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 the Corporate & Investment Bank (CIB) Unified Ingress platform, you will be accountable for delivering the centralized ingress layer that handles authentication, authorization, traffic management, and observability for all Corporate & Investment Bank digital channels.. You will manage a team of 20+ engineers across gateway, control plane, identity integration, and platform operations, and owns the delivery plan through to full production adoption and legacy decommissioning. you will consolidate all external traffic through a standardized seven-layer stack (Domain Name System (DNS) steering, Content Delivery Network / Web Application Firewall (CDN/WAF), perimeter, gateway, authentication, authorization, observability) managed via a single control plane. The platform build, the LOB migration program, and production hardening now run in parallel across a team of 20+ engineers spanning gateway, control plane, identity, and platform operations workstreams.
Job responsibilities
- Own the end-to-end delivery plan for the platform - milestones, dependencies, critical path, and committed dates across all workstreams
- Set and enforce engineering standards - code review, testing, documentation, observability-first design, and production readiness criteria
- Chair technical design reviews for the gateway, control plane, and session management components, and make architectural decisions where the team needs a call
- Partner with enterprise Architecture groups to align the platform to reference architectures, secure design approvals, and represent the platform in architecture forums
- Partner with Infrastructure, Network, Cybersecurity, and Identity (AuthE / Sentry) teams to sequence and unblock shared dependencies including DNS, CDN/WAF, certificates, perimeter policy, and identity provider integration
- Drive the LOB migration program - onboarding sequencing, cutover planning, rollback readiness, and decommissioning of legacy authentication Web Agents and Apache proxies
Run an efficient delivery cadence - sprint planning, backlog grooming, dependency tracking, risk and issue management, and capacity planning against roadmap commitments
Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- 12+ years of industry experience, including 4+ years leading engineering teams
- Proven track record managing teams of 15+ engineers across multiple concurrent workstreams, including line management, performance management, hiring, and mentoring
- Strong hands-on technical grounding in ingress and gateway technology - Envoy Proxy (xDS/ADS, ext_authz, HTTP/2, gRPC) and/or Kong API Gateway - sufficient to lead design reviews and challenge implementation decisions credibly
- Working depth in OAuth 2.0 / OpenID Connect (OIDC) / Proof Key for Code Exchange (PKCE) flows, Demonstrating Proof of Possession (DPoP) sender-constrained tokens, mutual Transport Layer Security (mTLS), and session management patterns
- Production Kubernetes experience (Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) and/or on-prem clusters) and GitOps delivery models (ArgoCD, Helm)
- Go development background sufficient to review control-plane code, set engineering standards, and participate in design discussions
- Experience partnering with enterprise Architecture functions - representing designs in architecture review forums, aligning to reference architectures, and negotiating exceptions
- Experience partnering with Infrastructure, Network, and Cybersecurity teams on shared dependencies such as DNS, CDN/WAF, certificate lifecycle, firewall policy, and perimeter change management
Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- Financial services or other regulated-industry experience, including regulatory and audit engagement
- Experience running a migration program that decommissions legacy infrastructure while traffic is live
- Familiarity with Open Policy Agent (OPA) and policy-as-code authorization models
- Familiarity with OpenTelemetry, Dynatrace, and Splunk Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) toolchains
Background in identity platforms (ForgeRock, Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) federation, token exchange patterns)
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
- 12+ years of industry experience
- 4+ years leading engineering teams
- Experience managing teams of 15+ engineers across multiple concurrent workstreams
- Experience with line management, performance management, hiring, and mentoring
- Strong technical grounding in Envoy Proxy and/or Kong API Gateway
- Working knowledge of OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, PKCE, DPoP, mutual TLS, and session management
- Production Kubernetes experience with Amazon EKS and/or on-premises clusters
- Experience with GitOps delivery models, Argo CD, and Helm
- Go development background sufficient to review control-plane code and participate in design discussions
- Experience partnering with enterprise Architecture functions and representing designs in architecture review forums
- Experience partnering with Infrastructure, Network, and Cybersecurity teams on DNS, CDN/WAF, certificates, firewall policy, and perimeter change management
- Financial services or regulated-industry experience, including regulatory and audit engagement
- Experience running live-traffic migration programs that decommission legacy infrastructure
- Familiarity with Open Policy Agent and policy-as-code authorization models
- Familiarity with OpenTelemetry, Dynatrace, and Splunk SIEM toolchains
- Experience with identity platforms, ForgeRock, SAML federation, and token exchange 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 — Health coverage is considered comprehensive, including medical, dental, and vision, alongside wellness and mental health resources. Some locations add onsite health centers and related wellbeing support.
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Retirement Support — Retirement offerings include a 401(k)-type savings plan and related financial benefits, with options such as employee stock purchase participation. Financial planning resources are also highlighted to support long-term savings.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave of 16 weeks for birth or adoption is available for all parents. Child care and back-up child care resources further reinforce family support.
JPMorganChase Insights
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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