Principal Architect: Digital Experience

JP Morgan Chase; Jersey City (NJ); On-site; USD 180,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

JP Morgan Chase in Jersey City is seeking a Principal Architect to influence enterprise architecture and drive technology strategy for the Compliance Digital Experience group. You will shape target-state architecture, guide technology choices, and ensure secure, scalable solutions aligned to enterprise standards.

You will collaborate with product and engineering teams to deliver high-quality architectures, provide technical direction, and review designs.

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification on architecture concepts and 10+ years applied experience.
• Hands-on experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability.
• Advanced proficiency in one or more programming languages and deep expertise in software architecture, applications, and technical processes in one or more domains (for example: cloud, artificial intelligence, machine learning, or mobile).
• Demonstrated experience applying approved AI capabilities within architecture and engineering workflows, with strong validation habits and awareness of data sensitivity.
• Ability to integrate AI-enabled capabilities into enterprise‑grade architectures while meeting resiliency, security, and audit requirements.
• Ability to solve design and functionality challenges independently with minimal oversight
• Strong judgment and communication skills to influence technical direction across teams and stakeholders

Responsibilities

• Represent a product area in architecture governance forums, recommending improvements to standards and decision-making practices
• Provide technical guidance and direction to technology teams and partners to accelerate delivery and strengthen solution quality
• Apply approved AI capabilities to speed architecture analysis and decisioning, with human-in-the-loop validation and appropriate handling of sensitive data
• Evaluate current and emerging technologies against enterprise standards and frameworks, influencing adoption of fit-for-purpose solutions
• Drive architecture decisions that influence product design, application functionality, and operational processes
• Design and review secure, high-quality code and implementation approaches, supporting troubleshooting and quality improvements across teams
• Serve as a subject matter expert who contributes to engineering communities through thought leadership and modern architecture practices
• Establish reuse-first, AI-enabled engineering patterns across the software development life cycle (SDLC) and toolchain, ensuring traceability, resiliency, and security controls

Skills

Architecture concepts

System design

Cloud architectures

AI/ML integration

Communication skills

Independent problem solving

Education

Architecture certification

Job description

If you are excited about shaping the future of technology and driving meaningful business impact in financial services, this role offers the opportunity to influence architecture decisions at scale. You will partner across product and engineering teams to develop high-quality solutions that strengthen customer and employee experiences while meeting high standards for resiliency and security.

As a Principal Architect at JPMorganChase within Corporate Sector (Compliance Digital Experience), you are an integral part of a team that delivers architecture solutions across software applications and platforms. You drive significant business impact by shaping target-state architecture, guiding technology strategy, and improving engineering practices across the product area. You will work closely with stakeholders to ensure solutions are secure, scalable, and aligned to enterprise standards.

Job responsibilities

• Represent a product area in architecture governance forums, recommending improvements to standards and decision-making practices
• Provide technical guidance and direction to technology teams and partners to accelerate delivery and strengthen solution quality
• Apply approved AI capabilities to speed architecture analysis and decisioning, with human-in-the-loop validation and appropriate handling of sensitive data
• Evaluate current and emerging technologies against enterprise standards and frameworks, influencing adoption of fit-for-purpose solutions
• Drive architecture decisions that influence product design, application functionality, and operational processes
• Design and review secure, high-quality code and implementation approaches, supporting troubleshooting and quality improvements across teams
• Serve as a subject matter expert who contributes to engineering communities through thought leadership and modern architecture practices
• Establish reuse-first, AI-enabled engineering patterns across the software development life cycle (SDLC) and toolchain, ensuring traceability, resiliency, and security controls

Required qualifications, capabilities and skills

• Formal training or certification on architecture concepts and 10+ years applied experience
• Hands‑on experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
• Advanced proficiency in one or more programming languages and deep expertise in software architecture, applications, and technical processes in one or more domains (for example: cloud, artificial intelligence, machine learning, or mobile)
• Demonstrated experience applying approved AI capabilities within architecture and engineering workflows, with strong validation habits and awareness of data sensitivity
• Ability to integrate AI-enabled capabilities into enterprise‑grade architectures while meeting resiliency, security, and audit requirements
• Ability to solve design and functionality challenges independently with minimal oversight
• Strong judgment and communication skills to influence technical direction across teams and stakeholders

Preferred qualifications, capabilities and skills

• Experience leading architecture modernization, platform transformation, or cloud adoption initiatives
• Financial services and large‑scale enterprise technology experience
• Experience establishing architecture standards, governance practices, and reusable enterprise patterns