Director of Software Engineering- HR Technologies

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JOB DESCRIPTION

If you are a software engineering leader ready to take the reins and drive impact, we've got an opportunity just for you.

As a Director of Software Engineering at JPMorgan Chase within HR Technology - Talent Acquisition, you will lead a critical product-aligned engineering organization responsible for building and operating a secure, scalable, cloud-native Talent Acquisition platform. You will own technology direction and execution across multiple teams, drive modernization and integration strategy, and partner closely with HR Product, Experience Design, Risk/Controls, and senior stakeholders to deliver measurable outcomes.

Job Responsibilities

• Set engineering vision and roadmap execution for the Talent Acquisition platform, balancing user experience, time-to-market, reliability, and control obligations.
• Lead multiple cross-functional engineering teams (full stack, backend, platform/integration, SRE/operations as applicable), including org design, hiring, coaching, performance management, and succession planning.
• Drive platform architecture and modernization, including cloud-native patterns, domain-driven service boundaries, API/event strategy, and reusable platform capabilities.
• Own end-to-end delivery and operations, ensuring production readiness, incident management, reliability/SLOs, observability, cost governance, and continuous improvement.
• Oversee integrations into HR workforce and compensation systems, workflow tooling, identity/access systems, analytics, and external TA vendors; ensure resilient integration patterns and strong data contracts.
• Establish and enforce engineering governance: secure coding standards, architecture review, SDLC controls, change management, audit readiness, and measurable engineering KPIs (availability, latency, defect escape rate, lead time, cost to serve).
• Partner with Product, UX, and HR stakeholders to translate strategy into outcomes, manage trade-offs, and ensure solutions solve real business problems.
• Manage third-party vendor and platform relationships: due diligence, technical fit, security posture, delivery oversight, and commercial/operational accountability (in partnership with sourcing and product).
• Champion a strong engineering culture grounded in inclusion, accountability, high standards, and continuous learning; promote responsible use of AI-assisted development with appropriate guardrails.
• Sets direction and governance for agentic AI-enabled engineering and SDLC/TLM automation within a technical area to drive measurable improvements in speed, quality, and operational outcomes (e.g., AI-orchestrated delivery workflows, release readiness controls, automated test modernization, and incident triage acceleration), while establishing guardrails for validation, security, resiliency, traceability, and reuse 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 at scale.

Required Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 10+ years applied experience. In addition, 5+ years of experience leading technologists to manage, anticipate and solve complex technical items within your domain of expertise.
• Proven track record leading mission-critical platforms with high availability, strong operational excellence, and measurable outcomes.
• Experience delivering modern web and API platforms, including distributed systems, service-oriented architecture/microservices, and integration-heavy domains.
• Strong knowledge of cloud-native engineering (e.g., AWS or equivalent), including reliability, security, cost management, and SDLC automation.
• Demonstrated ability to influence and align senior business, product, and technology stakeholders, including communicating strategy, risks, and delivery status with clarity.
• Hands-on understanding of engineering controls and security: identity/access…