Senior Lead Architect

Socket.dev; Columbus (OH); On-site; USD 170,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorganChase in Columbus, OH is seeking a Senior Lead Architect to shape enterprise-scale architecture and drive strategic technology decisions across platforms and services. You will lead governance discussions, promote AI-enabled engineering patterns, and deliver secure, high-quality production code throughout the lifecycle.

This role requires deep architecture expertise and strong stakeholder influence.

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification on architecture concepts and 5+ years applied experience.
• Hands-on practical 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 within one or more technical disciplines (e.g., cloud, AI, ML, mobile, distributed systems).
• Demonstrated experience applying enterprise-authorized AI capabilities in architecture and engineering workflows, with strong validation habits and awareness of data sensitivity.
• Ability to evaluate and integrate AI-enabled capabilities into enterprise-grade architectures while meeting resiliency, security, and auditability requirements.
• Ability to tackle design and functionality problems independently with little to no oversight.
• Ability to evaluate current and emerging technologies to select or recommend the best solutions for future-state architecture.
• Strong judgment, decision-making, stakeholder management, and communication skills with the ability to influence technical direction across teams, architecture governance forums, and senior technology stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Develop architecture assessment agents to evaluate critical end-to-end business services at enterprise scale.
• Represent a product family in technical governance bodies and propose improvements to architecture governance practices.
• Leverage enterprise-authorized AI capabilities within the work environment to accelerate architecture analysis and decision-making across the product family, with human-in-the-loop validation and appropriate handling of sensitive data.
• Guide evaluation of current and emerging technologies using existing standards and frameworks, influencing peers and decision-makers to adopt leading-edge solutions that improve scalability, resiliency, security, and engineering effectiveness.
• Drive architecture decisions that influence product design, application functionality, technical operations, and engineering processes across multiple teams and technology domains.
• Develop secure and high-quality production code, review and debug code written by others, and provide hands-on technical leadership throughout the software delivery lifecycle.
• Serve as a function-wide subject matter expert and contribute to the engineering community as an advocate of firmwide software development lifecycle frameworks and practices.
• Establish reuse-first AI-enabled engineering patterns and governance across software development lifecycle and toolchain practices, driving consistency, traceability, auditability, resiliency, security, and engineering excellence.
• Provide regular technical guidance and direction to support the business and its technical teams, contractors, and vendors.

Skills

Architecture concepts

System design

Software architecture

AI capabilities in workflows

Stakeholder management

Communication

Leadership

Independent problem solving

Tools

TOGAF

CI/CD

Infrastructure as Code

Observability

Job description

Job Description

If you are excited about shaping the future of technology and driving significant business impact in financial services, we are looking for people just like you. Join our team and help us develop game-changing, high-quality solutions.

As a Senior Lead Architect at JPMorganChase within the Enterprise Architecture organization in the Chief Technology Office, you are an integral part of a team that works to develop high-quality architecture solutions for enterprise-scale software applications, platforms, and shared technology capabilities. You help shape future-state architecture and drive strategic technology decisions that support business growth, operational excellence, resiliency, and innovation across the firm. You drive significant business impact and help shape the target-state architecture through your capabilities in multiple architecture domains.

Job responsibilities

• Develop architecture assessment agents to evaluate critical end-to-end business services at enterprise scale


• Represent a product family in technical governance bodies and propose improvements to architecture governance practices


• Leverage enterprise-authorized AI capabilities within the work environment to accelerate architecture analysis and decision-making across the product family, with human-in-the-loop validation and appropriate handling of sensitive data


• Guide evaluation of current and emerging technologies using existing standards and frameworks, influencing peers and decision-makers to adopt leading-edge solutions that improve scalability, resiliency, security, and engineering effectiveness


• Drive architecture decisions that influence product design, application functionality, technical operations, and engineering processes across multiple teams and technology domains


• Develop secure and high-quality production code, review and debug code written by others, and provide hands-on technical leadership throughout the software delivery lifecycle


• Serve as a function-wide subject matter expert and contribute to the engineering community as an advocate of firmwide software development lifecycle frameworks and practices


• Establish reuse-first AI-enabled engineering patterns and governance across software development lifecycle and toolchain practices, driving consistency, traceability, auditability, resiliency, security, and engineering excellence


• Provide regular technical guidance and direction to support the business and its technical teams, contractors, and vendors

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification on architecture concepts and 5+ years applied experience


• Hands-on practical 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 within one or more technical disciplines (e.g., cloud, artificial intelligence, machine learning, mobile, distributed systems)


• Demonstrated experience applying enterprise-authorized AI capabilities in architecture and engineering workflows, with strong validation habits and awareness of data sensitivity


• Ability to evaluate and integrate AI-enabled capabilities into enterprise-grade architectures while meeting resiliency, security, and auditability requirements


• Ability to tackle design and functionality problems independently with little to no oversight


• Ability to evaluate current and emerging technologies to select or recommend the best solutions for future-state architecture


• Strong judgment, decision-making, stakeholder management, and communication skills with the ability to influence technical direction across teams, architecture governance forums, and senior technology stakeholders


• Demonstrated experience designing and implementing enterprise-scale technology solutions with consideration for scalability, resiliency, security, operational stability, and long-term architectural sustainability

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Experience with formal architecture governance frameworks (e.g., TOGAF or equivalent)


• Exposure to modern technology paradigms including cloud, AI/data, distributed systems, platform-based architectures, and enterprise modernization initiatives


• Experience with engineering practices such as continuous integration/continuous delivery, Infrastructure as Code, observability, automation, and modern software development lifecycle practices


• Relevant certifications (e.g., TOGAF, cloud, ITIL, CISSP, or equivalent)


• Track record of driving enterprise-wide initiatives that improve consistency, reuse, efficiency, and engineering excellence


• Experience working in regulated environments, including operational resilience, third-party risk, and governance considerations

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.