Executive Director - Principal Software Engineer

Your opportunity to make a real impact and shape the future of financial services is waiting for you. Let’s push the boundaries of what's possible in the world of personalization in the banking context, together. We operate at the intersection of big data, machine learning, and real time, low latency and high throughput application engineering, in order to personalize the chase customer experience and to weave together effective and engaging journeys for our customers across channels.

As a Principal Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within the Consumer & Community Banking line of business, you provide expertise and engineering excellence as an integral part of an agile team to enhance, build, and deliver trusted market‑leading technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable way. You will leverage your advanced technical capabilities and collaborate with colleagues across the organization to drive best‑in‑class outcomes across various technologies.

• Engage with business stakeholders to break down complex and ambiguous problems into technical specifications that an engineering team can implement under your guidance
• Own and deliver end‑to‑end cutting‑edge solutions leveraging the latest technologies and the best industry practices
• Create complex and scalable coding frameworks using appropriate software design frameworks
• Champion engineering practices;
  Improve the effectiveness of the Engineering teams through coaching, mentoring and resolution of impediments
• Partner with leadership team for driving Non Functional Requirements, Modernization initiatives and controls
• Influence peer leaders and senior stakeholders across the business, product, and technology teams
• Advise cross‑functional teams on technological matters within your domain of expertise
• Lead and participate in regular technical meetings, ensuring that architectural decisions align with the broader organizational goals and strategy

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 10+ years applied experience.
• Extensive practical experience in designing and building large‑scale distributed systems with high degree of availability, fault‑tolerance & scalability in cloud using Kubernetes, Service mesh, Kafka, API Gateways, SQL/No
  
  SQL DB ; AWS patterns for big data processing, stream processing, application serving
• Curious and comfortable with exploring new domains with the ability to consider both the technology & product angle
• Comfortable with ambiguity in an environment where you will be building something new.
• Ability to deal with direction changing quickly, and ability to to learn and establish patterns quickly
• Ability to see the long term and not sacrifice the future for the present. You will choose technologies and approaches based on end goals
• Experience establishing and following high standards. Expectations that personal performance and team performance are to be nothing short of the best
• Desire to teach others and share knowledge. Ability to separate personal ambitions from the need for overall team, success.
• Desire and ability to coach other team members on coding practices, design principles, and implementation patterns

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. In accordance with applicable law, we make reasonable accommodations for applicants’ and employees’ religious practices and beliefs, as well as any mental health or physical disability needs.

We offer a competitive total rewards package including base salary determined based on the role, experience, skill set, and location. For those in eligible roles, discretionary incentive compensation which may be awarded in recognition of individual achievements and contributions. We also offer a range of benefits and programs to meet employee needs, based on eligibility. These benefits include comprehensive health care coverage, on‑site health and wellness centers, a retirement savings plan, backup childcare, tuition reimbursement, mental health support, financial coaching and more.

Additional details about total compensation and benefits will be provided during the hiring process.

JPMorgan Chase is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Veterans