Senior Manager of Software Engineering - Java/AWS

Testing Site - JPMC; New York (NY); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase in New York seeks a Senior Manager of Software Engineering to lead an agile, high-impact team responsible for building trusted, scalable technology products in a secure, governed environment. You will provide technical coaching and strategic direction, oversee budgets and processes, and drive collaboration across teams and stakeholders to deliver against key initiatives.

The role emphasizes mentorship, hiring, and advancing modern engineering practices.

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification in Software Engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience.
• 2+ years of experience leading technologists to manage complex items.

Responsibilities

• Provide direction, oversight, and coaching for a team of entry-level to mid-level software engineers.
• Accountable for decisions influencing resources, budget, operations and processes.
• Ensures successful collaboration across teams and stakeholders.
• Identifies and mitigates issues to execute a book of work and escalates as necessary.
• Provides input to leadership on budget, approach, and technical considerations to improve operations.
• Fosters diversity, inclusion, and respect within the team.

Skills

Java

J2EE

Spring Framework

REST APIs

AWS

Team leadership

Mentorship

Agile

Problem solving

Education

Computer Science

Engineering

Tools

Terraform

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 Proprietary Wallets and Lending Inn team, 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 manner. 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
• Knowledge of agile processes and test-promotion development
• 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.