Senior Principal Architect, Data & Analytics Services

JPMorganChase; Jersey City (NJ); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorganChase is seeking a Senior Principal Architect in Corporate Technology's CDAS to lead target-state architectures for Reference Data, KYC, and trade data platforms. You will drive modernization, governance, AI adoption, and cross-team collaboration across Finance and Risk functions.

You will mentor architects, influence executives, and ensure data governance, security, and resiliency standards are met across multi-region deployments.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of applied experience, including 7+ years leading architecture for large-scale data platforms.
• Deep expertise in data mesh, lakehouse, canonical data modeling, domain-driven design and event-driven architectures.
• Proven track record leading architecture governance with ARB participation and standards enforcement.
• Strong knowledge of AWS, cloud-native platforms, container orchestration, CI/CD, IaC, observability, and platform engineering.
• Experience with real-time and batch processing technologies like Kafka, Databricks, Spark, Snowflake; governance patterns.
• Hands-on data governance: metadata management, lineage, quality, classification and localization controls.
• Experience shaping AI strategy including LLM integration, MLOps, model governance, responsible AI.
• Executive presence to influence C-suite and balance competing priorities.

Responsibilities

• Owns and maintains target-state architectures for CDAS platforms supporting Finance and Risk.
• Leads architecture governance across the tower with design principles and review processes.
• Drives modernization roadmaps balancing debt reduction, resilience, scalability, and time-to-market.
• Chairs Architecture Review Boards; represents tower in firmwide architecture forums.
• Interacts with senior leaders to influence technology investments and strategic direction.
• Provides coaching to domain architects and engineering leads on complex design challenges.
• Ensures compliance with data governance, risk, security, resiliency and multi-region requirements.
• Establishes AI-enabled engineering patterns with traceability, auditability, and controls by design.
• Mentors architecture practice and fosters craftsmanship across teams and data practitioners.
• Translates complex technical issues for leadership to enable informed decisions on target state.

Skills

Leadership

Architecture governance

AWS

Databricks

Kafka

Data governance

AI strategy

LLM integration

Cloud-native platforms

Strong communication

Education

Formal architecture/software engineering training

Tools

AWS

Kubernetes

CI/CD

IaC

Databricks

Spark

Snowflake

Job description

Job Description

If you are excited about shaping the future of technology and driving significant business impact in financial services, we are looking for people just like you. Join our team and help us develop game‑changing, high‑quality solutions.

As a Senior Principal Architect at JPMorganChase within Corporate Technology – Corporate Data & Analytics Services (CDAS), you are an integral part of a team that works to develop high‑quality architecture solutions for various software applications and platform products. You drive significant business impact and help shape the target state architecture through your capabilities in multiple architecture domains.

You will own the target‑state architecture for platforms spanning Reference Data, KYC, and Common Trade and Position Data. You'll drive modernization, governance, and AI adoption across a portfolio supporting firmwide finance and risk processing. Your leadership will influence technology investment, foster architectural craftsmanship, and ensure compliance with data governance and resiliency standards.

Job Responsibilities

• Owns and maintains the target‑state and transitional architectures for the CDAS tower, spanning Reference Data, KYC, and Common Trade and Position Data platforms that support Finance and Risk functions firmwide
• Leads architecture governance across the tower – establishing design principles, guardrails, and review processes that ensure solutions are built consistently and cohesively with CT architectural direction
• Drives the modernization roadmap for critical data applications, balancing technical debt reduction, platform resilience, scalability, cost, and time‑to‑market
• Chairs or contributes to Architecture Review Boards; represents the tower in firmwide and CT architecture forums, contributing reference patterns and governance guidance for broader adoption
• Acts as primary technical interface with senior leaders, CTOs, Chief Architects, and business stakeholders – building trusted advisor relationships and influencing technology investment decisions
• Provides hands‑on oversight and coaching to domain architects and engineering leads; intervenes directly in complex design challenges and escalated technical decisions
• Ensures all platforms adhere to firmwide data governance, data risk management policy, regulatory obligations, and security and resiliency standards – including multi‑region resiliency requirements
• Establishes reuse‑first AI‑enabled engineering patterns across SDLC and toolchain practices, ensuring traceability, auditability, and security controls are embedded by design
• Mentors and develops a high‑performing architecture practice; fosters a community of craftsmanship across architects, engineers, and data practitioners in the tower
• Translates highly complex technical issues, trends, and approaches to leadership to drive the firm’s innovation and enable leaders to make strategic, well‑informed decisions about target state architecture
• Establishes portfolio‑level guardrails for AI‑assisted and agentic workflows used in architecture and engineering governance, including traceability/auditability and control expectations aligned to resiliency and security standards

