Senior Manager of Software Engineering - Java/AWS

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; New York (NY); On-site; USD 130,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global financial services firm is seeking a Senior Manager of Software Engineering in New York. In this role, you will lead a technical team while providing coaching and mentorship. You will have a significant impact on operational efficiencies and functionality as you develop trusted technology products. The ideal candidate will have at least 5 years of experience in software engineering and strong skills in Java, AWS services, and team dynamics. Competitive salary and benefits offered.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in Software Engineering concepts and leadership.
• Ability to coach and guide technical teams.
• Experience in troubleshooting production processes.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of software engineers on complex technical tasks.
• Oversee budget and tactical operations.
• Foster collaboration across teams and escalate issues when necessary.

Skills

Hands-on development experience in Java

Experience with Spring Framework

Experience with AWS services

Strong leadership skills

Experience with agile methodologies

Education

Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or related field

Tools

Terraform

AWS Glue

AWS Athena

AWS S3

Job description

Lead and guide a technical team by offering technical coaching and advisory support, it’s a big challenge with big impact. You were made for this.

As a Senior Manager of Software Engineering at JPMorgan Chase within the Consumer and Community Banking Cobranded Cardsteam, you will play a crucial role in an agile team dedicated to enhancing, building, and delivering trusted, market-leading technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable. Your contributions and capabilities will promote significant business impact, as you apply your deep technical expertise and problem-solving skills to address a wide range of challenges across various technologies and applications.

Job responsibilities

• Provide overall direction, oversight, and coaching for a team of entry-level to mid-level software engineers that work on basic to moderately complex tasks
• Be accountable for decisions that influence teams’ resources, budget, tactical operations, and the execution and implementation of processes and procedures
• Ensures successful collaboration across teams and stakeholders
• Identifies and mitigates issues to execute a book of work while escalating issues as necessary
• Provides input to leadership regarding budget, approach, and technical considerations to improve operational efficiencies and functionality for the team
• Creates a culture of diversity, opportunity, inclusion, and respect for team members and prioritizes diverse representation

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification on Software Engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience. In addition, 2 + years of experience leading technologists to manage and solve complex technical items within your domain of expertise
• Hands‑on development experience in Java, J2EE, Spring Framework, JMS. Knowledge of Rest API services, json, swagger etc.
• Experience working with tools like Terraform to provision AWS cloud services
• Experience with AWS Glue, AWS Athena, and AWS S3
• Experience leading teams of technologists
• Monitor production processes to ensure timely run based on support schedule; troubleshoot and resolve in case of issues.
• Ability to guide and coach teams on approach to achieve goals aligned against a set of strategic initiatives
• Good understanding of application, data, and object‑oriented programming disciplines and knowledge of industry‑wide technology trends and best practices
• Experience with hiring, developing, and recognizing talent
• Experience in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field and expertise in technology disciplines

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Experience working at code level
• Strong soft skills, including presenting, negotiating, mentorship, and stakeholder management.