Sr. Director of Software Engineering - Business Banking

JPMorgan Chase
Columbus, OH
On-site

Who this role is best for

A natural match if you have experience leading AI-augmented engineering teams in digital insurance platforms.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with experience leading AI-augmented engineering teams in digital insurance platforms
    — “Experience building and leading engineering for digital insurance platforms”
  • Candidates who have successfully managed large-scale cross-functional technology implementations
    — “Leads multiple technology implementations across departments”
  • Candidates with strong governance and SDLC automation expertise using enterprise tools
    — “Sets and scales multi-department strategy for agentic AI-enabled engineering and SDLC/TLM automation”

Things to consider

  • Commitment to embedding AI-native capabilities into core product experiences is essential
    — “Drive the technical strategy and delivery of a new digital insurance platform, embedding AI-native capabilities”
  • This role involves direct interaction with senior leaders and stakeholders across the firm
    — “Acts as the primary interface with senior leaders, stakeholders, and executives”

How to stand out

  • Highlight experience with agentic AI systems and LLM-powered features in your resume and interviews
    — “Experience designing and deploying agentic systems (e.g., LLM-powered agents)”
  • Emphasize your background in defining governance and secure handling of sensitive data in AI systems
    — “secure handling of sensitive inputs/outputs across teams”
  • Showcase your ability to influence cross-functional teams and set technical standards
    — “Influences peer leaders and senior stakeholders across the business”
Pace · SteadyCollaboration · HighAutonomy · HighDecision Impact · Company

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What success looks like

  • Directed and managed all aspects of technology delivery
  • Set and scaled multi-department strategy for agentic AI-enabled engineering
  • Established guardrails for validation, security, resiliency, traceability, and reuse
Typical background
Proven track record in software engineering and technical leadershipExperience in leading multi-organization adoption of agentic AI-enabled engineering

Skills & requirements

Required

AI Coding AssistantsAgentic SystemsAi-augmented Engineering CultureSdlc/tlm AutomationResponsible AI RiskSystem DesignApplication DevelopmentOperational Stability

Preferred

Llm-powered FeaturesMulti-step Reasoning Workflows

Stack & domain

AI Coding AssistantsAgentic SystemsLlm-powered FeaturesAi-augmented Engineering CultureSystem DesignApplication DevelopmentTestingOperational StabilityDigital PlatformsHigh Performance Digital ApplicationsAgile MethodologiesDevOpsSdlc/tlm AutomationAi-assisted Development And Automation CapabilitiesLeadershipStrategic ThinkingInfluenceCollaborationCommunicationProblem SolvingProject ManagementTeamworkDecision MakingStakeholder ManagementFinanceTechnology

About the role

Original posting from JPMorgan Chase

Your opportunity to make a real impact and shape the future of financial services is waiting for you. Let’s push the boundaries of what's possible together. 

As a Senior Director of Software Engineering at JPMorganChase within Consumer and Community Banking, you lead multiple technical areas, manage the activities of multiple departments, and collaborate across technical domains. Your expertise is applied cross-functionally to drive the adoption and implementation of technical methods within various teams and aid the firm in remaining at the forefront of industry trends, best practices, and technological advances. 

Job responsibilitiesDrive the technical strategy and delivery of a new digital insurance platform, embedding AI-native capabilities (agentic workflows, LLM-powered features) into core product experiencesResponsible for directing and managing all aspects of technology deliveryLeads multiple technology implementations across departments to achieve firmwide technology objectivesDirectly manages multiple areas with strategic transactional focusSets and scales multi-department strategy for agentic AI-enabled engineering and SDLC/TLM automation (using enterprise-authorized tools within the work environment) to drive firmwide objectives (speed, scalability, reliability, and cost-to-serve), including portfolio-level standards for AI-orchestrated delivery workflows, release governance, automated test modernization, resilience engineering, and incident response acceleration; establishes guardrails for validation, security, resiliency, traceability, and reuseApplies knowledge of tools within the Software Development Life Cycle toolchain, including enterprise-authorized AI-assisted development and automation capabilities, to drive cross-domain reuse and measurable capacity unlock outcomes across departmentsActs as the primary interface with senior leaders, stakeholders, and executives, driving consensus across competing objectivesManage multiple stakeholders, complex projects, and large cross-product collaborationsInfluences peer leaders and senior stakeholders across the business, product, and technology teams 

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills Proven track record using AI coding assistants (GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Claude, etc.) to accelerate development cycles, and ability to coach teams to adopt these tools as standard practiceExperience designing and deploying agentic systems (e.g., LLM-powered agents, multi-step reasoning workflows, tool-using AI) in production environmentsDrives adoption of an AI-augmented engineering culture—setting standards, running experiments, and building team confidence as tooling and best practices evolve in real timeExperience leading multi-organization adoption of agentic AI-enabled engineering operating models (using enterprise-authorized tools within the work environment), including defining governance (human-in-the-loop decisioning, quality gates), measurement frameworks, and secure handling of sensitive inputs/outputs across teamsDeep understanding of responsible AI risk, controls, and resiliency/security expectations at scale, with demonstrated ability to advise senior leaders on safe adoption, portfolio governance, and reuse-first strategiesDeep expertise in system design, application development, testing, and operational stability for commercially used digital platforms web and/or mobileDeep expertise in building and operating large scale high performance digital applications (web and/or mobile) with distributed systems and cloud technologies (AWS, GCP, Azure, etc.)Deep expertise with enterprise design patterns and industry best practices with experience using modern technologies and design patterns (e.g., micro services, APIs, etc.)Experience with building, leading and mentoring technology teams, and next level leaders within the organizationExperience with implementing industry standard cybersecurity & technology controls 

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills Preferred experience with specific cloud providers (e.g., AWS, GCP, Azure) beyond the required expertiseExperience building and leading engineering for digital insurance platforms, including policy management, quoting, servicing, carrier integrations, and agency management tools

Chase is a leading financial services firm, helping nearly half of America’s households and small businesses achieve their financial goals through a broad range of financial products. Our mission is to create engaged, lifelong relationships and put our customers at the heart of everything we do. We also help small businesses, nonprofits and cities grow, delivering solutions to solve all their financial needs. 

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.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veterans

Source: JPMorgan Chase careers

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