Senior Lead Architect, Vice President

JOB DESCRIPTION

If you are excited about shaping the future of technology and driving significant business impact in financial services, we are looking for people just like you. Join our team and help us develop game-changing, high-quality solutions.

As a Senior Lead Architect within the Corporate Oversight and Governance Technology (COGT) , youare an integral part of a team that works to develop high-quality architecture solutions for various software applications on modern cloud-based technologies. As a core technical contributor, you are responsible for conducting critical architecture solutions across multiple technical areas within various business functions in support of project goals.

You drive significant business impact and help shape the target state architecture through your capabilities in multiple architecture domains.

Job responsibilities

• Engages technical teams and business stakeholders to align on current and future needs and propose technical approaches
• Defines the technical target state for the product and drives execution of the strategy
• Participates in architecture governance bodies and drives architecture alignment and reviews
• Evaluates emerging and leading-edge technologies and influences adoption decisions across peers and stakeholders
• Designs, develops, and troubleshoots creative software solutions to solve complex technical problems
• Develops secure, high-quality production code and performs code reviews and debugging for code written by others
• Identifies and implements automation to eliminate recurring issues, reduce remediation effort, and improve operational stability
• Leads evaluation sessions with external vendors/startups and internal teams to assess architectural designs, technical credentials, and fit within existing systems
• Drives decisions that shape product design, application functionality, and technical operations/processes
• Defines agentic AI architecture Guidelines and partners with Data Science/MLOps to establish model governance guardrails (versioning, drift detection, responsible AI compliance) while fostering an inclusive team culture

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• ⢠5+ years of experience as an Application and/or Solution Architect
• ⢠Hands-on experience delivering end-to-end system design, application development, testing, and production operations/operational stability
• ⢠Advanced proficiency in one or more programming languages, with strong hands-on engineering capability
• ⢠Strong understanding of software architecture, applications, and technical processes across one or more architecture/engineering disciplines
• ⢠Proficient across the full Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), including quality and release practices
• ⢠Proficiency with automation, continuous delivery, and agile practices including CI/CD
• ⢠Strong focus and working knowledge of application resiliency and security principles
• ⢠Demonstrated expertise in at least one technical domain (e.g., cloud-native, AI/ML, mobile, etc.), including practical cloud-native experience
• ⢠Ability to independently solve complex design and functionality problems with minimal oversight
• ⢠In-depth knowledge of the financial services industry and associated IT systems, with a commitment to fostering a diverse, inclusive, and respectful team culture

ABOUT US

JPMorgan

Chase, one of the oldest financial institutions, offers innovative financial solutions to millions of consumers, small businesses and many of the world's most prominent corporate, institutional and government clients under the J.P. Morgan and Chase brands. Our history spans over 200 years and today we are a leader in investment banking, consumer and small business banking, commercial banking, financial transaction processing and asset management.

We offer a competitive total rewards package including base salary determined based on the role, experience, skill set and location. Those in eligible roles may receive commission-based pay and/or discretionary incentive compensation, paid in the form of cash and/or forfeitable equity, awarded in recognition of individual achievements and contributions. We also offer a range of benefits and programs…