Vice President, Platform Engineering & Cloud Architecture

JPMorganChase; Jersey City (NJ); On-site; USD 160,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health care

Retirement plan

Tuition reimbursement

Mental health support

Backup childcare

Job summary

JPMorganChase in Jersey City seeks a senior software architect/engineer to lead end-to-end architecture for Athena, Databricks, and AWS-based valuation platforms. You will develop pricing, risk and fair value tooling, craft large-scale ETL pipelines, and guide a team through Agile delivery.

The role emphasizes security, automated testing, and scalable, auditable systems. You will mentor engineers, drive CI/CD adoption, and champion AI-assisted engineering practices to improve delivery speed and

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience
• Extensive Python engineering experience with financial applications (derivatives pricing, risk, analytics)
• Strong Databricks / Apache Spark experience (PySpark, Delta Lake, performance tuning)
• Solid hands-on AWS experience across core services (S3, EC2, Lambda, IAM, containers)
• Solid grasp of financial products, valuation/pricing concepts, and market data
• Proven experience leading engineering teams in regulated environments
• Strong SQL, data modeling, and data-quality engineering skills
• Excellent stakeholder management bridging business and tech domains

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end architecture for Athena (Python), Databricks (PySpark/Delta Lake), and AWS-based valuation control platforms.
• Develop and enhance pricing, risk, IPV, valuation adjustment, and fair value reporting tools within Athena.
• Design, build, and optimize large-scale Databricks ETL and analytics pipelines for pricing, market, and P&L data.
• Architect and manage cloud-native AWS solutions, including infrastructure, security, automation, and modernization.
• Establish engineering best practices, CI/CD, testing frameworks, and production monitoring.
• Deliver automation and controls for independent price verification, valuation uncertainty detection, reconciliations, and regulatory compliance.
• Collaborate with valuation control, risk, finance, quants, and business stakeholders to define requirements and drive Agile delivery.
• Provide technical leadership, mentor teams, oversee production support, and ensure scalable, auditable solutions.
• Promote enterprise AI-assisted engineering practices to improve quality, speed, and outcomes; enforce secure coding and automated testing.

Skills

Python engineering

Databricks

AWS

SQL & data modeling

Stakeholder management

Education

Software engineering certs

Tools

Terraform/CloudFormation

CI/CD

Delta Lake

Apache Spark

Job description

JPMorganChase in Jersey City seeks a senior software architect/engineer to lead end-to-end architecture for Athena, Databricks, and AWS-based valuation platforms. You will develop pricing, risk and fair value tooling, craft large-scale ETL pipelines, and guide a team through Agile delivery.

The role emphasizes security, automated testing, and scalable, auditable systems. You will mentor engineers, drive CI/CD adoption, and champion AI-assisted engineering practices to improve delivery speed and