Senior Lead Architect-Digital and Platform Services

JPMorganChase; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase & Co. in Chicago seeks a Senior Lead Architect to shape target-state architecture and drive high‑quality solutions across software applications and platform products within Commercial Investment Banking, Digital and Platform Services.

You will lead technical governance, guide engineering teams, and integrate GenAI capabilities to enhance decision‑making, automation, and customer experience while ensuring security, resiliency, and auditability across the SDLC.

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification in architecture concepts; 5+ years of proven experience.
• Hands-on experience delivering system design, development, testing, and operations.
• Deep expertise in at least one technical discipline (cloud, AI/ML, mobile).
• Experience applying enterprise AI capabilities within architecture workflows with strong validation and data-sensitivity awareness.

Responsibilities

• Represent a product family in technical governance bodies and propose improvements to architecture governance.
• Provide technical guidance to business and technical teams, contractors, and vendors.
• Leverage AI capabilities within architecture with human-in-the-loop validation and data handling.
• Guide evaluation of technologies using standards and frameworks; influence adoption of leading-edge solutions.
• Drive decisions affecting product design, application functionality, and operations.

Skills

Architecture

Cloud

AI/ML

Communication

Independent work

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Terraform

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Job Description

We are looking for a Senior Lead Architect at JPMorgan Chase within the Commercial Investment Banking, Digital and Platform Services team. The role is integral to developing high-quality architecture solutions across software applications and platform products, driving significant business impact and shaping target-state architecture through expertise in multiple domains.

You will support Global Banking businesses and operations powered by technology platforms that deliver document management, integration, workflow solutions, and AI/GenAI capabilities. Your passion for technology and innovation will help shape the future of global digital commerce, bringing critical leadership and strategic thinking to cross‑functional projects and teams.

Job Responsibilities

• Represent a product family in technical governance bodies and propose improvements to architecture governance practices.
• Provide technical guidance and direction to support the business and its technical teams, contractors, and vendors.
• Leverage enterprise‑authorized AI capabilities within the work environment to accelerate architecture analysis and decisioning, with human‑in‑the‑loop validation and appropriate handling of sensitive data.
• Guide evaluation of current and new technologies using existing standards and frameworks, influencing peers and decision‑makers to adopt leading‑edge solutions where appropriate.
• Drive decisions that influence product design, application functionality, and technical operations and processes.
• Develop secure and high‑quality production code, and review and debug code written by others.
• Serve as a function‑wide subject‑matter expert and contribute to the engineering community as an advocate of firm‑wide SDLC frameworks and practices.
• Establish reuse‑first, AI‑enabled engineering patterns and governance across SDLC/toolchain practices, ensuring traceability, auditability, resiliency, and security controls.
• Define current, proximal, and target‑state architecture for strategic applications, optimizing business value from both line of business and global technology products.
• Lead initiatives to integrate GenAI technologies into existing systems to enhance decision‑making, automation, and customer experience.
• Build new innovative solutions using modern technology and cloud‑native design principles that solve business problems and drive growth.

Required Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills

• Formal training or certification in architecture concepts and 5+ years of proven experience.
• Hands‑on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability.
• Advanced skills in one or more programming languages with deep expertise in software architecture, applications, and technical processes within at least one technical discipline (e.g., cloud, AI/ML, mobile).
• Demonstrated experience applying enterprise‑authorized AI capabilities within 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 minimal oversight.
• Ability to evaluate current and emerging technologies to select or recommend the best solutions for future‑state architecture.
• Strong judgment and communication skills to influence technical direction across teams.
• Bachelor’s degree or related experience.
• Demonstrated ability to architect and build high‑volume, microservices, domain‑driven, event‑driven, and cloud‑native systems.
• Hands‑on experience with one of the public clouds: AWS, Azure, or GCP.

Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills

• Expertise in application, data, and infrastructure architecture disciplines.
• Hands‑on experience with GenAI and Agentic AI.
• Experience with Terraform, Docker, and Kubernetes technologies.
• Knowledge in at least one area of technical architecture.
• Strategic thinking and passion for business strategy and processes.
• Experience in risk and risk‑control compliance.
• Ability to collaborate in teams and develop meaningful relationships to achieve common goals.

About Us

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is one of the world’s leading financial institutions, offering innovative products and services to millions of customers. We provide a competitive total‑rewards package that may include base salary, commission‑based pay, discretionary incentives, health care, retirement savings, childcare, tuition reimbursement, mental health support, and financial coaching, among other benefits. All compensation is determined based on role, experience, skill set, and location.

Equal Employment Opportunity

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is an equal‑opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of protected attributes and provide accommodations for applicants and employees as required by law.