Required Qualifications, Capabilities, And Skills

• Formal training or certification on architecture and software engineering concepts and 10+ years of applied experience, including 7+ years leading architecture for large‑scale, mission‑critical data platforms in complex, regulated environments
• Deep expertise in data architecture patterns: data mesh, lakehouse, canonical data modeling, domain‑driven design, event‑driven and streaming architectures, CQRS, and API‑led connectivity
• Proven track record leading architecture governance at portfolio scale – design principles, ARB participation, standards enforcement, and cross‑team alignment
• Strong knowledge of AWS, cloud‑native platforms , container orchestration, CI/CD, IaC, observability, and platform engineering practices
• Experience with real‑time and batch data processing technologies (Kafka, Databricks, Spark, Snowflake or equivalent) and the governance and resiliency patterns that operate within them
• Hands‑on expertise in data governance: metadata management, lineage, data quality, classification, retention, and localization controls
• Experience shaping and executing AI and Generative AI strategy within a technology organization – including LLM integration patterns, MLOps, model governance, and responsible AI practices
• Demonstrated experience leading safe adoption of enterprise‑authorized AI capabilities within the work environment across architecture workflows, including validation practices and awareness of data sensitivity
• Ability to evaluate and govern AI‑enabled architectural patterns (including agentic workflows) with clear control boundaries, auditability, and human approval checkpoints aligned to resiliency and security expectations
• Security and resiliency expertise: zero trust, multi‑region DR, secrets management, chaos engineering, and site reliability practices
• Executive presence with the ability to simplify complexity, influence across C‑suite and engineering audiences, and drive consensus across competing priorities

Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities, And Skills

• Experience in global financial services and regulated environments; familiarity with compliance regimes (OCC, PRA, EBA, MAS) and architecture support for regulatory requirements
• Relevant certifications: AWS Solutions Architect Professional, TOGAF, CISSP, or equivalent
• Hands‑on pragmatism — able to review code‑level artifacts, data models, and infrastructure designs while maintaining a strategic lens
• Experience with enterprise‑scale data platform modernization, including legacy migration and strangler‑fig approaches
• Familiarity with FinOps and cost‑aware data design (storage tiers, partitioning, lifecycle policies)
• Experience with firmwide data risk management frameworks and evidence‑based audit support

About Us

JPMorganChase, one of the oldest financial institutions, offers innovative financial solutions to millions of consumers, small businesses and many of the world's most prominent corporate, institutional and government clients under the J.P. Morgan and Chase brands. Our history spans over 200 years and today we are a leader in investment banking, consumer and small business banking, commercial banking, financial transaction processing and asset management.

We offer a competitive total rewards package including base salary determined based on the role, experience, skill set and location. Those in eligible roles may receive commission‑based pay and/or discretionary incentive compensation, paid in the form of cash and/or forfeitable equity, awarded in recognition of individual achievements and contributions. We also offer a range of benefits and programs to meet employee needs, based on eligibility. These benefits include comprehensive health care coverage, on‑site health and wellness centers, a retirement savings plan, backup childcare, tuition reimbursement, mental health support, financial coaching and more. Additional details about total compensation and benefits will be provided during the hiring process.

We recognize that our people are our strength and the diverse talents they bring to our global workforce are directly linked to our success. We are an equal opportunity employer and place a high value on diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute, including race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital or veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. We also make reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs. Visit our FAQs for more information about requesting an accommodation.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Veterans

About The Team

Our professionals in our Corporate Functions cover a diverse range of areas from finance and risk to human resources and marketing. Our corporate teams are an essential part of our company, ensuring that we’re setting our businesses, clients, customers and employees up for success.