Sr Director of Software Engineering-Kubernetes

JPMorgan Chase - Seattle, WA

Full-time - Senior

Seattle, WA

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About the position

As a Senior Director of Software Engineering at JPMorgan Chase, you will lead multiple technical areas and manage activities across various departments within the Core Foundational Platforms. This role focuses on strategic planning, technical leadership, and collaboration with cross-functional teams to deliver scalable and secure solutions, particularly in the Kubernetes domain. You will drive the adoption of technical methods and ensure the firm remains at the forefront of industry trends and technological advances.

Responsibilities

• Leads multiple technology and process implementations across departments to achieve firmwide technology objectives
• Directly manages multiple areas with strategic transactional focus
• Provides leadership and high-level direction to teams while frequently overseeing employee populations across multiple platforms, divisions, and lines of business
• Acts as the primary interface with senior leaders, stakeholders, and executives, driving consensus across competing objectives
• Manages multiple stakeholders, complex projects, and large cross-product collaborations
• Influences peer leaders and senior stakeholders across the business, product, and technology teams
• Champions the firm's culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and respect
• Build, lead, mentor, and manage a team of Kubernetes engineers, fostering a culture of innovation and excellence
• Integrate software engineers within a 'focus area' construct
• Oversee the design, implementation, and maintenance of Kubernetes clusters to ensure optimal performance and reliability
• Collaborate with product managers, architects, and other stakeholders to align Kubernetes solutions with business and technical goals
• Implement best practices for container orchestration, security, and monitoring within the organization.

Requirements

• Formal training or certification on system design, application development, testing, and operational stability 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 and more broadly across the organization
• Experience developing or leading large or cross-functional teams of technologists
• Demonstrated prior experience influencing across highly matrixed, complex organizations and delivering value at scale
• Experience leading complex projects supporting system design, testing, and operational stability
• Experience in designing, implementing and maintaining a large Kubernetes environment
• Experience with hiring, developing, and recognizing talent
• Extensive practical cloud native experience
• Expertise in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Mathematics, or a related technical field.

Nice-to-haves

• Proven experience in managing engineering teams and delivering cloud-native solutions
• Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud
• Proficiency in DevOps practices and tools (e.g., CI/CD, Terraform, Helm)
• Excellent leadership, communication, and problem-solving skills
• Experience with agile methodologies and project management tools.

Benefits

• Comprehensive health care coverage
• On-site health and wellness centers
• Retirement savings plan
• Backup childcare
• Tuition reimbursement
• Mental health support
• Financial coaching