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 JPMorganChase within the VPC Network organization, you lead a critical technical area and drive firmwide impact across teams, technologies, and projects. You bring deep engineering expertise to lead the design and implementation of JPMC‑VPC—a software-defined networking platform that will replace legacy infrastructure and position the firm for decades of innovation—modernizing JPMorganChase’s network platform and advancing next-generation SDN to support resilience, scale, and continued innovation. You partner across product and engineering to deliver trusted, market-leading technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable way, while challenging the status quo and staying at the forefront of industry trends and best practices.
- Leads the strategy and development of multiple products, applications, and technologies across a portfolio; sets technical direction and drives measurable outcomes.
- Designs and architects core components of JPMC‑VPC, including control plane (OVN), data plane (OVS/DPU), software gateways, load balancers, and IPAM systems.
- Leads technology and process implementations to achieve functional technology objectives across teams and departments.
- Creates novel solutions and drives delivery of new production capabilities across teams and functions; ensures solutions are durable and reusable.
- Provides governance accountability for coding decisions, control obligations, and success measures such as cost of ownership, maintainability, reliability, and portfolio operations.
- Makes decisions that influence teams’ resources, budget, tactical operations, and the execution and implementation of processes and procedures.
- Ensures engineering excellence by championing modern practices including CI/CD, infrastructure as code, testing, and observability, and by driving operational stability.
- Translates highly complex technical issues, trends, and approaches to senior leadership to enable well-informed decisions about technology investments and advancements.
- Collaborates with vendor partners (e.g., Red Hat, NVIDIA) on roadmap and integration; represents JPMorganChase in relevant open-source communities and industry forums when appropriate.
- Builds and develops talent through hiring, coaching, recognition, and creating high-performing, inclusive teams.
- Champions the firm’s culture of diversity, opportunity, inclusion, and respect.
- 12+ years of experience in systems engineering, networking, distributed systems, or adjacent infrastructure platforms, with increasing scope of ownership and impact.
- Demonstrated experience leading cross-functional teams of technologists delivering complex platforms/products at scale.
- Experience influencing across functions and managing senior stakeholder relationships; proven ability to deliver outcomes across multiple teams.
- Practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability for mission-critical infrastructure.
- Strong engineering background with expertise in one or more: Go, Python, C/C++, Rust (ability to guide design/code quality and dive deep when needed).
- Hands-on experience with software-defined networking (SDN) technologies such as OVN, OVS, or equivalent.
- Expert-level knowledge of networking fundamentals: TCP/IP, routing, switching, load balancing.
- Experience with modern development practices: CI/CD, infrastructure as code, observability.
- Extensive practical cloud-native experience.
- Experience with hiring, developing, and recognizing talent; building an inclusive engineering culture.
- Expertise in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Mathematics, or a related technical field (or equivalent practical experience).
- Experience with DPU/SmartNIC technologies (e.g., NVIDIA BlueField, AMD Pensando, Intel IPU).
- Knowledge of eBPF, XDP, DPDK, or other high-performance networking frameworks.
- Experience with CNI implementations (Cilium, Calico, Flannel) and Kubernetes networking.
- Understanding of advanced routing/encapsulation: BGP, OSPF, VXLAN, EVPN, or similar.
- Experience working at code level on large-scale infrastructure platforms (design reviews, critical-path coding, and/or hands-on prototyping).
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
High Risk Roles (HRR) are sensitive roles within the technology organization that require high assurance of the integrity of staff by virtue of 1) sensitive cybersecurity and technology functions they perform within systems or 2) information they receive regarding sensitive cybersecurity or technology matters. Users in these roles are subject to enhanced pre-hire screening which includes both criminal and credit background checks (as allowed by law). The enhanced screening will need to be successfully completed prior to commencing employment or assignment.
Skills Required
- 12+ years in systems engineering, networking, distributed systems, or adjacent infrastructure platforms
- Proven experience leading cross-functional engineering teams delivering complex platforms at scale
- Experience influencing across functions and managing senior stakeholder relationships
- Practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability for mission-critical infrastructure
- Expertise in one or more languages: Go, Python, C/C++, Rust
- Hands-on experience with software-defined networking technologies such as OVN and OVS (or equivalent)
- Expert-level knowledge of networking fundamentals: TCP/IP, routing, switching, load balancing
- Experience with modern development practices: CI/CD, infrastructure as code, observability
- Extensive practical cloud-native experience
- Experience hiring, developing, and recognizing engineering talent and building inclusive teams
- Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Mathematics, or related technical field (or equivalent experience)
- Experience with DPU/SmartNIC technologies (e.g., NVIDIA BlueField, AMD Pensando, Intel IPU)
- Knowledge of eBPF, XDP, DPDK or other high-performance networking frameworks
- Experience with CNI implementations (Cilium, Calico, Flannel) and Kubernetes networking
- Understanding of advanced routing/encapsulation: BGP, OSPF, VXLAN, EVPN
- Experience working at code level on large-scale infrastructure platforms (design reviews, critical-path coding, prototyping)
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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