Sr Manager of Software Engineering

J.P. Morgan; New York (NY); On-site; USD 190,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase in New York seeks a Senior Manager of Software Engineering (Vice President) to lead one or more engineering teams delivering platform and product capabilities for personalized customer experiences in CCB-Personalization & Insights. You will partner with product and business leaders to shape technology strategy, drive predictable delivery, and ensure scalable, high-availability solutions.

You will coach engineers, guide architecture, and champion governance across the SDLC while

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or equivalent software engineering background preferred; 5+ years of applied engineering experience.
• Proven coaching and mentoring on technology projects and Agile teams.
• Strong hands-on experience building scalable, low-latency systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead engineering teams and own day-to-day execution against product priorities.
• Provide hands-on technical coaching and guidance on implementation approaches.
• Build a culture of inclusion, development, and recognition of talent.
• Define technology strategy, roadmap, and integration patterns with adjacent areas.
• Break down complex problems into technically actionable designs; drive cross-team delivery.
• Champion engineering excellence and governance across the SDLC with strong controls.
• Design reusable solutions using microservices, data modeling, and event architectures.
• Promote enterprise AI-assisted engineering practices and SDLC automation.
• Apply tooling to improve automation, quality, and capacity unlock initiatives.

Skills

Coaching & mentoring

Backend development

Distributed systems

Frontend tech

AI-assisted practices

Tools

AWS

Kafka

Spark

Kinesis

NoSQL databases

RESTful APIs

Git / CI/CD

Job description

Join us as we embark on a journey of collaboration and innovation, where your unique skills and talents will be valued and celebrated. Together we will create a brighter future and make a meaningful difference.

As a Senior Manager of Software Engineering (Vice President) at JPMorganChase within Consumer & Community Banking (CCB) – Personalization & Insights (P&I), you will lead one or more engineering teams delivering platform and product capabilities that enable personalized customer experiences. You will partner with product and business leaders to shape technology strategy and roadmap, drive predictable delivery, and ensure solutions meet core non-functional requirements (high availability, resiliency, low latency, and scale) with strong engineering excellence and controls.

Job Responsibilities

• Lead one or more engineering teams and own day-to-day execution against product priorities, driving predictable delivery and removing impediments
• Provide hands‑on technical coaching, mentoring, and guidance on implementation approaches, tasks, and best practices
• Build and sustain an effective team culture (including opportunity, inclusion, and respect) and support hiring, development, and recognition of talent
• Partner with product and business leaders to define technology strategy, roadmap, and integration patterns with adjacent product areas
• Break down complex and ambiguous business problems into implementable technical designs; anticipate dependencies and drive successful cross‑team delivery
• Champion engineering excellence and governance across the SDLC (automation/CI/CD, testing including automated functional testing, performance, resiliency, scalability), with accountability for controls and operational health
• Design and deliver reusable technical solutions (including performant APIs processing high‑volume payloads) using microservices, domain‑driven design, data modeling, and event/streaming architectures across cloud/hybrid/on‑prem environments
• Leads team adoption of enterprise‑authorized AI‑assisted engineering practices and SDLC/TLM automation to improve delivery speed, quality, and operational outcomes, while setting expectations for human validation, secure handling of inputs/outputs, and consistent use of reusable patterns across teams.
• 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 and support capacity unlock initiatives.

Required qualifications, capabilities and skills

• Formal training in software engineering concepts and 5+ years of applied experience
• Demonstrated coaching and mentoring experience, including leading technology projects and Agile teams (scrum/backlog execution with product owners)
• Strong hands‑on experience at the code level, engineering systems for high availability, resiliency, low latency, and scale
• Proficiency with modern backend stack including Java and Spring/Spring Boot; experience with distributed systems and cloud/hybrid/on‑prem platforms, especially AWS
• Expertise with streaming/messaging and big data ecosystems (Kafka and Spark, including Spark SQL, tuning, and architecture), plus high‑throughput messaging beyond Kafka (e.g., Kinesis)
• Experience with relevant AWS big data/services (e.g., Lambda, Glue, EMR), NoSQL databases (e.g., Cassandra, MongoDB), and cloud‑native patterns/services for big data
• Deep expertise in front‑end engineering: React, TypeScript/JavaScript, HTML/CSS, micro‑frontends, reusable component libraries, design systems, accessibility/responsive design, RESTful APIs/state management, Git, and automated UI testing (e.g., Jest, React Testing Library)
• Experience leading responsible adoption of enterprise‑authorized AI‑assisted development and delivery tools across engineering teams, including defining ways of working (review/validation expectations), measuring outcomes, and ensuring secure handling of data.
• Understanding of responsible AI use in engineering workflows, including data sensitivity considerations, resiliency/security implications, and governance expectations; ability to coach engineers on compliant and effective usage.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Flink experience
• Stream processing

Chase is a leading financial services firm, helping nearly half of America’s households and small businesses achieve their financial goals through a broad range of financial products. Our mission is to create engaged, lifelong relationships and put our customers at the heart of everything we do. We also help small businesses, nonprofits and cities grow, delivering solutions to solve all their financial needs.

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.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veterans

Our Consumer & Community Banking division serves our Chase customers through a range of financial services, including personal banking, credit cards, mortgages, auto financing, investment advice, small business loans and payment processing. We’re proud to lead the U.S. in credit card sales and deposit growth and have the most‑used digital solutions – all while ranking first in customer satisfaction. Promote innovation by maintaining vital data pipelines and architectures as a key member of a collaborative, fast paced team