Software Engineering — VP & ED
Wholesale Credit Risk — Core Engineering
We have multiple positions open at both Vice President (VP) and Executive Director (ED) levels. The mission is the same at both levels; the scope of ownership and influence grows with seniority (see Levels below).
Why This Role
We're looking for a hands-on engineering leader who wants to shape how one of the world's largest banks manages credit risk. You'll own the architecture of mission-critical hybrid-cloud platforms, stay close to the code, and set the technical bar for multiple engineering teams. This is a role for someone who still loves to design/build — not just direct — and who wants their decisions to matter at scale.
You'll have a strong voice in defining technical strategy and modernizing our OLTP and OLAP workloads with AI/ML, working closely with senior stakeholders to review, refine, and agree on the path forward.
What You'll Do
- Architect at scale — Design mission-critical hybrid-cloud systems that thousands of users and downstream platforms depend on.
- Stay hands-on — Contribute directly to code and solution design, setting the standard through your own work, not just review.
- Lead engineers — Guide multiple teams, mentor senior engineers and development leads, and grow the next generation of technical talent.
- Drive AI adoption — Champion the integration of AI/ML and agent-based tooling into enterprise platforms and engineering workflows.
- Set the standard — Own best practices in software engineering, security, and risk management, and enforce them through code reviews.
- Shape strategy — Prioritize competing initiatives, balance urgent delivery against long-term architecture, and present technical direction to senior leadership.
- Build the culture — Foster collaboration, integrity, and continuous improvement across the organization.
Levels: VP vs ED
These are individual-contributor technical leadership roles — you lead through architecture, code, and technical influence, not people management.
Vice President (VP) Executive Director (ED) Focus Own the design and delivery of major components and systems. Set technical direction across multiple platforms and domains. Scope Architect and hands-on build key systems; raise the bar through code and reviews. Own end-to-end architecture; shape the multi-year technical roadmap. Influence Guide fellow engineers and partner with development leads and product. Act as a technical authority; align senior stakeholders and leadership. Experience ~7+ years building enterprise-scale solutions. ~10+ years, with deep architecture and cross-team technical leadership.How we engineer: We codify our architecture & coding standards into the pipeline. Quality and conventions are enforced by AI agents/skills at every gate — for example, a PR review gate that stops bad code or design from reaching main. You'll help build and evolve these guardrails so good practice is automatic, not optional.
What You Bring
Core engineering
- 7+ years (VP) / 10+ years (ED) designing and building hybrid-cloud solutions at enterprise scale.
- Deep, current command of architecture and design patterns, with hands-on coding expertise in Java or Python.
- Strong data modeling skills, for example dimensional modeling and slowly changing dimensions.
- Proven experience with transactional systems, analytics platforms, and cloud-native technologies.
Risk & delivery
- Strong background in risk management, compliance, and secure software development.
- Track record of partnering with development leads and influencing senior stakeholders.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills.
AI/ML (increasingly essential)
- Hands-on builder of AI agents, skills, and agentic workloads.
- Delivered AI-driven projects from concept to production.
- Integrated AI/ML into hybrid-cloud and enterprise platforms.
- Power user of AI-assisted, spec-driven SDLC.
How You Work
- Decisive and data-driven; you turn ambiguity into a clear plan and a working solution.
- Assess risk with a big-picture, holistic view.
- Lead by example with a genuine can-do attitude.
- Separate the important from the merely urgent.
- Generous with your time; you lift up the engineers around you.
- Act with integrity, always.
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
- Proven experience in hybrid cloud architecture (AWS, Azure, GCP, or private cloud).
- Strong design and coding skills in languages such as Java, Python, React or similar.
- Deep understanding of distributed systems, data pipelines, and analytics platforms.
- Experience with CI/CD, DevOps, and modern software engineering practices.
- Experience building and using AI agents and Skills.
- Excellent interpersonal and presentation skills.
- Demonstrated ability to work with development leads and senior stakeholders.
- Extensive hands-on experience in Java architecture, design, development, testing, deployment and SDLC.
- Advanced competency in Java, Micro Services, Spring Boot, Kubernetes, Cloud Computing, Oracle, Kafka, AWS, Databricks, Data Mesh, Graph QL.
- Action-oriented, decisive, drives results systematically.
- Skilled at assessing risk and making decisions with a holistic, big-picture perspective.
- Demonstrates a can-do attitude and leads by example.
- Detail-oriented, able to distinguish between important and urgent tasks.
- Prioritizes helpfulness, mentorship, and team development.
- Acts with integrity.
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.
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.
Why Work With Us
Our technologists work on a diverse range of solutions that include strategic technology initiatives, big data, mobile, electronic payments, machine learning, cybersecurity, enterprise cloud development, and other state-of-the-art technologies.
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