Director of Software Engineering, Java, Spring Boot, Kubernetes, AWS

JPMorgan Chase - Plano, TX

Full-time - Senior

Plano, TX

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About the position

The Director of Software Engineering at JPMorgan Chase is a leadership role responsible for driving impact across teams, technologies, and projects within the Engineers Platforms and Integrated Experience line of business. This position requires a deep understanding of software engineering, product management, and technical processes to lead multiple complex projects. The director will serve as a primary decision-maker, focusing on innovation and solution delivery while maintaining a strong customer-centric approach. The role involves building long-term relationships with customers and ensuring the successful implementation of quality products and features.

Responsibilities

• Lead technology and process implementations to achieve functional technology objectives.
• Make decisions that influence teams' resources, budget, tactical operations, and the execution and implementation of processes and procedures.
• Carry governance accountability for coding decisions, control obligations, and measures of success such as cost of ownership, maintainability, and portfolio operations.
• Deliver technical solutions that can be leveraged across multiple businesses and domains.
• Influence peer leaders and senior stakeholders across the business, product, and technology teams.
• Champion the firm's culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and respect.
• Manage and work collaboratively with a team of highly skilled engineers to ensure team and organization standards are followed.
• Employ simple design and pragmatic implementation techniques to drive business value.
• Pair program with team members to build high-quality solutions.
• Mentor junior team members to progress their technical and professional skills.

Requirements

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 10 years applied experience.
• 5 years of experience leading technologists to manage, anticipate and solve complex technical items within your domain of expertise.
• Experience developing or leading cross-functional teams of technologists.
• Experience with hiring, developing, and recognizing talent.
• Experience leading a product as a Product Owner or Product Manager.
• Practical cloud native experience.
• Expertise in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Mathematics, or a related technical field.
• Strong communication and presentation skills along with work experience in Java and Spring Boot.
• Hands-on experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and AWS.
• Strong experience troubleshooting issues, defining and delivering objectives and key results.
• Strong implementation skills with ORM frameworks like Hibernate/JPA or MyBatis.
• Proficient in SQL preferably across multiple databases.
• Practical experience with Maven, Pypi, Nuget, Npm in continuous integration and deployment context.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience working at code level.
• JFrog Artifactory experience.
• Exposure to observability tools like Grafana, Cortex, Kibana, Dynatrace, etc.
• Familiarity with OAuth, SAML.

Benefits

• Health insurance
• 401k plan
• Paid holidays
• Flexible scheduling
• Professional development opportunities