Senior Director of Software Engineering

JPMorgan Chase

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New York, NY
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24 days ago
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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 · Senior Director of Software Engineering

As the Senior Director of Software Engineering within Connected Commerce Technology, you will lead multiple technical areas and departments while collaborating across various domains to drive the adoption of modern engineering methods. You are responsible for setting strategic direction for architecture, translating complex business problems into technical specifications, and managing technology roadmaps. A primary focus involves scaling multi-department strategies for agentic AI-enabled engineering and SDLC automation to improve speed, reliability, and cost-to-serve. You will oversee governance for coding decisions, regulatory compliance, and infrastructure modernization. The role requires expertise in the payments domain and experience building full-stack cloud-native distributed systems using Java Spring with PostgreSQL or Oracle databases. You must possess deep knowledge of responsible AI risk and controls while managing large volumes of data within a highly regulated environment to ensure high availability and scalability.

What does a Software Engineering Director earn?

Median $262275 from 30 postings across 13 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Set the strategic direction for engineering and architecture across your assigned product area.
  • Translate complex business problems into technical specifications for engineering teams to implement.
  • Scale multi-department strategies for agentic AI-enabled engineering and SDLC automation.
  • Partner with Architecture and SRE teams to drive non-functional requirements and modernization initiatives.
  • Create and maintain detailed technology roadmaps with corresponding work streams and stakeholder communication.
  • Manage governance for coding decisions, regulatory compliance, cost of ownership, and portfolio operations.
  • Influence senior stakeholders across business, product, and technology teams to align on strategic goals.
  • Balance long-term technical roadmap priorities with short-term execution needs and resource allocation.

What we're looking for

  • Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 10+ years of applied experience.
  • 5+ years of experience leading technologists to manage, anticipate, and solve complex technical items within a domain of expertise.
  • Expertise in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Mathematics, or a related technical field.
  • Experience working in the Payments domain.
  • Extensive hands-on experience designing and building full stack cloud native distributed systems using Java Spring.
  • Experience handling large volumes of data with databases like PostgreSQL and Oracle.
  • Experience leading multi-organization adoption of agentic AI-enabled engineering operating models and understanding responsible AI risk, controls, and security.
  • Experience working in a highly regulated environment (preferred).

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