Manager of Software Engineering

JPMorganChase•Palo Alto, CA

About The Position

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

Requirements

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

Nice To Haves

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

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.