Manager of Software Engineering

This is your chance to change the path of your career and guide multiple teams to success at one of the world's leading financial institutions.

As a Manager of Software Engineering at JPMorganChase within the Commercial & Investment Bank, you will join our team and help advance one of the world's most critical payments execution platforms. This is a hands-on engineering role where you'll design, build, and optimize systems that operate at extraordinary scale — processing billions of transactions per day with low latency and high reliability across a distributed, microservice-based architecture.

JPMorganChase's Commercial & Investment Bank Payments Technology division is seeking a motivated and skilled Software Engineering Manager to join our team and help advance one of the world's most critical payments execution platforms. This is a hands-on engineering role where you'll design, build, and optimize systems that operate at extraordinary scale — processing billions of transactions per day with low latency and high reliability across a distributed, microservice-based architecture

Job responsibilities

• Lead and inspire a team of entry-level to mid-level software engineers, fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, and excellence.
• Oversee technical design, architecture, and implementation to ensure high-quality, scalable solutions.
• Execute software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting, with the ability to think beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions or break down technical problems.
• Create secure and high-quality production code and maintain algorithms that run synchronously with appropriate systems.
• Produce architecture and design artifacts for complex applications, ensuring that design constraints are met during software code development.
• Gather, analyze, synthesize, and develop visualizations and reporting from large, diverse data sets to support continuous improvement of software applications and systems.
• Proactively identify hidden problems and patterns in data, using these insights to drive improvements in coding hygiene and system architecture.
• Contribute to software engineering communities of practice and participate in events that explore new and emerging technologies.
• Recruit, onboard, and develop top engineering talent.
• Promote a team culture of diversity, opportunity, inclusion, and respect.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification in software engineering concepts and 5+ years of applied experience
• Experience leading teams of technologists, with the ability to guide and coach teams to achieve goals aligned with strategic initiatives
• Experience with hiring, developing, and recognizing talent
• Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and ensuring operational stability
• Advanced knowledge of software applications and technical processes, with considerable in-depth expertise in one or more technical disciplines (e.g., cloud, artificial intelligence, machine learning, etc.)
• Ability to tackle design and functionality problems independently with little to no oversight
• Proficiency in Java, REST, and microservices, with experience building event-driven microservices and Kafka streaming
• Experience with Spring Framework, Spring Boot, and public or private cloud infrastructure
• Solid understanding of agile methodologies such as CI/CD, application resiliency, and security
• Working proficiency with development toolsets like GIT/Bitbucket, JIRA, and Maven
• Exposer to AI - using python, AI, Copilot in VScode/Intellij

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• knowledge of Containerization and Container Runtime/Orchestration platforms (Docker/Kubernetes/ECS etc)
• knowledge about messaging – Kafka
• knowledge about Relational/NoSQL databases

FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE ACT: This position is subject to Section 19 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act. As such, an employment offer for this position is contingent on JPMorganChase’s review of criminal conviction history, including pretrial diversions or program entries.

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

J.P. Morgan’s Commercial & Investment Bank is a global leader across banking, markets, securities services and payments. Corporations, governments and institutions throughout the world entrust us with their business in more than 100 countries. The Commercial & Investment Bank provides strategic advice, raises capital, manages risk and extends liquidity in markets around the world.