Senior Manager of Software Engineering

Job Description

When you mentor and advise multiple technical teams and move financial technologies forward, it’s a big challenge with big impact. You were made for this.

As a Senior Manager of Software Engineering at JPMorganChase within the Consumer and Community Banking – CBC Technology, you serve in a leadership role by providing technical coaching and advisory for multiple technical teams, as well as anticipate the needs and potential dependencies of other functions within the firm. As an expert in your field, your insights influence budget and technical considerations to advance operational efficiencies and functionalities. This is a crucial role as part of an agile team dedicated to enhancing, building, and delivering trusted, market-leading technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable way. You will utilize your comprehensive knowledge and expertise across all aspects of the software development lifecycle to tackle business challenges through innovative engineering practices. You will engage in continuous collaboration with stakeholders to achieve shared goals, promoting a culture of experimentation, continuous improvement, and learning.

Job responsibilities

• Provide overall direction, oversight, and coaching for a team of entry-level to mid-level software engineers that work on basic to moderately complex tasks
• Be accountable for decisions that influence teams’ resources, budget, tactical operations, and the execution and implementation of processes and procedures
• Ensures successful collaboration across teams and stakeholders
• Identifies and mitigates issues to execute a book of work while escalating issues as necessary
• Provides input to leadership regarding budget, approach, and technical considerations to improve operational efficiencies and functionality for the team. Creates a culture of diversity, opportunity, inclusion, and respect for team members and prioritizes diverse representation
• Lead an application development team in delivering modern technology solutions.
• Oversee overall planning, execution, and success of complex software solutions to meet customer needs.
• Drive the development of innovative solutions that advance business objectives and enhance team performance.
• Keep team members and key stakeholders informed about the progress of development projects.
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement, mentoring, and coaching among team members.
• Ensure adherence to Agile frameworks and best practices in software development.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience
• Hands on experience leading teams up to ten software engineers / technologists
• Ability to guide and coach teams on approach to achieve goals aligned against a set of strategic initiatives
• Expert-level proficiency in JAVA, including hands-on experience with Spring Boot and reactive JAVA programming.
• Frontend expertise in REACT JS, with a track record of building sophisticated, web-based user interfaces. Solid understanding of web technologies, UI/UX principles, and integration of frontend with backend services.
• Experience with public cloud platforms, including deployment, scaling, and management of cloud resources. Hands-on experience with Terraform for Infrastructure as Code (IaaS) to provision and manage AWS resources.
• Strong database skills, including schema design, query optimization, and experience with both SQL and NoSQL databases.
• Experience with distributed streaming platform (Kafka)
• Experience with version control tools (GIT, Bitbucket)
• Strong Hands on experience with Non-functional Requirements with regards to Software Engineering, application design, production observability

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Financial Services Industry experience

About Us

JPMorganChase, 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 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

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