Senior Principal Software Engineer

JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.; Jersey City (NJ); On-site; USD 233,000 - 325,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health care coverage

On-site health center

Retirement savings plan

Tuition reimbursement

Mental health support

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is seeking a Senior Principal Software Engineer to provide deep engineering leadership within the Chief Technology Office. Lead across agile teams to enhance, build, and deliver trusted, scalable technology products in a secure environment.

Drive innovation and strategic portfolio development, while staying ahead of industry trends and best practices. You will guide strategy for multiple products, lead complex coding efforts, and ensure governance for AI-enabled development

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification in software engineering with 10+ years of applied experience.
• Proven track record delivering design, development, testing, and operational stability.
• Expertise in one or more programming languages.
• Experience designing and scaling agentic AI-enabled development patterns with governance.
• Strong understanding of responsible AI use, security and risk governance.
• Experience influencing across functions to deliver value at scale.
• Extensive practical cloud-native experience.

Responsibilities

• Advises and leads strategy and development across multiple products and technologies.
• Creates novel code solutions and drives new production code capabilities across teams.
• Sets strategy for agentic AI-enabled engineering with governance and security guardrails.
• Applies SDLC tools and AI-assisted development to improve automation and reuse.
• Translates complex technical issues to leadership for strategic decisions.
• Drives adoption of engineering practices and modern methods across portfolios.
• Creates durable, reusable software frameworks used across teams.
• Influences business, product, and technology stakeholders.

Skills

Senior leadership

AI-enabled development

Cloud native

Stakeholder management

Security & resiliency

Job description

As a Senior Principal Software Engineer at JPMorganChase within the Chief Technology Office, you provide deep engineering expertise and work across agile teams to enhance, build, and deliver trusted market‑leading technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable way. Leverage your deep expertise to consistently challenge the status quo, innovate for business impact, lead the strategic development behind new and existing products and technology portfolios, and remain at the forefront of industry trends, best practices, and technological advances.

We're looking for a tech leader ready to take their career to new heights. Join the ranks of top talent at one of the world's most influential companies.

Job responsibilities

• Advises and leads on the strategy and development of multiple products, applications, and technologies across a portfolio
• Creates novel code solutions and drives the development of new production code capabilities across teams and functions
• Sets strategy and operating standards for agentic AI‑enabled engineering across a portfolio (using enterprise‑authorized tools within the work environment) to drive measurable improvements in delivery speed, reliability, and code quality (e.g., AI‑orchestrated SDLC/TLM automation, release readiness gating, incident triage/root‑cause acceleration, and large‑scale refactoring/test modernization), while defining guardrails for validation, security, resiliency, and reuse across teams and functions.
• Applies knowledge of tools within the Software Development Life Cycle toolchain, including enterprise‑authorized AI‑assisted development and automation capabilities, to improve the value realized by automation at scale.
• 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 technology advancements
• Drives adoption and implementation of technical methods in specialized fields in line with the latest product development methodologies
• Creates durable, reusable software frameworks that are leveraged across teams and functions
• Influences across business, product, and technology teams and successfully manages senior stakeholder relationships

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 10+ years applied experience
• Practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
• Expert in one or more programming language(s)
• Demonstrated experience designing and scaling agentic AI‑enabled development patterns (using enterprise‑authorized tools within the work environment) across teams/functions, including establishing governance for human‑in‑the‑loop validation, traceability/auditability, and secure handling of sensitive inputs/outputs.
• Strong understanding of responsible AI use and control expectations at scale, including security/resiliency implications, data sensitivity, and risk‑based governance; ability to advise senior leaders on safe adoption, reuse, and measurable outcomes.
• Demonstrated prior experience with influencing across functions and teams and delivering value at scale
• Experience applying expertise and new methods to determine solutions for complex technology problems across various technical disciplines
• Extensive practical cloud native experience

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Experience operating in large, regulated, or complex enterprise technology environments.
• Experience with identity and access management technologies, such as authentication and federation, directory services, access governance, privileged access, or secrets and certificate management.
• Experience with cloud platforms, platform engineering, internal developer portals, API ecosystems, event‑driven systems, and integration platforms.
• Experience with AI coding tools, intelligent automation, agentic development workflows, or engineering‑assistant capabilities.
• Experience defining engineering‑practice scorecards, adoption metrics, developer‑experience measures, or productivity improvement programs.
• Recognized technical leadership through engineering communities, patents, publications, open‑source contributions, speaking engagements, or enterprise engineering transformation.

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

Base Pay/Salary

Jersey City,NJ $232,750.00 - $325,000.00 / year