Senior Lead Architect, Product Architecture

JPMorgan Chase & Co.•Columbus, OH

About The Position

Drive modernization for critical banking operations on Cash & Check Management team within Operations. If you are excited about shaping the future of technology and driving significant business impact in financial services, we are looking for people just like you. Join our team and help us develop game-changing, high-quality solutions. As a Senior Lead Architect at JPMorgan Chase within the Consumer & Community Banking Operations Technology team, you are an integral part of a group that designs and delivers high-quality architecture solutions for software applications and platform products. In this role, you serve as the Architecture Lead for the Cash and Check Management product in Consumer & Community Banking Operations Technology, promoting modernization efforts and supporting a critical banking function that impacts the entire firm. You leverage deep expertise across multiple architecture domains to shape the target-state architecture, deliver significant business value, and ensure the scalability, resilience, and strategic alignment of the firm’s technology landscape.

Requirements

Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience
Proven experience in designing and implementing enterprise-scale architecture solutions
Strong knowledge of modernization strategies for legacy systems
Expertise in cloud technologies and distributed systems
Experience with banking operations and financial services technology
Demonstrated experience applying enterprise-authorized AI capabilities within the work environment in architecture and engineering workflows with strong validation habits and awareness of data sensitivity.
Ability to evaluate and integrate AI-enabled capabilities into enterprise-grade architectures while meeting resiliency, security, and auditability requirements.
Strong communication and stakeholder management abilities
Familiarity with regulatory and compliance requirements in financial services
Experience with Agile and DevOps methodologies
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

Nice To Haves

Experience with Cash and Check Management systems
Prior experience in architecting solutions for critical bank functions
Certification in cloud architecture (AWS, Azure, GCP)
Experience with modernization of mainframe and legacy applications
Demonstrated ability to drive firmwide impact through technology leadership

Responsibilities

Lead the architectural design and modernization of critical banking operations within Consumer & Community Banking Operations Technology
Leverages enterprise-authorized AI capabilities within the work environment to accelerate architecture analysis and decisioning across the product family, with human-in-the-loop validation and appropriate handling of sensitive data.
Establishes reuse-first AI-enabled engineering patterns and governance across SDLC/toolchain practices, ensuring traceability/auditability, resiliency, and security controls.
Define and drive target state architecture for critical banking functions
Ensure alignment of technology solutions with business objectives and regulatory requirements
Mentor and guide engineering teams on best practices and architectural standards
Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend adoption where appropriate
Develop and maintain architectural documentation and roadmaps
Support incident resolution and root cause analysis for architecture-related issues
Partner with stakeholders to prioritize and deliver impactful technology initiatives
Promote innovation and continuous improvement within the architecture team