Senior Lead Architect, Commercial Card Payments Technology

JPMorgan Chase

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Chicago, IL
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80 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 Lead Architect, Commercial Card Payments Technology

As a Senior Lead Architect – Commercial Card Payments Technology within the Payments Technology – Commercial Card team, you will design high-quality architecture solutions for modern, scalable, resilient, and AI-enabled payment platforms. You will partner with product and engineering teams to define technical decisions, provide guidance on architectural standards, and contribute hands-on to the development of critical commercial card capabilities. Your daily work involves evaluating emerging technologies, including AI-assisted development tools, while advocating for firm-approved frameworks and AI-enabled SDLC practices. You will develop and debug production code, influence product design, and manage technical governance in regulated environments. The role requires expertise in cloud-native solutions, distributed systems, data, and AI/ML-adjacent architectures. Key domain experience includes card processing ecosystems, fraud prevention, ledger concepts, and modernizing legacy systems through API-led and event-driven microservices.

What you'll do

  • Define architecture for scalable, resilient, and AI-enabled payment platforms.
  • Represent product areas in technical governance forums to ensure architectural standards.
  • Evaluate emerging technologies and AI-assisted development tools for platform integration.
  • Provide technical guidance to engineering teams on AI-augmented workflows and implementation.
  • Design, develop, and debug secure production code and reference implementations.
  • Influence decisions regarding product design, scalability, and intelligent automation.
  • Advocate for firm-approved frameworks and AI-enabled SDLC practices within the community.
  • Solve complex system design problems independently in cloud-native environments.

What we're looking for

  • Formal training or certification in software engineering concepts.
  • 5+ years of applied experience in software engineering.
  • Advanced proficiency in one or more programming languages, platforms, or architectural styles.
  • Strong hands-on experience in system design, application development, testing, and operational stability.
  • Solid knowledge of software architecture and technical processes with depth in cloud, distributed systems, data, or AI/ML architectures.
  • Practical experience building and operating cloud-native solutions.
  • Ability to evaluate emerging technologies, including AI-assisted development and automation tools.
  • Experience designing or modernizing commercial card or payments systems is preferred.

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