Principal Architect, AI-Native Engineering Platforms

JPMorgan Chase

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Jersey City, NJ
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16 days ago
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About JPMorgan Chase

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is a global financial services firm and one of the largest banks in the world, offering investment banking, commercial banking, asset management, and consumer financial services.

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TL;DR · Principal Architect, AI-Native Engineering Platforms

As a Principal Architect, AI-Native Engineering Platforms within Asset and Wealth Management, you will define the technical vision, architecture strategy, and engineering standards for business-critical platforms. You will lead the transition toward agentic AI-enabled engineering by establishing patterns for spec-first development, automated conformance testing, and AI-assisted capacity modeling while enforcing guardrails like design traceability and architectural fitness functions. Your daily work involves driving cloud-native transformation, API-first design, event-driven and domain-driven architectures, and data mesh patterns to reduce technical debt and simplify systems. You will utilize tools for CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code, and secure SDLC controls while integrating agentic AI capabilities like architecture co-pilots and release automation. The role addresses the challenge of modernizing complex financial services systems, including trading and portfolio management platforms, through high-quality architecture governance and automated engineering workflows.

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What you'll do

  • Define the architecture strategy for AI-native engineering across the entire software development lifecycle.
  • Establish AI-enabled patterns for code generation, automated testing, and capacity modeling.
  • Enforce governance guardrails for AI usage including human-in-the-loop approvals and architectural fitness functions.
  • Lead cloud-native transformations using API-first, event-driven, and domain-driven architecture patterns.
  • Drive architecture simplification and rationalization to reduce technical debt and eliminate redundancy.
  • Establish enterprise-scale governance through reference architectures and decision frameworks.
  • Mentor engineering teams by providing hands-on code engagement and unblocking technical hurdles.
  • Integrate AI capabilities into workflows while ensuring security, auditability, and data sensitivity controls.

What we're looking for

  • Formal training or certification in software engineering concepts.
  • 10+ years of experience in software engineering and architecture.
  • 10+ years of experience in technical leadership with progressive responsibility leading teams at scale.
  • Proven experience as a senior or principal architect defining enterprise vision and governing technology decisions across multiple lines of business.
  • Experience modernizing complex systems using CI/CD, automated testing, infrastructure-as-code, and secure SDLC controls.
  • Expertise in cloud-native design, microservices, event-driven architecture, domain-driven design, API design, and data architecture.
  • Demonstrated experience integrating enterprise-authorized AI capabilities into engineering workflows with a focus on safety, quality, and auditability.
  • Advanced knowledge of software architecture and at least one technical discipline such as cloud, AI, or machine learning.

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