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 management, data privacy, secure SDLC, vulnerability management, and audit/compliance expectations.
- Strong people leadership: hiring, mentoring, talent development, building inclusive/high-performing teams.
- Experience leading adoption of agentic AI-enabled engineering practices (using enterprise-authorized tools within the work environment) across teams, including defining operating expectations (human-in-the-loop validation, quality gates), measuring outcomes, and ensuring secure handling of sensitive inputs/outputs.
- Strong understanding of responsible AI use and control expectations in engineering workflows, including data sensitivity, resiliency/security implications, and governance; ability to influence leaders on safe scaling patterns and reuse.
Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills
- Experience with HR technology and Talent Acquisition workflows, including ATS/CRM platforms, candidate pipelines, interview scheduling, offers, background checks, and onboarding.
- Proven ability integrating talent/HR applications with enterprise HR suites (e.g., Oracle HCM or similar) and broader vendor ecosystems.
- Familiarity with modern full-stack engineering, including React/TypeScript and enterprise design systems.
- Backend and API expertise with Java/Spring Boot, and strong GraphQL/REST API design, versioning, and governance practices.
- Solid security and data fundamentals, including OAuth2/OIDC, service-to-service security patterns, and data persistence (PostgreSQL/Aurora; graph stores like Neptune where applicable).
- Experience with event-driven architectures using Kafka/MSK, including schema evolution, idempotency patterns, and operational controls (e.g., DLQs).
- Strong platform engineering and delivery practices: CI/CD, automated testing strategies, IaC (Terraform/CloudFormation/CDK), containers (ECS/EKS), plus establishing standards (service blueprints, API/event contract governance, SLO/SLI frameworks) and responsible AI-assisted engineering practices (secure usage, quality gates, productivity enablement).
About Us
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 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.
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. We also make reasonable accommodations for applicants’ and employees’ religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs. Visit our FAQs for more information about requesting an accommodation.
JPMorgan Chase & Co. is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Veterans
Skills Required
- Formal training or certification in software engineering plus 10+ years applied experience and 5+ years leading technologists
- Proven track record leading mission-critical platforms with high availability and operational excellence
- Experience delivering modern web and API platforms, distributed systems, service-oriented/microservices architecture, and integration-heavy domains
- Strong knowledge of cloud-native engineering (e.g., AWS), including reliability, security, cost management, and SDLC automation
- Demonstrated ability to influence and align senior business, product, and technology stakeholders
- Hands-on understanding of engineering controls and security: identity/access management, data privacy, secure SDLC, vulnerability management, audit/compliance
- Strong people leadership: hiring, mentoring, talent development, building inclusive high-performing teams
- Experience leading adoption of agentic AI-enabled engineering practices and establishing human-in-the-loop validation and quality gates
- Strong understanding of responsible AI use, governance, data sensitivity, resiliency and secure engineering workflows
- Knowledge of SDLC toolchain and enterprise-authorized AI-assisted development and automation capabilities
- Experience integrating with HR/workforce systems, identity/access systems, analytics, and external vendor ecosystems
- Familiarity with React/TypeScript full-stack engineering and enterprise design systems
- Backend and API expertise with Java/Spring Boot and GraphQL/REST API design and governance
- Experience with PostgreSQL/Aurora and graph stores (Amazon Neptune)
- Experience with event-driven architectures using Kafka/MSK, including schema evolution and DLQ patterns
- Platform engineering practices: CI/CD, automated testing, IaC (Terraform/CloudFormation/CDK), containers (ECS/EKS), SLO/SLI frameworks
- Familiarity with OAuth2/OIDC and service-to-service security patterns
JPMorganChase Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about JPMorganChase and has not been reviewed or approved by JPMorganChase.
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Healthcare Strength — Medical, dental, vision, and mental-health coverage are broad, with wellness incentives, on-site or virtual care, and an EAP offering coaching and counseling. Plan materials emphasize accessible options, including multiple medical choices and tools to manage costs.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave extends up to 16 weeks for all parents, supplemented by paid Critical Caregiver Leave. Family resources include backup childcare via Bright Horizons, lactation support and milk-shipping, family-building assistance, and even a free five-month SNOO rental for newborns.
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Retirement Support — Retirement programs include a 401(k) with an annual company match and automatic pay credits for most employees, with a legacy pension available to earlier hires. An Employee Stock Purchase Plan at a 5% discount further supports long-term savings.
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What We Do
JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) is a leading global financial services firm with assets of $3.7 trillion and operations worldwide. The firm is a leader in investment banking, financial services for consumers and small businesses, commercial banking, financial transaction processing, and asset management. A component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average, JPMorgan Chase & Co. serves millions of consumers in the United States and many of the world’s most prominent corporate, institutional and government clients under its J.P. Morgan and Chase brands. Technology fuels every aspect of our company and is at the heart of everything we do. With over 50,000 technologists globally and an annual tech spend of $12 billion, we are dedicated to improving the design, analytics, development, coding, testing and application programming that goes into creating high quality software and new products. Learn more about technology at our firm, explore resources from our Distinguished Engineers, AI & ML researchers, and other experts; access the latest episode of our TechTrends podcast, and more at www.jpmorgan.com/technology. Information about JPMorgan Chase & Co. is available at www.jpmorganchase.com. ©2023 JPMorgan Chase & Co. All rights reserved. JPMorgan Chase is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Veterans.
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