Principal Software Engineer - Executive Director Post Trade Technology

Fairygodboss; Jersey City (NJ); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorganChase in Jersey City is seeking a Principal Software Engineer within the Commercial & Investment Bank Post Trade Technology. You will contribute engineering excellence on an agile team to build trusted market-leading technology products in a secure, scalable way.

You will leverage advanced technical capabilities, collaborate across the organization, and lead the adoption of agentic AI-enabled engineering practices while ensuring governance, security, and resiliency across portfolios.

Qualifications

• Formally trained in software engineering with 7+ years of hands-on experience.
• Experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability.
• Experience leading cross-functional technologists teams.
• Experience with agentic AI-enabled engineering practices and secure handling of inputs/outputs.
• Strong understanding of responsible AI use and governance in engineering workflows.

Responsibilities

• Lead technology and process implementations to meet functional technology objectives.
• Accountable for resource, budget, and operational governance decisions.
• Set direction for AI-enabled engineering and SDLC automation with guardrails across teams.
• Apply SDLC tools and enterprise AI-assisted development to improve automation and capacity unlocking.
• Govern coding decisions, cost of ownership, maintainability, and portfolio operations.
• Deliver scalable technical solutions usable across multiple domains.
• Influence senior stakeholders across business, product, and technology teams.

Skills

Software engineering

System design

Leadership

Talent development

AI-enabled engineering

Responsible AI governance

Cloud native

Strong CS/CE/Math

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher in CS/CE/Math

Tools

Kafka

MQ

MongoDB

Cassandra

FIX protocol

Sybase modernization

Job description

If you are looking for a game-changing career, working for one of the world's leading financial institutions, you've come to the right place.

As a Principal Software Engineer at JPMorganChase within the Commercial & Investment Bank Post Trade Technology, you provide expertise and engineering excellence as an integral part of an agile team to enhance, build, and deliver trusted market-leading technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable way. Leverage your advanced technical capabilities and collaborate with colleagues across the organization to drive best-in-class outcomes across various technologies to support one or more of the firm's portfolios.

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/TLM 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
• Influences peer leaders and senior stakeholders across the business, product, and technology teams

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 7+ years applied experience
• Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
• Experience developing or leading cross-functional teams of technologists
• Experience with hiring, developing, and recognizing talent
• Experience leading adoption of agentic AI-enabled engineering practices (using enterprise-authorized tools within the work environment) across teams, including defining operating expectations (human-in-the-loop validation, quality gates), measuring outcomes, and ensuring secure handling of sensitive inputs/outputs.
• Strong understanding of responsible AI use and control expectations in engineering workflows, including data sensitivity, resiliency/security implications, and governance; ability to influence leaders on safe scaling patterns and reuse.
• Practical cloud native experience
• Expertise in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Mathematics, or a related technical field

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Strong programming experience in Core Java.
• Strong experience in C, C++, or C#.
• Deep understanding of messaging and event-driven systems, including Kafka and MQ.
• Experience with FIX protocol and trading/investment banking integrations.
• Strong database experience, including MongoDB and Cassandra.
• Experience with legacy-to-modern data platform migration, including Sybase modernization.
• Strong understanding of performance tuning, scalability, concurrency, and resilient system design.

ABOUT US

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

ABOUT THE TEAM

J.P. Morgan's Commercial & Investment Bank is a global leader across banking, markets, securities services and payments. Corporations, governments and institutions throughout the world entrust us with their business in more than 100 countries. The Commercial & Investment Bank provides strategic advice, raises capital, manages risk and extends liquidity in markets around the world.