Sr Director of Software Engineering – Digital Solutions Small Business

Testing Site - JPMC; New York (NY); On-site; USD 200,000 - 320,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase’s Consumer & Community Bank Small Business team seeks a Senior Director of Software Engineering to provide strategic leadership and oversight for delivering complex software initiatives in digital banking. You will guide multiple technical areas and partner with executive stakeholders to align delivery with the firm’s goals.

You will elevate engineering standards, coach leaders, and foster a culture of inclusion while steering risk management and reliable operations across web and

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification in software engineering with 10+ years of applied experience.
• 5+ years leading technologists to manage complex technical domains.
• Expertise in system design, full stack development, testing, and operational stability.
• Experience with distributed cloud technologies (AWS, GCP, Azure).
• Experience with enterprise design patterns and microservices architectures.
• Proven ability to lead and mentor technology teams and next-level leaders.
• Ability to work in a dynamic, agile environment with distributed teams.
• Experience implementing industry-standard cybersecurity controls.

Responsibilities

• Oversee, direct and manage all aspects of Technology Delivery.
• Leads multiple technology implementations across departments to achieve firmwide objectives.
• Directly manages multiple areas with strategic transactional focus.
• Acts as the primary interface with senior leaders, stakeholders, and executives, driving consensus across competing objectives.
• Manages multiple stakeholders, complex projects, and large cross-product collaborations.
• Influences peer leaders and senior stakeholders across product, technology, and design teams.
• Champions the firm’s culture of diversity, inclusion, and respect.
• Elevate engineering standards through best practices, coaching, and talent development.

Skills

System design

Full stack development

Cloud technologies

Microservices & APIs

Leadership & mentoring

Executive communication

Cybersecurity controls

Education

Advanced certifications or degrees in relevant fields

Job description

As a Senior Director of Software Engineering at JPMorgan Chase within the Consumer & Community Bank Small Business team, you provide strategic leadership and oversight for the delivery of complex software initiatives in the digital banking space. You lead multiple technical areas to deliver innovative solutions aligned with the firm’s strategic goals. Your exceptional communication and influencing abilities will foster productive relationships with executive stakeholders, ensuring alignment, effective risk management, and high-confidence operational delivery.

Job responsibilities

• Oversee, direct and manage all aspects of Technology Delivery
• Leads multiple technology implementations across departments to achieve firmwide technology objectives
• Directly manages multiple areas with strategic transactional focus
• Acts as the primary interface with senior leaders, stakeholders, and executives, driving consensus across competing objectives
• Manages multiple stakeholders, complex projects, and large cross-product collaborations
• Influences peer leaders and senior stakeholders across the business, product, and technology teams
• Champions the firm’s culture of diversity, opportunity, inclusion, and respect
• Elevate the engineering standards within our organization through best practices, coaching, and talent development

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 10+ years applied experience. In addition, 5+ yearsof experience leading technologists to manage, anticipate and solve complex technical domains
• Deep expertise in system design, full stack application development, testing, and operational stability for commercially used digital platformsweb and/or mobile
• Deep expertise building and operating large scale high performance digital application (web and/or mobile) with distributed systems and cloud technologies (AWS, GCP, Azure, etc.)
• Deep expertise with enterprise design patterns and industry best practices with experience using modern technologies and design patterns (e.g., micro services, APIs, Agentic, etc.)
• Experience with building, leading and mentoring technology teams and next level leaders within the organization
• Ability to work in a dynamic, agile environment leading/working with geographically distributed teams
• Experience with implementing industry standard cybersecurity & technology controls
• Strengths in executive presentation skills and ability to influence stakeholders in a matrixed environment

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Experience with financial, payments and/or digital banking systems
• Preferred experience with specific cloud providers (e.g., AWS, GCP, Azure) beyond the required expertise
• Experience with AI/ML, LLM, Agentic AI and Generative AI is preferred
• Advanced certifications or degrees in relevant fields that could enhance the candidate's ability to perform the role
• Excellent communication skills and ability to present to and communicate effectively with key stakeholders across product, technology, data and design
• Strong organizational and management skills