Senior Lead Java IAM Architect & AI-Driven Platform Leader

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; Plano (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase & Co. in Plano, TX, is seeking a Sr Lead Software Engineer to direct a high-performing Identity and Access Management team.

You will set strategic direction, mentor engineers, and deliver next-generation authentication and authorization solutions. You will work with global teams, leverage PingFederate, Transmit Security, and ForgeRock, and guide architectural decisions across cloud-native platforms.

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification in software engineering concepts with 10+ years of applied experience.
• Hands-on experience with PingFederate, Transmit Security or ForgeRock platforms for authentication and authorization.
• Ability to lead and guide a small team to deliver innovative solutions.
• Understanding of application and data architecture disciplines.
• Knowledge of architecture, design, and business processes.
• Ability to work collaboratively in diverse, global teams.
• Experience with authentication and modern authentication practices and solutions (OAuth2/OpenID Connect, SAML).
• Proficiency in Java, Spring Boot, React.
• Knowledge of RESTful API design and development, including secure token-based authentication and authorization.
• Cloud-native experience (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
• Experience developing and consuming secure REST APIs and backend services supporting IAM platforms.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team to deliver high-quality, innovative identity and access management solutions.
• Modernize authentication and authorization platforms across multiple channels and domains, leveraging PingFederate, Transmit Security, and ForgeRock.
• Evaluate and prototype internal and vendor solutions for user authentication. Integrate anti-fraud and biometric authentication solutions into customer-facing applications.
• Utilize APIs and SDKs for both niche solutions and open standards.
• Drive team adoption of AI-assisted engineering practices within the work environment to improve code quality, delivery speed, and operational outcomes.
• Apply knowledge of the SDLC toolchain, including enterprise-authorized AI-assisted development and automation capabilities.
• Identify opportunities to automate remediation of recurring issues to improve operational stability.
• Lead evaluation sessions with external vendors and internal teams to drive outcome-focused assessments of designs.
• Design, develop, and maintain custom solution adapters, authentication nodes, and orchestration logic that integrate with external data sources.
• Design, develop, and maintain the supporting APIs and backend services behind IAM platforms, including secure service-to-service integration.
• Build and maintain IAM web and UI components that invoke platform authentication flows.
• Design supporting data schemas, connection pooling, and failover for authentication and token storage.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

React

OAuth2/OpenID Connect

RESTful APIs

AI-assisted tooling

Identity providers

Tools

PingFederate

Transmit Security

ForgeRock

AWS

Kubernetes

Job description

JPMorgan Chase & Co. in Plano, TX, is seeking a Sr Lead Software Engineer to direct a high-performing Identity and Access Management team.

You will set strategic direction, mentor engineers, and deliver next-generation authentication and authorization solutions. You will work with global teams, leverage PingFederate, Transmit Security, and ForgeRock, and guide architectural decisions across cloud-native platforms.