Senior Manager of Software Engineering - Front office Trade Execution

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; Jersey City (NJ); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase's Treasury & Chief Investment Office Technology team is seeking a Senior Manager of Software Engineering to lead and mentor multiple engineering squads. You will drive technical strategy, deliver scalable, secure solutions, and champion AI-assisted development across enterprise platforms.

You will oversee cross-functional teams, shape cloud-native designs using Java or Python, AWS, and microservices, and partner with business stakeholders to advance treasury technology and global

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification in software engineering with at least 5 years of applied experience.
• Proven track record of leading software engineering teams to deliver cutting-edge solutions.
• Hands-on experience with system design, development, testing, and operations.
• Advanced expertise in Java or Python.
• Experience with AWS and cloud-native, microservices architecture.
• Familiarity with AI-assisted development and SDLC governance.
• Strong leadership and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Provides guidance to the software engineers on daily tasks and activities.
• Develops secure high-quality production code and sets team standards.
• Identifies opportunities to automate remediation for stability.
• Leads evaluation sessions with external vendors and internal teams.
• Manages stakeholder relationships per compliance and SLAs.
• Sets operating practices for enterprise AI-assisted engineering and SDLC automation.
• Applies SDLC tools to drive efficiency and reuse firm assets.

Skills

Java

Python

AWS

Cloud-native architectures

Microservices

AI-assisted development

Technical leadership

Mentoring teams

RESTful APIs

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

DataDog

Dynatrace

Splunk

Job description

When you mentor and advise multiple technical teams and move financial technologies forward, it’s a big challenge with big impact. You were made for this.

Join JPMorgan Chase's Treasury & Chief Investment Office Technology team and lead the development of mission-critical platforms that support global financial markets. We're seeking a hands-on engineering leader with expertise in Java or Python, AWS, cloud-native architectures, microservices, and AI-assisted software development to mentor high-performing teams, drive technical strategy, and deliver scalable, secure solutions. This is a unique opportunity to influence enterprise-wide engineering innovation, advance AI-enabled development practices, and make a significant impact at one of the world's leading financial institutions.

As a Senior Manager of Software Engineering at JPMorgan Chase within the Corporate Technology -Treasury & Chief Investment Office Technology team, you play a pivotal leadership role by providing advanced technology solutions both individually and as a technical coach and mentor to a team of talented and driven software engineers. Leveraging your expertise, you oversee essential technology initiatives across various technical domains within the Trade Execution technology team, supporting the business goals of the Treasury & Chief Investment Office (TCIO).

Job responsibilities

• Provides guidance to the immediate team of software engineers on daily tasks and activities to execute creative software solutions, including design, development, and technical troubleshooting, with the ability to think beyond routine or conventional approaches.
• Develops secure high-quality production code and sets the overall guidance and expectations for team output, practices, and collaboration
• Identifies opportunities to eliminate or automate remediation of recurring issues to improve overall operational stability of software applications and systems
• Anticipates dependencies with other teams and leads evaluation sessions with external vendors and internal teams to drive outcome-oriented designs and ensure applicability within existing systems and information architecture.
• Manages stakeholder relationships and the team’s work in accordance with compliance standards, service level agreements, and business requirements
• Creates a culture of diversity, opportunity, inclusion, and respect for the team member's
  Sets and scales operating practices for enterprise-authorized AI-assisted engineering and SDLC/TLM automation across multiple teams to improve delivery speed, quality, and operational outcomes; establishes measurable expectations (e.g., throughput, defect reduction, reliability) and ensures consistent validation, security, resiliency, and reuse of proven patterns.
• Applies knowledge of tools within the Software Development Life Cycle toolchain, including enterprise-authorized AI-assisted development and automation capabilities, to drive efficiency and support capacity unlock initiatives across teams, prioritizing reuse of existing firm technology assets.
  

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5 years of applied experience
• Strong track record of leading software engineering teams to deliver cutting-edge technology solutions
• Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
• Advanced in one or more programming language(s)- Java or Python
• Hands-on experience with AWS cloud services (e.g., EC2, S3, Lambda, RDS, etc.).
• Experience designing, developing, and deploying scalable applications in cloud environments.
• Familiarity with microservices architecture and RESTful API development is needed.
• Experience with containerization and orchestration tools (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).
• Experience with modern monitoring and logging tools (e.g., DataDog, Dynatrace, Splunk).
• Experience leading multi-team adoption of enterprise-authorized AI-assisted development and delivery tools, including defining governance/ways of working (human-in-the-loop validation, quality gates), measuring outcomes, and ensuring secure handling of sensitive inputs/outputs.
• Strong understanding of responsible AI use in engineering workflows, including data sensitivity considerations, resiliency/security implications, and control expectations; ability to coach managers/leads and influence leaders on safe scaling patterns.
  

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Prior experience supporting trade execution platforms and familiarity with investment banking products - fixed income and derivatives