution platforms. This is a hands-on engineering role where you'll design, build, and optimize systems that operate at extraordinary scale — processing billions of transactions per day with low latency and high reliability across a distributed, microservice-based architecture.

JPMorganChase's Commercial & Investment Bank Payments Technology division is seeking a motivated and skilled Software Engineering Manager to join our team and help advance one of the world's most critical payments execution platforms. This is a hands-on engineering role where you'll design, build, and optimize systems that operate at extraordinary scale — processing billions of transactions per day with low latency and high reliability across a distributed, microservice-based architecture

Job responsibilities

• 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.
• Produce architecture and design artifacts for complex applications, ensuring that design constraints are met during software code development.
• Gather, analyze, synthesize, and develop visualizations and reporting from large, diverse data sets to support continuous improvement of software applications and systems.
• Proactively identify hidden problems and patterns in data, using these insights to drive improvements in coding hygiene and system architecture.
• Contribute to software engineering communities of practice and participate in events that explore new and emerging technologies.
• Recruit, onboard, and develop top engineering talent.
• Promote a team culture of diversity, opportunity, inclusion, and respect.

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
• Advanced knowledge of software applications and technical processes, with considerable in-depth expertise in one or more technical disciplines (e.g., cloud, artificial intelligence, machine learning, etc.)
• Ability to tackle design and functionality problems independently with little to no oversight
• Proficiency in Java, REST, and microservices, with experience building event-driven microservices and Kafka streaming
• Experience with Spring Framework, Spring Boot, and public or private cloud infrastructure
• Solid understanding of agile methodologies such as CI/CD, application resiliency, and security
• Working proficiency with development toolsets like GIT/Bitbucket, JIRA, and Maven
• Exposer to AI - using python, AI, Copilot in VScode/Intellij

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• knowledge of Containerization and Container Runtime/Orchestration platforms (Docker/Kubernetes/ECS etc)
• knowledgeabout messaging – Kafka
• knowledge aboutRelational/NoSQL databases

FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE ACT: This position is subject to Section 19 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act. As such, an employment offer for this position is contingent on JPMorganChase's review of criminal conviction history, including pretrial diversions or program entries.