Senior Manager of Software Engineering - Java

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 Payments Technology , you will play a pivotal role in advancing financial technologies by mentoring and advising multiple technical teams. You will provide strategic technical leadership, anticipate cross-functional dependencies, and drive operational efficiencies across the organization. Your expertise will influence both budgetary and technical decisions, ensuring the successful delivery of complex solutions.

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

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience . In addition, 2 + years of experience leading technologists to manage and solve complex technical items within your domain of expertise  
• Experience  in Java Full Stack, cloud/Kubernetes, and microservices technologies.
• Deep expertise in core Java, Spring Boot, J2EE, messaging systems (MQ), Oracle, Postgres, Dapr, Flink, Kafka and Apache Iceberg.
• Proficient in UNIX, Apache Tomcat, and SQL; knowledge of Java Script framework with experience in designing distributed applications and implementing Agile methodologies.
• Experience leading and developing teams of technologists, including hiring and talent recognition.
• Ability to guide teams in achieving strategic objectives and fostering stakeholder engagement.
• Excellent communication skills, capable of driving discussions with stakeholders and cross-functional teams
• Strong background in database management, web services, and Oracle (DB DDL, DML, stored procedures).
• Experience with Selenium for test automation - ability to debug complex systems and drive technical discussions independently.
• Exposure to full software development lifecycle in large-scale systems within the financial industry.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Financial industry experience is highly desirable.
• Experience working at code level