Senior Director of Software Engineering - Head of Cloud​/Lake Platforms Engineering

We are seeking a Head of Cloud Lake, Storage, and Compute Platform Services to join our Data Platforms organization. This team is central to our data strategy, enabling diverse users to consistently and rapidly develop products and solutions.

• Leads multiple technology and process implementations across departments to achieve firmwide technology objectives
• Directly manages multiple areas with strategic transactional focus
• Provides leadership and high-level direction to teams while frequently overseeing employee populations across multiple platforms, divisions, and lines of business
• Acts as the primary interface with senior leaders, stakeholders, and executives, driving consensus across competing objectives
• Manages multiple stakeholders, complex projects, and large cross-product collaborations
• Influences peer leaders and senior stakeholders across the business, product, and technology teams
• Champions the firm’s culture of diversity, opportunity, inclusion, and respect
• Lead the execution of our firm-wide migration to strategic platforms and data
• Is accountable for the delivery and growth of enterprise-grade data platforms with a focus on scalability, availability, capabilities, and performance
• Collaborate with peer teams such as Data Management, Data Publishing, and Data Governance to deliver solutions for key personas, including analysts, data scientists, data engineers, software engineers, AI/ML engineers, operators, and compliance officers
• Elevate the engineering standards within our organization through best practices, coaching, and talent development

• Formal training, or certification on software engineering concepts and 10+ years applied experience. In addition, 5+ year of experience leading technologists to manage, anticipate and solve complex technical items within your domain of expertise and more broadly across the organization
• Experience developing or leading large or cross-functional teams of technologists
• Demonstrated prior experience influencing across highly matrixed, complex organizations and delivering value at scale
• Experience leading complex projects supporting system design, testing, and operational stability
• Experience with hiring, developing, and recognizing talent
• Extensive practical cloud native experience
• Expertise in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Mathematics, or a related technical field
  
  Expertise in systems and software design for large-scale distributed data solutions
• Experience with large scale data platforms

• Experience working at code level
• Familiarity with data processing and development frameworks like Spark, Informatica, and DBT
• Knowledge of open table formats such as Iceberg and Delta, and their catalog solutions (e.g., Polaris, Unity)
• Proficiency in software development technologies (Java/JS/Python/REST) and methodologies (Agile/Scrum)
• Experience in AI/ML and feature engineering is a plus

This position is subject to Section 19 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act. An employment offer for this position is contingent on JPMorgan Chase’s review of criminal conviction history, including pretrial diversions or program entries.

We recognize that our people are our strength and the diverse talents they bring to our global workforce are directly linked to our success. We are an equal opportunity employer and place a high value on diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute, including race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital or veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law.

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